US Central Command Air Forces officials report that coalition airpower flew almost 1,200 combat and support sorties for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan from Dec. 29, 2005-Jan. 1, 2006. In combat action in Iraq over the last three days of 2005 and first day of the new year, USAF F-16s and US Navy F/A-18s provided close air support for coalition forces near Al Hawjah, Al Iskandariyah, Al Miqdadiyah, Ar Ramadi, Baghdad, Balad, and Bayji. The F-16s fired six precision-guided munitions, striking an enemy bunker and mortar firing locations and an enemy vehicle. On Jan. 1, USAF F-15s flew a pre-planned air strike near Ar Rutbah, hitting an enemy weapons cache with four PGMs. In Afghanistan over the four-day period, USAF A-10 and B-52 aircraft flew CAS for coalition troops under fire from enemy forces near Gereshk.
In AI Experiment, UK and US Simulate Adjacent Operations
Oct. 20, 2021
Held an ocean apart but simulating adjacent military forces, a virtual demonstration Oct. 18 gave the U.K. and U.S. militaries cause to project optimism over someday jointly adopting artificial intelligence “that can learn in the field.” The test represented “just the first step” on the way to an “experimental trial…