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Air war against ISIS holds lessons for future battles February 9 An Air Force F-15E fires flares as it supports Operation Inherent Resolve in June 2017. (Staff Sgt. Trevor McBride/Air Force) The five-year coalition air campaign to defeat the Islamic State group and roll back its territorial gains in Iraq and Syria saw a “complex and contested” airspace, overstretched enablers, depleted precision guidance munitions stockpiles and more intense bombing than seen for similar periods in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The report authors detail the 2014 to 2019 timeline of the Operation Inh...