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US airdropping supplies in Afghanistan again as war heats up

Military Times: WASHINGTON — U.S. forces conducted the first airdrop of military supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan since September 2014, a sign of increasing military operations in the nearly 16-year war.

It’s a worrying indication that the war in Afghanistan is continuing to deteriorate as a resurgent Taliban gains ground, threatening major population centers in the war-torn country.

U.S. forces generally conduct airdrop resupply missions to sustain ground forces in remote or high threat areas.

“In order to keep our aircraft and aircrews out of harm’s way, we have been attempting to airdrop supplies into areas which have historically seen higher levels of engagements against airborne assets,” a U.S. Air Forces Central Command spokesman (AFCENT) told Military Times.

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