Close air support missions include troops in contact ... AC-130s were also part of the buildup of U.S. forces in 1998 to convince Iraq to comply with U.N. weapons inspections.

While deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, then-Capt. Campbell and her flight lead were flying over downtown Baghdad during a close-air-support mission April 7, 2003. "We were ...

For 62 U.S. airmen, the nearly nine-year war in Iraq came to an end as they boarded a plane for Kuwait, on the final Air Force flight out of the country. WSJ's Nathan Hodge reports.