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Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Killed In US Drone Strike. Here’s Everything We Know.
The precision strike was the culmination of a CIA counterterrorism operation and may have seen the involvement of the “Ninja” Hellfire R9X. United States president Joe Biden announced on Augu...
Check Out This Amazing Video Of German Air Force Tornado Aircraft Flying Low Level Over Afghanistan
Some really cool footage shows the Tornado aircraft in action during their 3-year deployment to Mazar-i-Sharif. For 3 years, from 2007 to 2010, a contingent of six German Air Force Tornado IDS ai...
How Have the 9/11 Terror Attacks Shaped U.S. Military Doctrine Over Two Decades?
The 9/11 Terror Attacks Changed the Way the U.S. Wages War. But How? Two decades have passed since the 9/11 terror attacks and the beginning, and now claimed end, of the Global War on Terror. ...
160th SOAR ‘Night Stalkers’ MH-47G Pilot Receives Norwegian Medal For Daring Mission In Afghanistan
The MH-47G pilot took part in rescue mission of Norwegian Special Forces in Afghanistan in 2019. He’s the first foreign recipient of a Norwegian medal since WWII. A few days ago, as the U.S. Ar...
Despite Some Media Reports Shots Fired At Kabul Airport Were Not Aiming Italian C-130J
The Italian Air Force C-130J performed evasive maneuvers but it was not being targeted by small arms fire. Several Italian media outlets reported that a C-130J aircraft of the Aeronautica Militar...
Everything You Need To Know About ‘Aquila Omnia’, Italy’s Air Bridge To Evacuate Civilians From Afghanistan
As part of “Aquila Omnia”, the Italian Air Force deployed 4 C-130J cargo aircraft to transport personnel from Kabul to Kuwait, where 3 KC-767A tankers are then ready to fly the evacuees to It...
‘Greater Stability’ After Chaos At Kabul Airport as U.S. and Coalition Forces Continue Evacuation From Afghanistan
U.S. spyplane operating around Kabul as the Afghanistan air bridge continues. Media images from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan showing scenes of chaos as people try to c...
The Painful Story of the Mahmand Valley Ranger Raid: How Two Rangers Died, and Two F-16 Pilots Saved the Rest.
Tragedy, Valor and Heroism. “The first casualty of war is innocence. I assure you, war is ugly.” –Paraphrased from Legacy by SL Buckley. “…the righteous are bold as a lion” Proverbs 2...
Interesting New Photos Of Armed “Embassy Air” CH-46E Helicopter At U.S. Embassy in Kabul Emerge
The helicopter is part of a fleet used to support U.S. embassies in Afghanistan and Iraq. Embassy Air is the name of an airline established in 2009 that operates a fleet of civil-registered Boein...
Russian Il-76MD Performs Tactical Landing On Dirt Strip Escorted By Mi-24s in “Mandatory Matsurov” Mission
The mission of escorting large aircraft and act as a “bait” for MANPADS dates back to the the Soviet-Afghan War when it was dubbed “Mandatory Matsurov”. The Russian Ministry of Defense ha...
USAF Special Operator May Posthumously Receive Medal of Honor for 2002 Battle on Takur-Ghar in Afghanistan
TSgt. John Chapman May Have Fought Desperate, Solo Battle to Safeguard Rescuers. Alone, abandoned, outgunned. USAF Tech Sgt. John Chapman wakes up on a freezing mountaintop in Afghanistan to real...
Watch an A-10 Thunderbolt II Put Four Cannon Rounds on Target with Amazing Precision
Video Shows One Reason Proponents Say A-10’s Heavy Gun Still Remains Relevant. Arguments about weapons systems tend to be circular and hard to win. The discussion about close air support, the r...
12 U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II Deployed To Afghanistan To Join Air Campaign Against Taliban
After 3 years, the “Warthog” returns to Afghanistan. A dozen A-10C Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft have arrived at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Jan. 19 to bolster (USFOR-A) and Af...
NATO Special Operations Command: Taliban “Red Unit” Commander Killed in Air Strike. Here’s The Video.
Air Strike Hits Vehicle of Taliban Commander in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The NATO Special Operations Component Command, Afghanistan has announced that the Taliban “Red Unit” (special op...
U.S. F-22 Stealth Jets Perform Raptor’s First Ever Air Strike In Afghanistan Employing Small Diameter Bombs
U.S. F-22 Raptor Stealth Aircraft Carried Out First Raid In Afghanistan. “Over the past 24 hours, U.S. and Afghan forces conducted combined operations to strike seven Taliban drug labs and one ...