A B-1B bomber dropped a 2,000-pound joint direct attack munition on enemy combatants in Maimana, Afghanistan, April 28, Air Forces Central said in an April 29 release. Coalition aircraft carried out a total of 26 close air support missions in Afghanistan on that day, including F-15Es taking out enemy positions in Nangalam with 2,000-pound JDAMs, and British Royal Air Force GR9 Harriers dropping enhanced paveway II bombs on enemy combatants in a building near Garmsir. In Iraq, coalition aircraft flew 50 CAS missions, AFCENT said.
Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, will soon prove the ability of small groups of Airmen to turn fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft on a flight line the base's commander called a "no-kidding remote environment." The exercise, part of this year's iteration of Cope North, is one of many that fall under…