Jeff Schogol
Friday, March 27, 2015 - 07:16
The Afghan government has asked the U.S. to accelerate the training and equipping of Afghan pilots to fly aeromedical evacuation and close air support missions, a top Afghan official said Thursday.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 06:27
As the U.S. and Iran continue to launch airstrikes in Iraq against Islamic State group targets, Iraqi pilots learning how to fly F-16s in the U.S. are years away from completing their training.
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 05:55
After flight operations ended, the 16 planes in Afghanistan sat on the tarmac at Kabul International Airport until they were recently scrapped by the Defense Logistics Agency and sold for 6 cents per pound of scrapped material, wrote John F. Spoko, Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, in an Oct. 3 letter to Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 06:44
The former NATO chief commander and military leader in Europe says he thinks the U.S. needs to put boots on the ground to fight with Iraqi and Kurdish troops against the Islamic State.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 06:31
A plan to start delivering F-16s to Iraq in September is on hold until the security situation improves, a U.S. official said.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:03
By the time most U.S. troops left Iraq in December 2011, the Iraqi military was capable of conducting internal security, but Iraqi leaders were overly confident, said retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling.
Friday, June 6, 2014 - 05:48
The Iraqi government took ownership of the first of 36 F-16s fighters that will be delivered between September and the fall of 2017 to Balad, a former U.S. military base. The fighters will allow Iraq to secure its border with Syria, attack al-Qadia bases in western Iraq
Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 06:28
Benson could not say whether these developments may delay AFRICOM’s plan to train troops for the Libyan government, which may soon cease to exist entirely.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 09:48
From now until the U.S. military leaves the transit center in July, the only air operations that will continue will be flights hauling cargo out of the transit center as part of efforts to close down the base, Despain said.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 09:27
“Two of our four mission pillars ended earlier this week: air refueling and humanitarian assistance,” Despain said Wednesday in an email to Military Times.