Beijing’s capture, imprisonment, and eventual release of CIA officers John T. Downey and Richard G. Fecteau is an amazing story that too few know about today. Shot down over Communist China on their first operational mission in 1952, these young men spent the next two decades imprisoned, often in solitary confinement, while their government officially …
Special Operations Leaders Testify Before Senate on SOF Global Posture By Terri Moon Cronk DOD Calling the breadth and capability of the U.S. Special Operations Forces “astonishing,” the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict discussed the global posture of the nation’s special operations enterprise during a hearing. Owen O. West appeared …
Shanahan: Important Work Remains in Afghanista By C. Todd Lopez Defense.gov Important work remains to be done in Afghanistan, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan told reporters traveling with him while en route on his first trip to the country Feb. 10. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan shakes hands with Afghan commandos at Camp …
Turkey and Saudi Arabia have joined the Middle East nuclear power club in recent years. Turkey begin construction of its power plant last year in coordination with Russia. The full report below. The nuclear world organization reported in 2019 Saudi Arabia was on track for its nuclear power plants and reactors. Saudi plans to construct …
VOA Ayala Gul Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman The Minister of Defense will begin his maiden two-day state visit to Pakistan Sunday, where he is expected to announce investment projects worth billions of dollars. The rare high-profile trip, however, comes amidst Pakistan’s dangerously escalating tensions with archival India over last week’s deadly suicide …
Secretary Nielsen Statement on FY19 Homeland Security Funding Bill and National Emergency Declaration Release Date: February 15, 2019 On February 15, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen released a statement on the signing of the legislation that funds the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and on the President’s declaration of a national emergency: “The …
Conventional Rotary Launcher upgrade tested By 307th Bomb Wing Public Affairs An upgrade to the B-52 Stratofortress and the Conventional Rotary Launcher was tested, Feb. 11. The change is designed to increase mission flexibility and make the B-52 more lethal in a combat environment. The CRL, a weapons system designed for the B-52, can carry …
CH-53E Super Stallion crew chief Cpl. Jonathan Currier went overboard six months ago from the ship Essex in the Sulu Sea near the Philippines. A massive search and rescue operation was called off after a week when the Marine was not located. He was declared dead. This week, The 13th MEU held a memorial service …
OPERATION THUNDERCLAP: THE BOMBING OF DRESDEN BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL RICHARD A. CONROY AF.mil Precision bombing of military targets was a reality in War II by the end of 1943. By February, 1945, the war in Europe was nearly over. Why, then at that late date, was the city of Dresden destroyed by allied firebombing? As a Second Lieutenant, I …
