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Biden to host Iraq’s leader as Mideast tensions soar
President Joe Biden is set to host Iraq's leader as tensions across the Middle East soar over the war in Gaza and Iran's retaliatory attack on Israel.
Officials: Iran behind drone attack on US base in Syria
U.S. officials say they believe Iran was behind the drone attack last week at the military outpost in southern Syria where American troops are based.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Senior al-Qaida leader killed in northwest Syria drone strike: CENTCOM
For the second time in about a month, CENTCOM said a senior al-Qaida leader was killed in a drone strike in northwest Syria.
By Howard Altman
IG to study how doctors, CENTCOM handled TBIs after 2020 al-Asad attack
The latest evaluation “will delve deeper into some of the items we learned in the first project," officials said.
This Compass Call squadron is coming home after 20 years of hacking and jamming enemies in CENTCOM
These EC-130H crews have flown about 14,750 sorties in U.S. CENTCOM — more than 90,000 hours in the air.
Inside the B-52s’ deployment to support the Afghanistan withdrawal
Airmen would fly 12-hour missions keeping watch over Kabul, then turn into aid workers back in Qatar — passing out baby diapers to refugee mothers, handling passenger lists for outbound C-17s, serving food and more.
CENTCOM IDs ‘senior al-Qaida leader’ killed in airstrike in Syria
CENTCOM says a senior al-Qaida leader was the target of a counterterror strike in Syria.
By Howard Altman
Flowers family continues to write Air Force history
The longest-serving airman in the history of the Air Force, retired Maj. Gen. Al Flowers Sr., was on the stage as his grandsons pinned the first star on the uniform of his son, Al Flowers Jr.
By Maj. Gen. Joseph Ward Jr. (ret.)
US won’t be asking Taliban permission to strike terror groups in Afghanistan
Counterterror strikes from abroad will be cleared through the Taliban.
The Air Force evacuated 124,000 people from Afghanistan, but its work still isn’t done
The U.S. Air Force is pivoting from orchestrating the massive exodus of over 124,000 Afghans and Americans from a country once again under Taliban rule, to a quieter role helping even more people leave on commercial and privately organized flights.
US strike kills al-Qaida leader in Syria, ‘no indications’ of civilian casualties: CENTCOM
CENTCOM says a senior al-Qaida leader was the target of a counterterror strike in Syria.
By Howard Altman