Commander of the US Air Forces, Europe and Africa, USAFE-AFAFRICA, Gen. James Hecker, says the US Air Force will carry out airstrikes against terrorists’ targets across Africa.
Hecker made this statement at a digital news conference while attending the 2025 African Air Chiefs’ Symposium, AACS, on Wednesday in Lusaka, Zambia.
Media Talk Africa reports that the digital conference was organised to enable Gen. Hecker to discuss US commitments to military partnerships with African nations and AACS operations.
According to Hecker, terrorists’ groups like ISIS were high-value targets that threatened African nations and the US, and would be targeted by the US as it did against ISIS in Somalia recently.
“They are significant high-value targets that threaten African nations and threaten the United States.
“So we will continue to go after terrorist organisations that threaten our African partners as well as the United States,” he said.
Hecker further stated that the US was willing to collaborate with African air forces, not only by way of security support, but also through humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts.
Speaking on the Boko Haram insurgency, and how the US Air Force can help the Nigerian military achieve air superiority over the terrorists, the commander said the US had already been supporting Nigeria.
