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Breach: a gap in fortified or battle lines. Breakout: exploiting a breach in enemy lines so that a large force (division or above) passes through. Bridgehead and its varieties known as beachheads and airheads. Camouflet. Chalk: a group of paratroopers or other soldiers that deploy from a single aircraft.
Lajes Field or Lajes Air Base ( pronounced [ˈlaʒɨʃ]; Portuguese: Base Aérea das Lajes ), officially designated Air Base No. 4 ( Base Aérea Nº 4, BA4) ( IATA: TER, ICAO: LPLA ), is a multi-use airfield near Lajes and 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Angra do Heroísmo [ 1] on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal.
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III (born January 23, 1951) is an American retired fighter pilot, diplomat, and airline pilot. He is best known for his actions as captain of US Airways Flight 1549 on January 15, 2009, when he ditched the plane, landing on the Hudson River after both engines were disabled by a bird strike.
On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...
A high-tech U.S. military blimp equipped with radar to help detect a missile attack came loose from its moorings in Maryland on Wednesday. Runaway US military blimp protecting DC now over Pennsylvania
Military alliances shortly before World War I.Germany and the Ottoman Empire allied after the outbreak of war. This is the list of military alliances.A military alliance is a formal agreement between two or more parties concerning national security in which the contracting parties agree to mutual protection and support in case of a crisis that has not been identified in advance.
The Entebbe raid or Operation Entebbe, officially codenamed Operation Thunderbolt (retroactively codenamed Operation Yonatan ), was a 1976 Israeli counter-terrorist mission in Uganda. It was launched in response to the hijacking of an international civilian passenger flight (an Airbus A300) operated by Air France between the cities of Tel Aviv ...
This week Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's military record came under scrutiny from Republicans, including GOP Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance. Here's a breakdown of Walz's National Guard record as ...