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  • A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules transport aircraft takes off from a landing strip in Panama during Operation JUST CAUSE (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond)

    From Just Cause to Iraqi Freedom: Nurse recounts time though three wars

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Carol Vermillion felt no fear while flying to Panama in December 1989 as part of Operation Just Cause, the first of three conflicts where she served as a nurse. “I was more excited and anxious,” recalled Vermillion, who retired as a colonel. “I felt more a part of the Air Force.”
  • An Iraqi soldier rushes to regroup with his team as they return fire during a basic infantry class at Camp Al Asad, Iraq, July 4, 2017. The training is critical to enabling Iraqi forces to liberate their nation from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Army photo by Spc. Cole Erickson

    ISIS Dealt Significant Blow After Iraq Retakes Mosul, Official Says

    The retaking of Mosul by Iraqi forces delivered a significant blow to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Army Col. Ryan Dillon, the spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, told Pentagon reporters.

  • Around the Air Force: Oct. 28

    On this look around the Air Force Airmen bring supplies to a newly liberated and repaired airfield in Iraq, and a memorial honors the life on an Air Force Office of Special Investigations agent.
  • Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the creation of the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal March 30, 2016. (Defense Department illustration)

    Carter announces Operation Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal

    Service members who serve or have served in Iraq or Syria as part of Operation Inherent Resolve will receive the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced March 30 in Tampa, Florida.
  • F-16A Fighting Falcon, F-15C Eagle and F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft fly over burning oil field sites in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. (U.S. Air Force archive photo)

    A look back at Desert Storm, 25 years later

    Twenty-five years ago, the Air Force participated in Operation Desert Storm, the largest air campaign since the conflict in Southeast Asia. The campaign’s purpose was to drive the Iraqi military out of Kuwait, release the country from Saddam Hussein’s invasion and reestablish its sovereignty.
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