He was flanked by two F/A-18F fighters, a warplane that flew strikes against Iraq, and he spent much of his address discussing the defeat of Iraq's military and the collapse of Mr. Hussein's government.
Khartoum's Sukhoi and MiG jet fighters and Antonov warplanes fly daily sorties overhead, bombing frequently.
Norway's F-16 fighters intercepted Russian warplanes 74 times in 2014.
Air Force officials said the four B-2 bombers that were in the region had already flown home, as had half a dozen F-117 stealth fighters and other warplanes.
In a similarly pointed warning, in May, Turkish fighter jets chased Israeli warplanes from what Ankara said was Turkish airspace just north of Cyprus.
Yemeni warplanes attacked fighters with Al Qaeda on Monday, killing at least 16, while seven soldiers died in clashes with militants in the south, military officials said.
PARIS — Despite intensive airstrikes by French warplanes, Islamist fighters overran a strategic village and military post in central Mali on Monday, offering an indication that the war against extremists who have carved out a jihadist state in the nation's north could be a long and difficult one.
NEWS Despite intensive airstrikes by French warplanes, Islamist fighters overran a strategic village and military post in central Mali on Monday, indicating that the war against extremists who have carved out a jihadist state in the nation's north could be a long and difficult one.
Still, the US fighter jets escorted the Russian warplanes from the area.
Pilots of fighter aircraft, bombers and other warplanes that have flown over Iraq and Syria, dropping bombs and missiles on Islamic State targets on a daily basis, certainly are engaged in combat.
The Gulf governments' tepid "dive" into this new "war" -- in contrast to their rhetoric -- may be judged by the scale of their contribution to the start of the air campaign in Syria: Four F-16 fighter jets from Saudi Arabia, four warplanes from the UAE, two from Bahrain, and one Mirage jet from Qatar "which did not drop any bombs, or take an 'active part' in the attack".
