U.S. Army paratroopers of the 187th Regimental Combat Team jump out of U.S. Air Force C-119 Flying Boxcars of the 403rd Troop Carrier Wing during a maneuver near Taegu, Korea, on 1 November 1952. Photo credit: US Department of Defence On 20 October 1950, the regiment made successful combat parachute assaults near the towns of […]
Members from November Company, 3 Royal Canadian Regiment perform section attacks and urban drills as part of testing for the new potential camouflage uniform pattern. Photo By: Aviator Melissa Gloude, Garrison Imaging Petawawa, copyright 2020 Department of National Defence […]
The Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) team seized 100 bales of suspected cocaine totaling an estimated 2,000 kg. and worth over $40 million. Photo: US Navy, 2020 […]
23.30hrs 5th June 1944 – The Final Embarkation: Four ‘stick’ commanders of 22nd Independent Parachute Company, British 6th Airborne Division, synchronising their watches in front of an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle of 295 Squadron, No 38 Group, Royal Air Force, at about 23.30 on the 5th of June, just prior to take off from RAF Harwell, […]
28 May 1982, Goose Green, Falklands. Soldiers of 2 PARA prepare for battle. Photo credit: Airborne Assault – The Museum of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces. […]
Family, friends, and visitors honor the fallen in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, May 26, 2019. Every year over Memorial Day weekend, over 142,000 visitors come to Arlington National Cemetery to honor those who are laid to rest in these hallowed grounds. U.S. Army photo/Elizabeth Fraser […]
A U.S. Marine launches a Switchblade® tactical missile during a training exercise at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy J. Lutz […]
A US Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk assigned to the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron conducts a training exercise near Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar in late March 2020. The Pave Hawk, normally assigned to the 66th RQS at Nellis AFB, NV delivers the ability to conduct day or night personnel recovery operations into hostile environments to […]
Members of French Air Force Fusiliers Commandos de l’Air, Parachute Air Commando n° 30 (CPA 30) operating in the Sahel (Mali). Originally formed in 1956 during the Algerian conflict, the unit was disbanded in 1961, and then reformed in 1999 in its modern role. As the Security and Intervention Forces Air Brigade (BAFSI) of the French […]
Air Force Special Tactics operators from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron establish communications during an airfield survey as part of a culmination exercise Mar. 12, 2020, at Yakima, Wash. The CULEX challenged operators to perform airfield survey and control procedures in a potentially austere environment simulating a humanitarian aid response during a natural disaster. Photo […]