US scrambles more jets to deter Israel-Hamas conflict escalation

In support of the Pentagon’s efforts to keep the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas from sparking a broader regional conflict, the USAF has scrambled additional A-10C Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft and F-15E Strike Eagle multi-role strike fighters to US Central Command’s (CENTCOM’s) area of responsibility (AOR). Ten A-10Cs from the 354th Fighter Squadron (FS) ‘Bulldogs’ – a component of the 355th Fighter Wing (FW) at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona – arrived at Al Dhafra Air Base (AB) in