US deploying B-52s, F/A-18s to protect troops withdrawing fr

US deploying B-52s, F/A-18s to protect troops withdrawing from Afghanistan amid high levels of violence


US deploying B-52s, F/A-18s to protect troops withdrawing from Afghanistan amid high levels of violence
10 May 2021
by Gabriel Dominguez
The United States is deploying additional military aircraft to bolster protection for US and coalition troops making their final withdrawal from Afghanistan as the fighting between Afghan government troops and the Taliban continues at a high level.
“To maximise force protection, we have bolstered our security with additional firepower. The SECDEF [US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin] has directed six additional B-52 long-range strike bombers and a package of 12 fighter-bombers, F[/A]-18s, postured to offer contingency support,” US Army General Mark A Milley, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), said during a 6 May briefing.

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