Reports claim ISIS Minister of War was trained by U.S. Special Forces years ago

On Tuesday, the US military cautiously celebrated what has the potential, if confirmed, of being a major victory in the fight against ISIS. A US airstrike on Tuesday was believed to have killed ISIS’s “minister of war” Abu Omar al-Shishani, also called Omar the Chechen. If true, such a strike will both seriously hinder ISIS’s tactical […]

Captured U.S. target was ISIS chemical weapons mastermind

The ISIS figure captured by American Special Operations forces in Iraq a few weeks ago was the terror group’s chief of its chemical weapons unit, a U.S. official said today. ISIS has a rudimentary mustard gas capability that it used last summer to limited effect against Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria, U.S. officials said. […]

Pentagon Has Plan to Cripple ISIS in Libya With Air Barrage

 The Pentagon has presented the White House with the most detailed set of military options yet for attacking the growing Islamic State threat in Libya, including a range of potential airstrikes against training camps, command centers, munitions depots and other militant targets. Airstrikes against as many as 30 to 40 targets in four areas of the […]

Airstrike Targets Daesh Military Commander

Editor’s Note: It’s always fantastic when we hear news like this. Our men and women continue to handle their business and pursue high-value targets as they present themselves, and this is a fantastic example. Both fixed-wing aircraft and Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAs) were responsible for this strike, a mission which resulted in the demise of […]

Iraqi assault on ISIS in Mosul still months away

BAGHDAD –  It will take many more months to prepare Iraq’s still struggling military for a long-anticipated assault on the Islamic State group’s biggest stronghold in the country, the city of Mosul, U.S. and Iraqi officials say — and it may not even be possible to retake it this year, despite repeated vows by Prime […]

U.S. to send nuclear-capable bombers to combat ISIS

The United States is sending nuclear-capable B-52 aircraft to drop bombs on the Islamic State terror group, defense officials confirmed to Fox News Friday. The B-52 Stratofortress will start its first bombing campaign against ISIS in April, the Air Force Times reports. It’s not clear how many B-52s or airmen will be involved. Officials say the aircraft […]

The B-52 Will Rise Again In Fight Against Daesh!

Editor’s Note: As we recently said, the BUFF may be old and tired, but she’s still an angry girl eager to rise up in the fight against Daesh. With the capacity to rain down seventy thousand pounds of harsh judgement, the thought of the BUFF prowling the airspace above Syria and Iraq was enough to […]

U.S. Special Operations raid results in capture of ‘significant’ ISIS member

A U.S. Special Operations assault force captured an ISIS operative during a recent raid in northern Iraq, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday. The official would not discuss specifics of the raid, including the identity of the captured militant, due to the sensitivity of the mission. The operation was first reported on by […]