US air power responds to “unprovoked attack” in Syria

Subscribe to www.airforcesmonthly.com for breaking news stories. E-mail the news team at edafm@keypublishing.com An F-22A receives fuel from a KC-10A during an Operation Inherent Resolve mission over Syria on February 2. ANG/Staff Sgt Colton Elliott US AIR Force B-52s, F-15Es and AC-130s were joined by US Army AH-64s in an effort to push back pro-regime fighters in eastern Syria on the night of February 7. The US aircraft were responding to an “unprovoked attack” by a battalion-sized unit supported by