Latest "air support" stories

Following Niger ambush, Pentagon promises more air support in Africa

After contact with the enemy, it took an hour and a half for the first American aircraft to arrive overhead the battlefield where four U.S. soldiers were killed near the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, on Oct. 4.

By Kyle Rempfer

5 years ago

US airstrikes in Syria drop by half as Kurds depart anti-ISIS fight

As Kurdish fighters have departed the frontlines in the battle against the Islamic State, American airstrikes in eastern Syria have decreased sharply.

By Kyle Rempfer

5 years ago

Coalition ramps down air support in Iraq, shifts to training

Now that Iraq has claimed victory over the Islamic State group after a bloody 3 1/2-year war, the U.S.-led coalition is decreasing air support in the country — the latest indication of the coalition’s shrinking footprint amid a drawdown of U.S. forces announced earlier this month.

5 years ago

Army Green Berets killed in Niger had air support available

Officials at AFRICOM cannot confirm at this time if U.S. forces attempted to call in close-air support.

By Shawn Snow

6 years ago

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