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A U.S. Air Force flying crew chief assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron touches the nose of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for good luck prior to boarding the aircraft for a mission supporting the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, in U.S. Central Command on July 20, 2021. (Senior Airman Brennen Lege/Air Force photo)

The Air Force’s chief of staff lays out a new way to deploy

“For the past 15, 16 years ... whatever was needed, we would send,” Chief of Staff Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown said.

By Rachel S. Cohen

20 months ago

How small units can prepare for large-scale combat operations

As national security strategy shifts to peer competition, small units will need to be prepare for large-scale combat operations.

By Capt. Harrison "Brandon" Morgan

3 years ago

Report: Here’s how to get reserve units into the fight faster

New report looks at how quickly reserve forces can be ready to go.

4 years ago

Major combat operations against ISIS in Iraq have ended. What happens now?

With the furling of a flag, top U.S. military leaders marked the “end of major combat operations against ISIS in Iraq” and a change to the U.S.-led coalition’s mission in the country.

5 years ago

War zone deaths are up for the first time in six years

For the first time since 2011, the number of U.S. troops killed in overseas operations has exceeded the previous year's total.

5 years ago

First US female war correspondent to die in combat named 'honorary Marine'

Photographer ‘Dickey’ Chapelle died in Vietnam on patrol with the Marine Corps.

By Andrea Scott

6 years ago

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