US announces multi‑day Air Force exercise in Middle East as tensions with Iran escalate over protest crackdown
The United States announced a major multi-day Air Force exercise in the Middle East on Tuesday (January 27), as tensions with Iran escalate over the Islamic republic’s deadly crackdown on anti-government protests. The exercise aims to “demonstrate the ability to deploy, disperse, and sustain combat airpower across” the region, according to a statement from the…