The Third Crusade

Military aircraft in the Middle East conflicts December 18, 2011 was a momentous day for the U.S. Air Force: it flew the last combat sorties as part ... ... not quite the case, of course. The second horseman of the Apocalypse has not left these lands at least from the start of the Iran–Iraq war in 1980. Only the protagonists change (with the exception of Iraq itself). The new force is the Islamic State ...