Austin: U.S. Preparing ‘Multi-Tiered’ Response To Jordan Attack

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a Feb. 1 Pentagon briefing.

Credit: Defense Department
The U.S. is preparing a “multi-tiered,” sustained response targeting Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria in response to the Jan. 28 attack on a base inside Jordan that killed three American soldiers, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says. Austin, in his first press conference in months following...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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