Exercise Red Flag-Alaska 26-2 concluded June 12, bringing together more than 2,100 service members from the U.S. and partner nations for realistic air combat training at Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The exercise integrates joint and coalition forces into a realistic threat environment, enhancing readiness and warfighting capabilities with the largest combat training range in the world.
Many were detained during January’s mass protests, according to a rights group, amid concerns the authorities are trying to intimidate Iranians from returning to the streets.
U.S. Africa Command hosted dual opening ceremonies in Libya and Côte d'Ivoire, officially beginning Exercise Flintlock 2026, its annual combined special operations exercise.
The 39th Security Forces Squadron certified airmen on the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station for the first time at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, supporting the 39th Air Base Wing's goal for airmen to be trained, equipped and ready.
Iran is recruiting and mobilizing children as young as 12 into a military campaign, according to Amnesty International, which says the practice amounts to a war crime.