Aircraft
Arab Air Forces Switch Focus from Syria to Yemen
The US is making adjustments to the air campaign over Iraq and Syria – and helping out over Yemen
This US Air Force B-1B bomber took time out from Operation Inherent Resolve over Iraq and Syria, to do a flyby at the Dubai Air Show. It flew from Al Udeid airbase in Qatar
This US Air Force B-1B bomber took time out from Operation Inherent Resolve over Iraq and Syria, to do a flyby at the Dubai Air Show. It flew from Al Udeid airbase in Qatar

Arab air forces that were participating in the U.S.-led air campaign against ISIS forces over Iraq and Syria have almost entirely switched their combat jets to the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen. The U.S. continues to provide limited assistance to that effort, which began in March. Meanwhile the U.S. is spending $10 million each day on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), which cannot succeed in defeating ISIL without the intervention of trained local ground forces, U.S. officials acknowledge.