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Operation Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal

Posted on April 1, 2016March 31, 2016 by alert5

At the U.S. Central Command change-of-command ceremony in Florida, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that U.S. service members who serve or have served in Iraq or Syria as part of Operation Inherent Resolve will receive the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal.

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49, 49, 64, and 96 – That’s the number of A-10s being retired starting from FY 2018

Posted on March 21, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has revealed the number of A-10 attack jets that will be retired each year before the type is completely withdrawn from service in 2022.

By: Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman, U.S. Air Force (www.defense.gov) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Kurdish website said work on airstrip in Rmaylan, Syria completed

Posted on March 7, 2016March 7, 2016 by alert5

A Kurdish website said the United States has completed its upgrade of an airstrip in the town of Rmaylan in Syria and work has started on a second runway southeast of Kobani.

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