Tag Archives: ISIL

U.S. Fighters Strike ISIS Near Mosul Dam

August 19, 2014 10:11 AM

F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the Tomcatters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31, launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) on July 31, 2014. US Navy Photo

U.S. airstrikes have helped paved the way for Iraqi Kurdish forces to retake a critical dam in Northern Iraq according to the Pentagon. Over the past three days, U.S. forces have conducted 35 airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL) terrorists around the Mosul Dam complex. Read More →

Pentagon Defends Early Sinjar Threat Picture, Blames Initial Surveillance

By: Carlo Muñoz

August 14, 2014 5:27 PM

Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect walk toward the Syrian border on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain on Aug. 11. Reuters Photo

The Pentagon on Thursday vehemently defended its initial assessment of the humanitarian crisis in northern Iraq, despite new reports the amount of Iraqi civilians trapped on the Sinjar mountain range was closer to 4,000 — not 40,000. Read More →

Pentagon: ISIS Adapting to Air Strikes, Targeting Becoming ‘More Difficult’

By: Dave Majumdar

August 11, 2014 5:41 PM

Sailors launch aircraft from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) on Aug. 7, 2014. US Navy Photo

The U.S. military has launched more than a dozen air strikes against Iraq and Syria Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) forces in northern Iraq, but the terrorists are adapting to operating while under attack from American air power. Read More →

U.S. Navy Strikes ISIS Targets in Iraq

By: Dave Majumdar

August 8, 2014 10:30 AM

An F/A-18C Hornet attached to the Golden Warriors of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) on July 26, 2014. US Navy Photo

Two U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters operating from the carrier USS George HW Bush (CVN-77) have struck an artillery piece operated by Iraq and Syria Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) terrorists near Irbil in northern Iraq. Read More →

USS Bataan Enters Persian Gulf, Nine U.S. Ships Now in Region

By: Sam LaGrone

July 8, 2014 5:05 PM

USS Bataan (LHD-5) on May 15, 2014. US Navy Photo

In a rare concurrence of events, a carrier strike group and all three ships of a Navy Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) are in the Persian Gulf, for a total of nine U.S. Navy ships in region, defense officials told USNI News on Tuesday. Read More →

Dempsey: Iraqi Forces Will ‘Probably Not’ Be Able to Retake Lost Territory Alone

By: Sam LaGrone

July 3, 2014 1:41 PM

An undated photo of Iraqi Security Forces

PENTAGON — The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) — in their current state — were capable of defending Baghdad on their own from advancing forces of the Iraq and Syria Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) but unlikely to retake lost territory without help. Read More →

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