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Taliban Show Off Captured Aircraft And Other Spoils After Taking Over Kabul’s Airport (Updated)
Afghanistan

Taliban Show Off Captured Aircraft And Other Spoils After Taking Over Kabul’s Airport (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 31, 2021

These Two Images Represent The Beginning And The End Of America’s War In Afghanistan
Afghanistan

These Two Images Represent The Beginning And The End Of America’s War In Afghanistan

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 31, 2021

Here’s What The U.S. Military Left Behind At Kabul Airport
Afghanistan

Here’s What The U.S. Military Left Behind At Kabul Airport

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 31, 2021

Al Qaeda Kingpin Resurfaces In Afghanistan Surrounded By Taliban Security
Afghanistan

Al Qaeda Kingpin Resurfaces In Afghanistan Surrounded By Taliban Security

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 30, 2021

American Drone Strike Hits Suicide Attackers Targeting Kabul Airport (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

American Drone Strike Hits Suicide Attackers Targeting Kabul Airport (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 30, 2021

U.S. Executes Revenge Drone Strike On ISIS-K “Planner” In Afghanistan (Updated)
Afghanistan

U.S. Executes Revenge Drone Strike On ISIS-K “Planner” In Afghanistan (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 28, 2021

Operation Pineapple Express Saw Special Ops Vets Lead The Rescue Of Hundreds Of Afghans
Afghanistan

Operation Pineapple Express Saw Special Ops Vets Lead The Rescue Of Hundreds Of Afghans

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 27, 2021

Pentagon Confirms American Troops Have Been Blowing Equipment Up At Kabul Airport
Afghanistan

Pentagon Confirms American Troops Have Been Blowing Equipment Up At Kabul Airport

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 27, 2021

American Troops Confirmed Killed In Kabul Airport Terror Bombing (Updated)
Afghanistan

American Troops Confirmed Killed In Kabul Airport Terror Bombing (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 26, 2021

Terror Attack Rocks Kabul International Airport (Updated)
Afghanistan

Terror Attack Rocks Kabul International Airport (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 26, 2021

Video Purports To Show U.S.-Supplied Black Helicopter Taxiing In Taliban Hands
Afghanistan

Video Purports To Show U.S.-Supplied Black Helicopter Taxiing In Taliban Hands

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 25, 2021

These Are The Military’s Options For Extending Evacuations In Afghanistan. None Of Them Are Good.
Afghanistan

These Are The Military’s Options For Extending Evacuations In Afghanistan. None Of Them Are Good.

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 25, 2021

U.S. Prepared To Destroy Equipment It Can’t Airlift Out Of Kabul As Withdrawal Deadline Looms (Updated)
Afghanistan

U.S. Prepared To Destroy Equipment It Can’t Airlift Out Of Kabul As Withdrawal Deadline Looms (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 24, 2021

What The Civil Reserve Air Fleet Is And Why It’s Been Activated For The Third Time In 70 Years
Afghanistan

What The Civil Reserve Air Fleet Is And Why It’s Been Activated For The Third Time In 70 Years

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 22, 2021

Here’s All The Intel You Need On The Ongoing Evacuation Operation In Kabul
Afghanistan

Here’s All The Intel You Need On The Ongoing Evacuation Operation In Kabul

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 23, 2021

Want Uncle Sam To Get You Out Of Kabul? It Could Cost You Thousands Of Dollars… Or Maybe Not?
Afghanistan

Want Uncle Sam To Get You Out Of Kabul? It Could Cost You Thousands Of Dollars… Or Maybe Not?

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 20, 2021

Navy Fighters Are Flying Armed Overwatch Missions Over Kabul
U.S. Navy

Navy Fighters Are Flying Armed Overwatch Missions Over Kabul

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 19, 2021

A New Northern Alliance Against The Taliban Is Forming In Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley (Updated)
Afghanistan

A New Northern Alliance Against The Taliban Is Forming In Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 18, 2021

Dozens Of U.S.-Bought Afghan Air Force Aircraft Are Now Orphaned At An Uzbek Airfield
Light Air Support

Dozens Of U.S.-Bought Afghan Air Force Aircraft Are Now Orphaned At An Uzbek Airfield

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 18, 2021

Five Decades After Evacuating The Embassy In Saigon The CH-46 Phrog Did It Again In Kabul
Vietnam War

Five Decades After Evacuating The Embassy In Saigon The CH-46 Phrog Did It Again In Kabul

By Adam Kehoe and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 17, 2021

RC-135W Rivet Joint Spy Plane Is Flying Orbits Over Kabul (Updated)
Afghanistan

RC-135W Rivet Joint Spy Plane Is Flying Orbits Over Kabul (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 17, 2021

Situation At Kabul Airport “Would Have Been Difficult For Anyone To Predict” Says Pentagon Spokesman (Updated)
Afghanistan

Situation At Kabul Airport “Would Have Been Difficult For Anyone To Predict” Says Pentagon Spokesman (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 17, 2021

U.S. Troops Kill Two Armed Afghans At Unsecured Kabul Airport, Thousands More Being Sent (Updated)
Afghanistan

U.S. Troops Kill Two Armed Afghans At Unsecured Kabul Airport, Thousands More Being Sent (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 16, 2021

Apache Helicopters Chase Afghans Swarming A C-17 On Kabul Airport’s Runway (Updated)
Afghanistan

Apache Helicopters Chase Afghans Swarming A C-17 On Kabul Airport’s Runway (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 16, 2021

800 People Evacuated From Kabul Aboard A Single C-17 Cargo Jet (Updated)
Afghanistan

800 People Evacuated From Kabul Aboard A Single C-17 Cargo Jet (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 16, 2021

Shadowy KC-135RT Special Ops Tankers Head Toward Afghanistan As Evacuation Airbridge Forms (Updated)
KC-135

Shadowy KC-135RT Special Ops Tankers Head Toward Afghanistan As Evacuation Airbridge Forms (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 14, 2021

Emergency Troop Surge Now Needed For Afghan Withdrawal (Updated)
Afghanistan

Emergency Troop Surge Now Needed For Afghan Withdrawal (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 13, 2021

What It Takes For U.S. Jets To Keep Fighting In Afghanistan From “Over The Horizon”
Afghanistan

What It Takes For U.S. Jets To Keep Fighting In Afghanistan From “Over The Horizon”

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 28, 2021

The Onion Predicted America’s Middle Of The Night Pullout From Bagram In Afghanistan
Afghanistan

The Onion Predicted America’s Middle Of The Night Pullout From Bagram In Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 6, 2021

State Department’s New Black Hawks In Afghanistan Could Prove Especially Important After Withdrawal
Afghanistan

State Department’s New Black Hawks In Afghanistan Could Prove Especially Important After Withdrawal

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 3, 2021

Biden Throws Down The Gauntlet On Pulling Troops Out Of Afghanistan Ahead Of 9/11 Anniversary
Afghanistan

Biden Throws Down The Gauntlet On Pulling Troops Out Of Afghanistan Ahead Of 9/11 Anniversary

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 13, 2021

Top U.S. General In Afghanistan Is Carrying A Heavily-Modified Glock With A Compensator Attached
Afghanistan

Top U.S. General In Afghanistan Is Carrying A Heavily-Modified Glock With A Compensator Attached

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 23, 2021

Satellite Images Show Horrible Aftermath Of Explosion That Burned Hundreds Of Trucks In Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Satellite Images Show Horrible Aftermath Of Explosion That Burned Hundreds Of Trucks In Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 19, 2021

This Marine One VH-60N Had Its Iconic Paint Job Blotted Out For Historic Afghanistan Trip
Marine One

This Marine One VH-60N Had Its Iconic Paint Job Blotted Out For Historic Afghanistan Trip

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 16, 2021

Air Force Doubles Down On E-11A BACN Communications Jets With Plans To Triple Fleet Size
E-11

Air Force Doubles Down On E-11A BACN Communications Jets With Plans To Triple Fleet Size

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 8, 2021

Deadly Taliban Attack On Governor’s Volleyball-Playing Bodyguards Points To Armed Drone Use
Afghanistan

Deadly Taliban Attack On Governor’s Volleyball-Playing Bodyguards Points To Armed Drone Use

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 2, 2020

The AH-1W Super Cobra Has Been Retired From The Marine Corps After 34 Years Of Service
AH-1

The AH-1W Super Cobra Has Been Retired From The Marine Corps After 34 Years Of Service

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

New Details Emerge About Snap Deployment Of B-52s To Diego Garcia During Iran Crisis
Iran

New Details Emerge About Snap Deployment Of B-52s To Diego Garcia During Iran Crisis

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 6, 2020

The U.S. Military Says It Has Supported The Taliban In Fighting ISIS In Afghanistan
Afghanistan

The U.S. Military Says It Has Supported The Taliban In Fighting ISIS In Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 10, 2020

Take A Rare Look Inside An Army Ranger Armory Somewhere In Afghanistan
U.S. Army

Take A Rare Look Inside An Army Ranger Armory Somewhere In Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 19, 2020

E-11A Pilots Died Flying An Aircraft From A Fleet So Small None Are In The U.S. For Training
E-11

E-11A Pilots Died Flying An Aircraft From A Fleet So Small None Are In The U.S. For Training

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 30, 2020

Highly Specialized Air Force E-11A Communications Aircraft Crashes And Burns In Afghanistan (Updated)
E-11

Highly Specialized Air Force E-11A Communications Aircraft Crashes And Burns In Afghanistan (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 30, 2020

America’s Shadowy Sword Wielding Hellfire Missile Has Migrated To The Afghan Battlefield
Afghanistan

America’s Shadowy Sword Wielding Hellfire Missile Has Migrated To The Afghan Battlefield

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 12, 2020

What Aircraft Snuck Trump Out Of Florida On His Way To Afghanistan For Thanksgiving?
Afghanistan

What Aircraft Snuck Trump Out Of Florida On His Way To Afghanistan For Thanksgiving?

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 2, 2019

CIA Releases Photo Taken Just Before Its Operatives First Entered Afghanistan After 9/11
Afghanistan

CIA Releases Photo Taken Just Before Its Operatives First Entered Afghanistan After 9/11

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 21, 2019

The Afghan Air Force Just Can’t Quit The Hind Gunship Helicopter
Afghanistan

The Afghan Air Force Just Can’t Quit The Hind Gunship Helicopter

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 16, 2019

AC-130J Ghostrider Gunships Have Flown Their Very First Combat Missions
AC-130

AC-130J Ghostrider Gunships Have Flown Their Very First Combat Missions

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 11, 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

You Can Buy The State Department’s Totally Upgraded S-61T Helicopters That It Barely Used
H-46

You Can Buy The State Department’s Totally Upgraded S-61T Helicopters That It Barely Used

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 11, 2019

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

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 31, 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

Political Flight Fight: Trump Yanks Pelosi’s Plane In Tit For Tat Move As Melania Jets To Florida (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

Political Flight Fight: Trump Yanks Pelosi’s Plane In Tit For Tat Move As Melania Jets To Florida (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 18, 2019

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

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

Mattis Is Out As Defense Secretary In Wake Of Trump’s Sudden Syria Withdrawal Order
Syria

Mattis Is Out As Defense Secretary In Wake Of Trump’s Sudden Syria Withdrawal Order

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 20, 2018

USAF Says Insurgent Drones Are Watching One Of Its Bases In Afghanistan ’24/7′
U.S. Air Force

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 10, 2018

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

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

Kenya and Lebanon Will Get Little Bird Choppers That Can Carry Up To Six Weapons At Once
Africa

Kenya and Lebanon Will Get Little Bird Choppers That Can Carry Up To Six Weapons At Once

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 5, 2018

The U.S. State Department Has Its Own Sprawling Air Force, Here’s What’s In Its Inventory
U.S. Homeland

The U.S. State Department Has Its Own Sprawling Air Force, Here’s What’s In Its Inventory

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 15, 2019

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

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 27, 2018

CIA Put The First Mi-17 Chopper It Flew Into Afghanistan After 9/11 In A Museum You Can’t Visit
Mi8/Mi-17

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

Marine F-35Bs Flew Surveillance Missions Near Somalia And Were Ready To Strike If Necessary
U.S. Marine Corps

Marine F-35Bs Flew Surveillance Missions Near Somalia And Were Ready To Strike If Necessary

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 26, 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

The Pentagon’s Tiny Covert Mics That Clip Onto Your Teeth Are A Game Changer
Soldier Systems

The Pentagon’s Tiny Covert Mics That Clip Onto Your Teeth Are A Game Changer

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 12, 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