Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Starts Operations Against ISIS from the Persian Gulf
Fighters from Carrier Air Wing 11 launched from the deck of USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on missions to strike ISIS positions…
Air Force F-15E Downs Armed Syrian UAV; Australia Suspends Syrian Anti-ISIS Air Strikes After Russian Threats
A U.S. fighter shot down an armed Syrian regime unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near the Jordan border on Tuesday.…
Kremlin Pledges to Target U.S. Anti-ISIS Coalition Aircraft After ‘Cynical’ Super Hornet Shoot-Down of Syrian Fighter
Russia claims it will no longer be party to the airspace deconfliction agreement with the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition and will treat…
UPDATED: U.S. Navy Super Hornet Shoots Down Syrian Jet Near ISIS Stronghold Raqqah
This post has been updated with a statement from Syrian forces. A U.S. Navy Super Hornet has shot down a…
VIDEO: Pentagon Officials Confirm Russian Ships Fired Cruise Missiles on ISIS Positions in Syria
Two Russian Navy ships fired four cruise missiles into Syria from the Eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday, U.S. defense officials confirmed…
11th MEU: Contingency Ops, Crisis Response is ‘Our Bread and Butter’
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – The Marine Corps touts its ship-based Marine expeditionary unit deployments as its go-to, “911” force when needed.…
CRS Legal Sidebar: Was U.S. Strike on Syrian Airbase Legal?
The following is the April 17, 2017 Congressional Research Service Legal Sidebar: U.S. Strike on Syrian Airbase: Legal under International…
Video: How the U.S. Drops the ‘Mother of All Bombs’
On Thursday, the U.S. Air Force dropped the largest U.S. conventional weapon — the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB)…
Russia Sends More Warships Toward Syria Following U.S. Tomahawk Strikes
A Russian Navy surface action group is headed to the Eastern Mediterranean departing shortly after a U.S. Tomahawk missile strike…
How the U.S. Planned and Executed the Tomahawk Strike Against Syria
This post has been updated with additional information on the intellgence findings that informed U.S. leaders’ decision to carry out…