The non-hostile death of an Army officer in support of ongoing operations in the Iran war was quietly reported in the Pentagon’s casualty tracking database Monday.
The female soldier was on a military flight en route to Saudi Arabia when she suffered a medical incident, a defense official told Task & Purpose.
The Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System was updated Sept. 21, with the fifth death of a service member listed under “Overseas Operations,” a category used for Iran war casualties since July 7.
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Rheinmetall Electronics completed Factory Acceptance Tests for its combat training equipment for the Heavy Infantry Weapon Carrier.
The MoD of Ukraine has codified a new armoured vehicle based on the Dodge RAM 5500, clearing the way for its supply to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
When a group of civilian hunters found themselves trapped by a rising river above the Arctic Circle this month, an Alaska Air National Guard team had to use just about every backcountry rescue trick in the book to get them out.
In a span of a day-long rescue that extended into night, the Anchorage-based 176th Wing flew an HC-130 to the most remote corner of the state, where a team of pararescuemen, or PJs, parachuted near the missing hunters, according to a release from the Guard.
Aerial view of Thule Air Base (now Pituffik Space Base), Greenland. Photo: U.S. Air Force / Public Domain
The United States is set to establish two new military bases in Greenland under a trilateral agreement with Denmark and Greenland expected to be signed Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
Washington intends to reopen Narsarsuaq, the site of the former Bluie West One installation that operated through the 1950s, as well as establish a new presence at Mestersvig on Greenland’s remote east coast.
On October 21, 1942, a B-17D Flying Fortress encountered navigational problems over the Pacific Ocean.
Those issues caused the aircraft to veer off course and miss its scheduled refueling stop. Without any gas left, the pilot, Capt. William Cherry, ditched the plane in the water between Hawaii and New Guinea.
Besides Cherry, seven other men were on board, and they quickly filled three life rafts. One of the survivors was World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker, who was en route to deliver a secret, verbal message to Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
H.H. Seck, Air Force Times
About six months after rolling out a tougher, more combat-centric, entry-level U.S.
Craig Langford, UKDJ
A new FQ-42 Vengeance Collaborative Combat Aircraft has been delivered to Creech Air Force Base
Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven
The F-47 will infiltrate contested airspace, unleashing the SiAW to precisely neutralize advanced enemy defenses and empower future air operations
Todd South & Greg Hadley, A&SF
single-pallet-sized tactical operations center is slated to begin shipping to 70 Air Force units by the end of the year