Much of its gear and training had Soviet fingerprints all over it. The generals watching from Moscow could reasonably believe ...

In spring 2003, exuberance at the fall of Saddam was swiftly followed by a descent into deadly chaos. Whether moving independently or embedded with troops, Guardian reporters witnessed the violence on ...

Nearly two decades after it was filmed, a new documentary revisits two of the deadliest battles during the early years of the Iraq War by showing the first-person perspective of the men on the ground.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded V2X, an aerospace and defense company formed through the merger of Vectrus and Vertex in 2022, a $252.1 million contract to provide base support services for Iraq’s F-16 ...

BAGHDAD, Jan 17 (Reuters) - U.S. forces have withdrawn from Iraq's Ain al-Asad Airbase, which housed U.S.-led forces in Western Iraq, and the Iraqi army has assumed full control, the Iraqi defence ...

The F-16’s Desert Storm exploits—minimal losses (losing only three to enemy fire), and billions in damage inflicted on Saddam Hussein’s regime—cemented its status as a warfighting icon. The roar of ...

The United States maintains tens of thousands of troops and major military facilities across the region, all operating under US Central Command, also known as Centcom.