The U.S. Air Force has for the first time confirmed that its F-35A fighter aircraft that participated in a strike on Iranian targets on June 22 were responsible for both the suppression of enemy air defences, and for providing fighter cover for the strike force as it left Iran. The attacks launched under Operation Midnight Hammer saw seven B-2 Spirit intercontinental range stealth bombers target the Fordow and Natanz nuclear facilities.
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Swedish Air Force Gripen fighters on quick-reaction alert were scrambled to intercept Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers over the Baltic Sea on Thursday, as the Russian strategic aircraft were conducting a training flight escorted by Su-35 air superiority fighters. The bombers flew from the Olenya Air Base on the Kola Peninsula in the Russian Far North, after having been repositioned from bases in Siberia.
The Sudanese Defence Ministry is reportedly holding talks with Russia for the procurement of Su-30 and Su-35 fighters, which are expected to be provided in exchange for the rights to construct a major naval facility on the Red Sea. Sudanese sources previously widely reported plans to procure Su-35s in late 2017, following a visit by the President Omar Al Bashir to Moscow. The overthrow of the Sudanese government following riots and a Western-backed coup in early 2019, however, was considered a major factor preventing these plans from materialising.
A secretive Fort Bragg operation that specializes in influencing people’s thoughts has released a hypnotic recruitment video that is laced with hidden meanings and strange images, writes Military.com.
The 1:17-second clip, posted Nov. 19 on social media, is a string of baffling clips, including old cartoons, masked figures hiding in plain sight and a group of people staring blankly at the viewer over the phrase: “We are everywhere.”
“There is another force applied in combat that we generally don’t think of as a weapon of war. That weapon is words,” the video says.
An Air Force officer who led a squadron of F-16s in multiple combat missions in the Middle East over the last year was awarded the Silver Star for his actions.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach presented the honor to Lt. Col. William “Skate” Parks on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Parks earned the award, the nation’s third-highest for valor, for combat operations earlier this year while commanding the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in the skies over Yemen.
As a former MH-53J driver, this brings back memories of SOF aviation…
MH-60 aircraft likely from the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (160th SOAR). AFSOC aircraft likely participated as well.
American SOF troops, supported by U.S. SOF aviation, hit an ISIS stronghold in the Baalade Valley of Somalia.
U.S. special operations troops and Puntland Counter-Terrorism Forces carried out a pre-dawn assault on ISIS-Somalia hideouts in the Baalade Valley.
The suspect in Wednesday’s shooting of two National Guard members in downtown Washington, D.C. is being charged with first-degree murder after one of the victims died.
Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, with the West Virginia National Guard died from her wounds, President Donald Trump announced Thursday. Speaking with troops on Thanksgiving, Trump also said that the other victim, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains hospitalized and is “fighting for his life.”
Beckstrom was assigned to the 863rd Military Police Company, 111th Engineer Brigade of the West Virginia Army National Guard.
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