US Central Command dubbed the aerial offensive against ISIS “Operation Inherent Resolve,” applying the name retroactively to all operations in Iraq and Syria since Aug. 8, officials announced. The name signifies that “we are going to stay resolved and determined to get after this threat,” Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby explained in an Oct. 15 press briefing. “We’re going to do it in partnership, and I think that’s where the ‘inherent’ comes in the name,” Kirby added, noting that a total of 60 countries are now “involved in this effort in various forms.” CENTCOM stressed that Inherent Resolve will continue to be a broad coalition effort, but “diplomatic, informational, military, [and] economic” means also will be required to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS, according to the release.
Hawaii F-22s Wrap Up Deployment to Japan
April 9, 2021
F-22s and Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, forward deployed to Japan for almost one month to train with Japanese and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft as part of a “dynamic force employment” operation. The Raptors from the Active-duty 19th Fighter Squadron and Air National Guard 199th Fighter Squadron deployed…