A pair of U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles fly over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes in Syria, in this U.S. Air Force handout photo taken early in the morning of September 23, 2014. (Reuters/U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Matthew)
Army Times: Graphic: Strikes in Afghanistan and against Islamic State compared
The air war in Afghanistan is heating up again, thanks to the resurgence of the Taliban and its terrorist splinter groups.
Just one month into 2016, Afghanistan has already dropped the most weapons since 2013, with almost 130 weapons released, according to the latest U.S. Air Forces Central Command statistics.
Comparable months were between August and October in 2015, when each month hit the triple digits in weapon releases for the entire year; October saw 203 bombs dropped — the highest overall — coinciding with the time the Taliban overran the city of Kunduz, marking the first time fighters displaced Afghan forces and took hold of a major city since 2001.
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WNU Editor: I cannot help but feel that both air campaigns are going to intensify "big-time" in the coming months.
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