Harrowing video of the chaos, recorded by the Afghan news media, has circulated around the world. The Air Force said the episode was under investigation.
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U.S. Aircraft Carrier Returning Home After Long Sea Tour Watching Iran
The Pentagon had extended the deployment of the Nimitz in the Middle East after Iranian threats against President Donald J. Trump and U.S. troops in the region.
U.S.-Russia Military Tensions Intensify in the Air and on the Ground Worldwide
Recent altercations in Europe, the Middle East and off the coast of Alaska have heightened tensions between the two rival powers.
U.S. Air Force Pilot Killed Off U.K. Coast Is Identified
First Lt. Kenneth Allen, 27, was the only person aboard the F-15C fighter jet when it crashed in the North Sea during a training mission.
U.S. Pilot Dies in Fighter Jet Crash off British Coast
A search and rescue team found the Air Force pilot’s body and wreckage from the F-15C plane in the North Sea. The pilot’s name has not yet been released.
Harry Dunn’s Parents Say They Will Sue Trump Administration
The parents of a teenager killed in a motorcycle crash in Britain are also taking legal action against the American woman thought to be driving the car that struck him.
Civilian Casualties Reach Highest Level in Afghan War, U.N. Says
July was the deadliest month for noncombatants in Afghanistan since the organization began tracking such figures a decade ago.
Trump Makes Few Promises to U.K. Over Diplomat’s Wife Who Fled Crash
The accident, which killed a teenage motorcyclist, Harry Dunn, has created a diplomatic quandary for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Inside America’s Dysfunctional Trillion-Dollar Fighter-Jet Program
The F-35 was once the Pentagon’s high-profile problem child. Has it finally moved past its reputation of being an overhyped and underperforming warplane?
At War: This New Generation of Weapons Could Mean More Covert Airstrikes Around the World
The United States has been dropping munitions on Shabab insurgents in Somalia using a dispenser called the common launch tube, which could enable the Pentagon to turn virtually any aircraft into a high-tech gunship.