Air Force continues to pound ISIS targets in Iraq 9 hours ago A U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle flies over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 10, 2021.(Staff Sgt. Sean Carnes/Air Force) U.S. airpower continues to play a role in the ongoing fight against the remnants of the Islamic State. At least one U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle was “part of Coalition Forces which conducted air strikes at request and approval of Government of Iraq,” a defense official told Military Times Saturday afternoon. The jets took part in a combined air and partner ground operation against ISIS targets in Iraq’s Salah-al-Din Governate, according to a tweet from Yahia Rasool, spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Defense.