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Foreign Policy (blog)
April 24, 2018
When Israeli military jets struck military targets in Syria on April 9 their target was an Iranian Tor anti-aircraft system at the T-4 air base, according to the Wall ... But operations in the area show “how far expectations have been lowered after more than 16 years of war, with U.S. and Afghan forces seeking toÃâà...
Defense One
April 17, 2018
“Big explosions were heard overnight near Shayrat air base, southeast of Homs city, and near Damascus where two other air bases are located,” .... For what it's worth: “U.S. and Afghan forces have killed 90 ISIS fighters in Afghanistan this year, the majority in Jowzjan's Darzab district,” according to the U.S.Ãâà...
Military Times
April 17, 2018
The 101st Airborne Division unfurled its colors at Bagram Airfield, Sunday, marking the start of the unit's fourth Afghanistan deployment in the last decade. During past ... The training echoed the ability of his staff to carry out their new mission and enable the Afghan forces, Poppas said. "The hard-won gainsÃâà...
Arkansas Online
April 17, 2018
U.S. military advisers work side by side with Afghans at headquarters like Bost airfield, just south of Lashkar Gah, a city of 200,000. The Marines do not venture onto the battlefields themselves but refer to Afghan forces as "our guys," provide firepower from a distance and offer pointers with the belief that theÃâà...
Department of Defense
April 11, 2018
The constant management of the remote sensors systems helps Afghan forces maintain a high level of awareness during combat operations. ... assets to help detect the movement of enemy personnel and vehicles prior to a sensor emplacement mission near Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, March 10, 2018.
Just Security
April 10, 2018
The Russian and Syrian militaries stated that Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes on a Syrian government airbase near the city of Homs this morning, .... U.S. and Afghan forces have increased airstrikes on Taliban drug production facilities in a bid to undermine the terrorist group's ability to raise revenue,Ãâà...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 2, 2018
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - The U.S. military is racing to demonstrate it is making progress in Afghanistan during a critical period that will test ... end of U.S. combat operations in 2014, when once-secure districts fell to the Taliban and Afghan forces made desperate appeals for American air power,Ãâà...
Aerotech News (blog)
March 30, 2018
The resolution requests that the Air Force base an aircraft quieter than the F-35 in Burlington. The head of the Vermont ... Afghan forces have struggled to contain the Taliban and a powerful Islamic State affiliate since international forces formally concluded their combat mission at the end of 2014. APÃâà...
mySanAntonio.com
March 26, 2018
The first group of Afghan trainees is in the final phase of instruction by U.S. advisers at an air base in southern Kandahar province, as part of the process of transitioning Afghanistan's military from ... Their main role is to train and support Afghan forces fighting the Taliban and the Islamic State militant group.
NPR
March 23, 2018
DAVID WELNA, BYLINE: In a cavernous military C-17 transport jet descending toward Bagram Air Base outside Kabul, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is grappling with a reporter's question ... He says they and the Afghan forces they're training are inflicting, in his words, very high casualties on the Taliban.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 20, 2018
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Afghan military officials organised and led a two-day humanitarian aid and disaster response planning exercise at the Kandahar airfield, the Resolute Support mission said on Tuesday. Afghanistan info-icon is prone to earthquakes, flooding, drought, landslides and avalanchesÃâà...
The Fayetteville Observer
March 19, 2018
More than 1,500 paratroopers deployed to Afghanistan in July. Another 1,200 soldiers from the brigade joined them months later after being deployed on short notice to bolster U.S. forces in the country. The 1st Brigade paratroopers had a variety of missions that included training and advising Afghan forces,Ãâà...
NPR
March 14, 2018
We did hear from a couple of American generals that the U.S. and Afghan forces have been killing what they call a high number of Taliban fighters, though we ... And last night, he and those of us traveling with him stayed at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul, and sure enough, another rocket was fired there.
WHIO
March 11, 2018
The Afghan forces also carried out heavy airstrikes during the day in Anardara and more than 50 Taliban fighters were report killed so far, he added. .... Gary A. O'Connell, a retired chief scientist at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, said North Korea poses a “credible,Ãâà...
Military Times
March 10, 2018
One of Washington's closest watchers of the Afghanistan conflict, Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, wrote last month that the administration has made major improvements in military tactics and plans for developing Afghan forces but has “done nothing to deal with civilÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
March 1, 2018
Afghan forces detained the man and three insurgents during a night raid earlier this week in Gereshk district, said Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Dawlat ... The German province is home to about 50,000 U.S. military personnel and family members, the majority of whom live near Ramstein Air Base.
Stars and Stripes
January 16, 2018
Among the task force's successes, officials said, was the development of an offensive mindset among the Afghan forces. Minutes after the ceremony, ... This summer, backed by Marines, local troops retook the Nawa district center, the site of a vital airfield near the provincial capital. Local forces also carriedÃâà...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
Before taking office, Donald Trump called the war in Afghanistan a "total disaster". But last August he changed his mind and announced that the US would stay until the war was - in his words - "won". Military commanders see air power as key to the hoped-for victory, and have assembled in the country whatÃâà...
KDLG
December 31, 1999
DAVID WELNA, BYLINE: In a cavernous military C-17 transport jet descending toward Bagram Air Base outside Kabul, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is grappling with a reporter's question ... He says they and the Afghan forces they're training are inflicting, in his words, very high casualties on the Taliban.
Department of Defense
December 31, 1999
The military effort hinges around training, advising and assisting Afghan forces. It also calls for a doubling of Afghan special operations forces and continued growth of the Afghan air force. The advisory effort is already having an effect with the Afghans being able to leverage coalition air and ground firesÃâà...
NWAOnline
December 31, 1999
Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to the media at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on March 21, 2018. ... and strike aircraft provided support, but American military commanders said much of that was invisible to the local people, who saw the Afghan forces as their liberators.
Thegardenisland.com
December 31, 1999
Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to the media at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on March 21, 2018. ... “What we're already starting to see is, I think, momentum is going to favor the Afghan forces,” Dunford told the small group of reporters traveling with him, adding that theÃâà...
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