Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare an F-16 fighting falcon assigned to the 77th Fighter Squadron for takeoff Nov. 21, 2017 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The launch was used in support of a new offensive campaign. Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and United States Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) launched a series of ongoing attacks to hit the Taliban where they are most vulnerable: their revenue streams. Together, Afghan and forces conducted combined operations to strike drug labs and command-and-control nodes in northern Helma


Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare an F-16 fighting falcon assigned to the 77th Fighter Squadron for takeoff Nov. 21, 2017 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The launch was used in support of a new offensive campaign. Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and United States Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) launched a series of ongoing attacks to hit the Taliban where they are most vulnerable: their revenue streams. Together, Afghan and forces conducted combined operations to strike drug labs and command-and-control nodes in northern Helmand province. These types of strikes represent the highest level of trust and cooperation between ANDSF and USFOR-A. ( Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Divine Cox)


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