The night was dark, the moon obscured by clouds, but the island nation of Grenada was illuminated by the fiery flashes of gunfire and the deafening roar of explosions. It was the evening of October 25th, 1983, and Operation Urgent Fury was underway. While many consider this to be a major military blunder, it’s also a testament to grit and determination.
Despite landing Rangers on the island in the middle of the day, the mission of Operation Urgent Fury was clear. Rescue American students studying there and restore order to the troubled nation.
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Magnified optics on standard infantry weapons was not a common practice until the Global War on Terror with the adoption of the ACOG. The Marine Corps, with its emphasis on long-range marksmanship, made the 4x scope general issue while the Army issued it to soldiers in certain leadership positions. Before the ACOG, another magnified optic could be found on American infantry rifles: the Colt Scope.
Before the ACOG, there was the Colt scope (U.S. Marine Corps)
Colt’s sale of the AR-15 as the M16 to the U.S. military represented a huge change in American small arms.
Kandahar brings viewers on a heart-racing journey of an operator and his interpreter in the midst of a never-ending war and the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. It’s a real-life experience suddenly lighting up the big screen but every moment was lived by the military community, including the writer behind the movie.
Mitchell LaFortune, a Maine native, came from a long line of service. “My grandfather is a World War II veteran and served in the Pacific theater. He was one of those guys who joined before legally being able to.
Boeing delivered its first F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III to the US Navy on 31 August 2021. (Boeing)
The US Navy (USN) has inducted around 33 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Block IIIs into the air fleet, including around 20 for operational squadrons VFA-25 and VFA-113, with the remainder going to test units. The operational squadrons, which are based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California, and fly the single-seat F/A-18E, are both gearing up for carrier deployments, Captain Jason Denney, F/A-18 and EA-18G programme manager, told Janes.
Thailand’s DTI unveiled a prototype of the 8×8 amphibious armoured personnel carrier at the Defense & Security 2017 trade show in Bangkok. The primary armament of the AAPC is Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MK44 30 mm Bushmaster chain gun. (Janes/Jon Grevatt)
Thailand’s Defence Technology Institute (DTI) has delivered an unknown number of locally developed 8×8 amphibious armoured personnel carriers (AAPCs) to the Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC).
The 22nd and final UK A400M was delivered to RAF Brize Norton on 22 May. (Crown Copyright)
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has received into service the last of its Airbus A400M C1 Atlas airlifters currently under contract.
Aircraft ZM421, the 22nd A400M, was flown from the final assembly line in Seville, Spain, into the home of the UK’s fixed-wing air mobility force at RAF Brize Norton station in Oxfordshire on 22 May.
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A number of planned flight, ground, and cyber tests were not undertaken or failed to be completed during the FY2022 reporting period.
Isaac Kardon & Wendy Leutert, Foreign Affairs
The Maritime Network Sustaining Beijing’s Global Military Reach
Over the past several years, U.S.
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