Airstrikes in Afghanistan See Big Spike Following Spring Surge Fighter, attack and remotely piloted aircraft together dropped nearly 600 weapons in the month of May.
Coalition Ramps Up Strikes Amid Resurgence of ISIS Fighters in Syria Commanders are seeing new pockets of ISIS movement in a handful of areas in Syria, which has led to an uptick in airstrikes.
US Launches Precision Strikes in Response to Syrian Chemical Attack The United States has launched "precision strikes" on Syrian military targets days after a deadly chemical attack.
Marines Take Out Taliban Kingpin Responsible for Killing, Maiming Troops A Taliban shadow governor who had planned attacks on Marines and Afghan soldiers for years was killed in an airstrike.
US Acknowledges Ground Ops, Over 120 Airstrikes in Yemen This Year U.S. Central Command did not give any details on when and where the ground attacks were carried out.
F-15Es, A-10s Leading Air War Against ISIS Fighter-attack aircraft released more than three times as many weapons as bombers did, statistics show.
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