Friday Foto

Special Tactics Airmen and members of the Royal Thai Air Force leap from a U.S. Air Force C-130 over a water drop zone during Exercise Cobra Gold on Feb. 13, 2019. (U.S. Air Force Photo by First Lieutenant Renee Douglas) […]

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New Zealand Defence Force supports British counter-poaching operations

New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel are working alongside their British counterparts to counter the multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade in Africa. Lance Corporal Jed Maskill (left) from 1 RNZIR teaches a tracking tactic to a British Army soldier in Malawi. Special Operations Component Commander Colonel Rian McKinstry said two soldiers — one from New Zealand’s Special Operations Forces […]

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AFSOC AC-130J Ghostrider gunship

The 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, is now home to Air Force Special Operations Command’s newest aircraft – the Block 30 AC-130J Ghostrider gunship. An AC-130J Ghostrider gunship performs a routine training mission at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 17, 2016. The AC-130J is the fourth generation gunship replacing the aging fleet of AC-130U […]

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German Team Wins Edelweiss Raid 2019

Edelweiss Raid 2019 has finished, and not for the first time, a team from the German Army’s Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23 (Mountain Troops Brigade 23) from Bavaria has taken First Place! Gebirgsjäger Brigade 23 also field another team that took the Second Place position at EWR2019.  A team from the Austrian Army’s Führungsunterstützungsbataillon 2 (Command/Communications Support Battalion 2) from […]

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