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The USAF Expands MQ-9 Reaper Drone Force in Afghanistan to Its Largest Size Ever
Afghanistan

The USAF Expands MQ-9 Reaper Drone Force in Afghanistan to Its Largest Size Ever

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

US Navy Wants to Hire Contractors to Fly Their Own MQ-9 Reaper Drones in Afghanistan
Afghanistan

US Navy Wants to Hire Contractors to Fly Their Own MQ-9 Reaper Drones in Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Afghan A-29s Aren’t Dropping Laser-Guided Bombs or Engaging Targets at Night
Afghanistan

Afghan A-29s Aren’t Dropping Laser-Guided Bombs or Engaging Targets at Night

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Afghanistan’s Rebuilt UH-60s Could Actually Hurt Its Warfighting Ability in the Near Term
Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Rebuilt UH-60s Could Actually Hurt Its Warfighting Ability in the Near Term

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Blackwater Founder’s Private Afghan Air Arm Pitch Included An-26 Gunships And AH-1 Cobras
Afghanistan

Blackwater Founder’s Private Afghan Air Arm Pitch Included An-26 Gunships And AH-1 Cobras

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

B-52s Are Dropping Hundreds of Dumb Bombs in Afghanistan to Literally Shape the Terrain
Afghanistan

B-52s Are Dropping Hundreds of Dumb Bombs in Afghanistan to Literally Shape the Terrain

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Night Vision Goggle-Wearing Taliban Are Terrible News for Afghan and US Forces
Afghanistan

Night Vision Goggle-Wearing Taliban Are Terrible News for Afghan and US Forces

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

The Army Rushes 1,000 Recoilless Rifles to Troops, But What’s a “Carl Gustaf” Anyway?
Afghanistan

The Army Rushes 1,000 Recoilless Rifles to Troops, But What’s a “Carl Gustaf” Anyway?

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

The US Is Crafting a Joint Air Force-Army Search and Rescue Super Team in Afghanistan
Afghanistan

The US Is Crafting a Joint Air Force-Army Search and Rescue Super Team in Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Taliban Tries to Kill Mattis as US Struggles With New Afghanistan Strategy
Afghanistan

Taliban Tries to Kill Mattis as US Struggles With New Afghanistan Strategy

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Chinooks Over Afghanistan: The Unsung Workhorse Of America’s Never Ending War
Afghanistan

Chinooks Over Afghanistan: The Unsung Workhorse Of America’s Never Ending War

By Ed Darack and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

As First UH-60s Arrive, US Plan to Dump Afghan Mi-17s Is Still Problematic
Afghanistan

As First UH-60s Arrive, US Plan to Dump Afghan Mi-17s Is Still Problematic

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Watch Never Before Seen Clips of Chinook Helicopters Supporting SEAL Team Six Overseas
Afghanistan

Watch Never Before Seen Clips of Chinook Helicopters Supporting SEAL Team Six Overseas

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

B-52s Are Back In The Skies Of Afghanistan Dropping Bombs Once Again
Afghanistan

B-52s Are Back In The Skies Of Afghanistan Dropping Bombs Once Again

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Afghanistan Is Getting More Ill-Suited Attack Choppers it May Not Even Be Able to Fly
Afghanistan

Afghanistan Is Getting More Ill-Suited Attack Choppers it May Not Even Be Able to Fly

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide a “Turn Key” Mercenary Air Force for Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide a “Turn Key” Mercenary Air Force for Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

We’re Losing In Afghanistan And Sprinkling In Troops Won’t Likely Change That
Afghanistan

We’re Losing In Afghanistan And Sprinkling In Troops Won’t Likely Change That

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

The US Plan to Give Afghanistan a Fleet of Black Hawks Is Deeply Flawed
Afghanistan

The US Plan to Give Afghanistan a Fleet of Black Hawks Is Deeply Flawed

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

America’s Top General In Afghanistan Packs An Old School 1911 Pistol
Afghanistan

America’s Top General In Afghanistan Packs An Old School 1911 Pistol

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 5, 2019

Watch This Mi-24 Hind Attack Helicopter Make A Super Aggressive Running Takeoff
Afghanistan

Watch This Mi-24 Hind Attack Helicopter Make A Super Aggressive Running Takeoff

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 31, 2019

This Video Of A CH-47 Extracting Soldiers Off A Ridge Reminds Us Why The Chinook Rules
Afghanistan

This Video Of A CH-47 Extracting Soldiers Off A Ridge Reminds Us Why The Chinook Rules

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 6, 2019

USAF Pararescuemen Fawn Over The Army’s Chinook Helicopters In This Video From Afghanistan
Afghanistan

USAF Pararescuemen Fawn Over The Army’s Chinook Helicopters In This Video From Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 6, 2019

These Are A Renowned Combat Journalist’s Favorite Images From A Decade Of Deployments
Afghanistan

These Are A Renowned Combat Journalist’s Favorite Images From A Decade Of Deployments

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 18, 2019

A-10s Come To The Rescue Of Desperate Troops In Afghanistan In This Awesome Gun Camera Footage
Afghanistan

A-10s Come To The Rescue Of Desperate Troops In Afghanistan In This Awesome Gun Camera Footage

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 6, 2019

USAF Says Insurgent Drones Are Watching One Of Its Bases In Afghanistan ’24/7′
Afghanistan

USAF Says Insurgent Drones Are Watching One Of Its Bases In Afghanistan ’24/7′

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 10, 2018

CIA Put The First Mi-17 Chopper It Flew Into Afghanistan After 9/11 In A Museum You Can’t Visit
Afghanistan

CIA Put The First Mi-17 Chopper It Flew Into Afghanistan After 9/11 In A Museum You Can’t Visit

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 5, 2018

U.S. General Narrowly Escapes Brazen Taliban Attack, But It’s Still A Huge Blow To War Effort
Afghanistan

U.S. General Narrowly Escapes Brazen Taliban Attack, But It’s Still A Huge Blow To War Effort

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 18, 2018

Marine F-35Bs Fly First-Ever Strike Missions Against ‘Fixed Targets’ in Afghanistan (Updated)
Afghanistan

Marine F-35Bs Fly First-Ever Strike Missions Against ‘Fixed Targets’ in Afghanistan (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 27, 2018

How U.S. Taxpayers Are Spending $1.8B For Afghanistan To Fly A Couple Dozen A-29 Attack Planes
Afghanistan

How U.S. Taxpayers Are Spending $1.8B For Afghanistan To Fly A Couple Dozen A-29 Attack Planes

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 13, 2018

Russia Denies Flying Mystery Air Strike On Afghan Border, Claims Black Choppers Still Aiding ISIS
Afghanistan

Russia Denies Flying Mystery Air Strike On Afghan Border, Claims Black Choppers Still Aiding ISIS

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 28, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Rides in Gun-Toting “Embassy Air” Helicopter In Afghanistan
Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of State Rides in Gun-Toting “Embassy Air” Helicopter In Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 9, 2018

It’s Official, Contractor-Owned MQ-9 Reaper Drones Will Watch Over Marines in Afghanistan
Afghanistan

It’s Official, Contractor-Owned MQ-9 Reaper Drones Will Watch Over Marines in Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 21, 2018

Pentagon Admits Afghanistan’s New Black Hawks Can’t Match Its Older Russian Choppers
Afghanistan

Pentagon Admits Afghanistan’s New Black Hawks Can’t Match Its Older Russian Choppers

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 15, 2018

U.S. Guided Artillery Rockets Kill 50 Taliban Leaders In A Single Strike In Afghanistan
Afghanistan

U.S. Guided Artillery Rockets Kill 50 Taliban Leaders In A Single Strike In Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 30, 2018

Mystery Guided Munition Executes Incredible Maneuver In Strange Airstrike Footage
Afghanistan

Mystery Guided Munition Executes Incredible Maneuver In Strange Airstrike Footage

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 18, 2018

One of Afghanistan’s A-29s Has Finally Dropped a Laser-Guided Bomb in Anger
Afghanistan

One of Afghanistan’s A-29s Has Finally Dropped a Laser-Guided Bomb in Anger

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 28, 2018

Mattis Used The USAF’s Flying Airstream Trailer “Silver Bullet” Pod On Afghanistan Trip
Afghanistan

Mattis Used The USAF’s Flying Airstream Trailer “Silver Bullet” Pod On Afghanistan Trip

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 1, 2017

We Chew The Fat About BACN With Program Boss And Airman Who Used It In Combat
Afghanistan

We Chew The Fat About BACN With Program Boss And Airman Who Used It In Combat

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 19, 2017

Mother Of All Bombs Certainly Did Its Job Based On These New Satellite Images
Afghanistan

Mother Of All Bombs Certainly Did Its Job Based On These New Satellite Images

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 20, 2017

Here’s FLIR Video Of Yesterday’s MOAB Strike In Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Here’s FLIR Video Of Yesterday’s MOAB Strike In Afghanistan

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 14, 2017

US Drops Its Most Powerful Non Nuclear Bomb On ISIS In Afghanistan
Afghanistan

US Drops Its Most Powerful Non Nuclear Bomb On ISIS In Afghanistan

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 14, 2017

Top General In Afghanistan Makes Urgent Request For ‘More Offensive Capability’
Afghanistan

Top General In Afghanistan Makes Urgent Request For ‘More Offensive Capability’

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 9, 2017

Scary Video Of Helicopter Crash That Killed Top Afghan General Emerges
Afghanistan

Scary Video Of Helicopter Crash That Killed Top Afghan General Emerges

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 6, 2016

Ride Along For Strafing Practice In Afghanistan’s Spunky Little MD530 Attack Chopper
Afghanistan

Ride Along For Strafing Practice In Afghanistan’s Spunky Little MD530 Attack Chopper

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 21, 2016