Latest "U.S. withdrawal" stories

Hundreds more airmen to receive military awards for Kabul evacuation

The Air Force will hand out 96 Distinguished Flying Crosses and 12 Bronze Stars starting in November.

By Rachel S. Cohen

7 months ago

A U.S. soldier holds a sign indicating a gate is closed as hundreds of people gather some holding documents, near an evacuation control checkpoint on the perimeter of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2021. (Wali Sabawoon/AP)

46 hours: How airmen fought to save lives after the Abbey Gate bombing

Air Force Times exclusively spoke with five airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron during Operation Allies Refuge.

By Rachel S. Cohen

9 months ago

Before US pullout, watchdog warned of Afghan air force collapse

The SIGAR report underscores that American authorities had been alerted that Afghanistan’s air force did not have the capabilities to survive after a U.S. withdrawal.

16 months ago

US announces $308 million in aid for Afghans as crisis grows after withdrawal

Afghanistan's long-troubled economy has been in a tailspin since the U.S. withdrawal.

17 months ago

Wyoming troop deaths 20 years apart bookend Afghanistan war

Edmunds and McCollum were both killed on their first deployments. In between, almost 2,500 U.S. troops died in the Afghanistan war.

By Thomas Peipert

21 months ago

Troop, family sacrifices in Afghanistan not in vain

We must remind them gently and respectfully that the answer is no — that the value of their deeds over the last 20 years can never be diminished.

By David Kim

21 months ago