AFT: In the Clouds An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, follows a KC-135 Stratotanker during an aerial refueling training mission July 28 near St. Louis. (Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hoover/Air National Guard) (Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hoover/171st Air Refueling Wing)
The Taliban took control of the presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday and was expected to announce the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the capital city, according …
AFT: Growlers Overhead Navy Lt. Derrick Petett and Lt. Melissa Deardorff, EA-18G Growler pilots assigned to the "Shadowhawks" of Electronic Attack Squadron 141, fly above the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan over the Arabian Sea Aug. 9. (Navy) (U.S. Navy)
AFT: hunder over Michigan Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation pilot Stuart Milson, flies in formation with Maj. Kristin "BEO" Wolfe, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot and commander, and Capt. Haden "Gator" Fullam, A-10 Demonstration Team pilot and commander, at the 2021 Thunder over Michigan Air Show Aug. 8 at Willow Run Airport, Mich. (Capt. Kip Sumner/Air Force) (Capt. Kippun Sumner/F-35A Demo Team Public Affairs)
Scores of Afghans attempting to flee the worn-torn country in the wake of the Taliban takeover rushed the partly-open ramp of the C-17 Globemaster III and packed the plane’s hold.
AFT: Hormuz Sun The amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima transits the Strait of Hormuz Aug. 4. (Seaman Logan Kaczmarek/Navy) (Petty Officer 2nd Class Brenton Poyser/U.S. Navy)
AFT: Overwatch Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines, provide security during Integrated Training Exercise 4-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. July 30. (Sgt. JVonnta Taylor/Marine Corps) (Sgt. JVonnta Taylor/Marine Forces Reserve)
An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet with the "Dambusters" of Strike Fighter Squadron 195, launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan in the Arabian Sea on Aug. 18. (MCSN Eric Stanton/Navy)
Pentagon officials said Thursday that U.S. jets had been providing overwatch throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and called recent reports of low passes over Kabul "erroneous."
An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 Reinforced, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from the flight deck of the USS Bataan (LHD 5). (Christopher Stone/U.S. Marine Corps)
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AST: Platoon Attack Lance Cpl. Jvan Burleson, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, takes part in platoon attacks during Large Scale Exercise 2021 on Marine Corps Base Hawaii Aug. 6. (Cpl. Alexis Moradian/Marine Corps) (Cpl. Alexis Moradian/3rd Marine Division)