Despite the celebrations of VE Day just the day before, and due to the chaos of the fluid situation of the German defeat, the British 1st Airborne Division launched a mission to liberate Norway. [caption id="attachment_7448" align="aligncenter" width="800"] British airborne troops just disembarked from Stirling aircraft at Gardermoen airfield near...
As we come to the end of this week we reflect on something else that came to an end at this time 75 years ago; namely, the Second World War - 6 years of conflict that engulfed the globe in the deadliest and most destructive war humanity has ever endured....
In this episode the team use methodical tactics that were pioneered by the British in the 1960s and used to great effect by the infamous “Tip-Toe Boys” – British SAS, Australian SASR and the New Zealand SAS operating in SE Asia in the 1970s. The dense vegetation of the forest...
On the 40th anniversary of the storming of the Iranian Embassy, Forces Network takes a look at the event that made the SAS a household name... Read the story here. [caption id="attachment_7418" align="aligncenter" width="2088"] SAS troops smashing through the windows of the Iranian embassy in London during their iconic raid...
On this day 75 years ago, 5 May 1945, The Netherlands was finally freed from Nazi occupation after almost exactly 5 years of occupation. The Netherlands was invaded on 10 May 1940, and fell to the German forces 5 days later - making it and Norway two of the countries...
The Desert Tech MDR (Micro Dynamic Rifle) project caused quite a stir when it was unveiled at the SHOT Show several years ago. It was certainly a very ambitious project for a small private company to undertake, but also the kind of radical leap-ahead design that only a small private...
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...
Special Tactics Airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron filled in to conduct interoperability training with the 14th Weapons Squadron assigned to the U.S. Air Force Weapons School detachment at Hurlburt Field, Florida for a Special Operations Force Exercise on April 22, 2020. [caption id="attachment_7384" align="aligncenter" width="1578"] Three CV-22 Osprey...
Dive into how the ancient technique of tracking can be applied to contemporary tactical operation. Follow former Dutch Royal Marine Boris Vos and his team of tactical trackers as they hunt down suspects on the run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=7XsrHVdTy7Q&feature=emb_title
The Russian Ministry of Defence has released information that a unit of Russian paratroopers have successfully performed a military freefall insertion into the Arctic region from an altitude of 10,000m (32,808 feet). https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=gM2D081FW7E&feature=emb_logo Russian paratroopers equipped with oxygen masks, specially insulated suits, and a new type of special parachute system...