From 1941 through 1946, nearly 1,000 young men were trained as pilots, and, after successfully completing the training, they received their commissions and silver pilot wings. The Tuskegee Airmen formed the 332nd Fighter Group which originally consisted of four fighter squadrons: the 99th, the 100th, the 301st and the 302nd. They flew over 15,000 missions/sorties in the European Theater of...
In the wake of Sept. 11, 2001, the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), also known as the "Legion," was called upon to play a major role in our Nation's defense. Within hours of the terrorist attacks, Soldiers from the Group were deployed in support of the Global War on Terror.
From October 2001 through April 2002, Special Forces Operational Detachments – Alpha (SFOD-A), or A- teams, from...
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MISSION STATEMENT: Replicate a wartime ACE scenario with C2, BOS, and MGFEs, demonstrating the CC&D, tech and TTPs that will complicate Level 1/2 ground threat and groups 1-3 UAS targeting and test friendly force survivability while still generating combat power in a scripted, live-fly.
Marines gain professional development, mentoring, and networking experiences at events geared toward diversity and inclusion
Hungry Hungry Halibut, a high-end integration air war exercise, took place on Aug. 1 and 2, 2024, providing unique opportunities to integrate various forces into multilateral training from simulated forward operating bases throughout Alaska.
Hurricane Exercise (HURREX) 16 is a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) exercise to test NORAD and USNORTHCOM’s response to a simulated category 3 or category 4 hurricane making landfall on the Texas coast. HURREX 16 is one of the field components of Ardent Sentry, a USNORTHCOM exercise focusing on simulated weather, security and disaster...
