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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

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

USAF Pararescuemen Fawn Over The Army’s Chinook Helicopters In This Video From Afghanistan
CH-47

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 6, 2019

U.S. Special Operators in Syria Have Set Up Futuristic Computer-Assisted Mortar Turrets
Mortars

U.S. Special Operators in Syria Have Set Up Futuristic Computer-Assisted Mortar Turrets

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 9, 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

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

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

Russia Claims US Coalition “Mystery Helicopters” Supplying Arms To ISIS In Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Russia Claims US Coalition “Mystery Helicopters” Supplying Arms To ISIS In Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

US Uses a Private Helicopter Force to Get Around Kabul And Intel Woes Might Put It At Risk
CH-47

US Uses a Private Helicopter Force to Get Around Kabul And Intel Woes Might Put It At Risk

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

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

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
U.S. Navy

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Pentagon Watchdog Slams U.S.-Backed Efforts to Expand The Afghan Air Force
Afghanistan

Pentagon Watchdog Slams U.S.-Backed Efforts to Expand The Afghan Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 10, 2019

Watch The “Final Cut” Of A Glowing Film About The A-10 That The USAF Tried to Suppress
A-10

Watch The “Final Cut” Of A Glowing Film About The A-10 That The USAF Tried to Suppress

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?
Carl Gustaf Recoiless Rifle

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

At Hearing, Dunford Highlights Plans for Afghan Black Hawk Gunship Variant
U.S. Homeland

At Hearing, Dunford Highlights Plans for Afghan Black Hawk Gunship Variant

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

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

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

Mysterious US Army Spy Plane Turns Up at the Boneyard in Arizona
U.S. Homeland

Mysterious US Army Spy Plane Turns Up at the Boneyard in Arizona

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
Navy SEALs

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

We Chew The Fat About BACN With Program Boss And Airman Who Used It In Combat
E-11

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 19, 2017

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

This Shadowy Afghan Unit Fights Alongside America’s Most Elite Forces
Afghanistan

This Shadowy Afghan Unit Fights Alongside America’s Most Elite Forces

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

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