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The USAF Expands MQ-9 Reaper Drone Force in Afghanistan to Its Largest Size Ever
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
US Navy Wants to Hire Contractors to Fly Their Own MQ-9 Reaper Drones in Afghanistan
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
Afghan A-29s Aren’t Dropping Laser-Guided Bombs or Engaging Targets at Night
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
B-52s Are Dropping Hundreds of Dumb Bombs in Afghanistan to Literally Shape the Terrain
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Night Vision Goggle-Wearing Taliban Are Terrible News for Afghan and US Forces
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The Army Rushes 1,000 Recoilless Rifles to Troops, But What’s a “Carl Gustaf” Anyway?
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The US Is Crafting a Joint Air Force-Army Search and Rescue Super Team in Afghanistan
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Taliban Tries to Kill Mattis as US Struggles With New Afghanistan Strategy
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
As First UH-60s Arrive, US Plan to Dump Afghan Mi-17s Is Still Problematic
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Watch Never Before Seen Clips of Chinook Helicopters Supporting SEAL Team Six Overseas
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
B-52s Are Back In The Skies Of Afghanistan Dropping Bombs Once Again
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Afghanistan Is Getting More Ill-Suited Attack Choppers it May Not Even Be Able to Fly
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide a “Turn Key” Mercenary Air Force for Afghanistan
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
We’re Losing In Afghanistan And Sprinkling In Troops Won’t Likely Change That
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The US Plan to Give Afghanistan a Fleet of Black Hawks Is Deeply Flawed
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
America’s Top General In Afghanistan Packs An Old School 1911 Pistol
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 5, 2019
Watch This Mi-24 Hind Attack Helicopter Make A Super Aggressive Running Takeoff
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 31, 2019
This Video Of A CH-47 Extracting Soldiers Off A Ridge Reminds Us Why The Chinook Rules
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 6, 2019
These Are A Renowned Combat Journalist’s Favorite Images From A Decade Of Deployments
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 18, 2019
USAF Says Insurgent Drones Are Watching One Of Its Bases In Afghanistan ’24/7′
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 10, 2018
U.S. Secretary of State Rides in Gun-Toting “Embassy Air” Helicopter In Afghanistan
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 9, 2018
Pentagon Admits Afghanistan’s New Black Hawks Can’t Match Its Older Russian Choppers
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 15, 2018
U.S. Guided Artillery Rockets Kill 50 Taliban Leaders In A Single Strike In Afghanistan
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 30, 2018
Mystery Guided Munition Executes Incredible Maneuver In Strange Airstrike Footage
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 17, 2018
One of Afghanistan’s A-29s Has Finally Dropped a Laser-Guided Bomb in Anger
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 27, 2018
Mattis Used The USAF’s Flying Airstream Trailer “Silver Bullet” Pod On Afghanistan Trip
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 1, 2017
We Chew The Fat About BACN With Program Boss And Airman Who Used It In Combat
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 19, 2017
Mother Of All Bombs Certainly Did Its Job Based On These New Satellite Images
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 20, 2017
Here’s FLIR Video Of Yesterday’s MOAB Strike In Afghanistan
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 14, 2017
US Drops Its Most Powerful Non Nuclear Bomb On ISIS In Afghanistan
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 14, 2017
Top General In Afghanistan Makes Urgent Request For ‘More Offensive Capability’
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 9, 2017
Scary Video Of Helicopter Crash That Killed Top Afghan General Emerges
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 5, 2016
Ride Along For Strafing Practice In Afghanistan’s Spunky Little MD530 Attack Chopper
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 20, 2016