‘We need to be ready to go’: AFSOC preps for potential Caribbean missions
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Special operations airmen are ready for missions in support of President Donald Trump’s controversial campaign against narco-terrorism groups in the Caribbean region, the leader of Air Force Special Operations Command said Wednesday.While Lt. Gen. Michael Conley declined to specifically disclose if they are supporting operations related to Venezuela, a he told reporters that his airmen have strike, surveillance, and mobility assets that “any combatant
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