Special Air Service National Army Museum UK Photos Crown The Special Air Service (SAS) is famous around the world. Its highly trained men are renowned for their skills in covert surveillance, close-combat fighting and hostage rescue. The SAS was created during the Second World War, when small bands of soldiers were dropped behind enemy lines …
Before there were Special Forces, there were 6th Army Special Reconnaissance units known as the Alamo Scouts. Alamo Scouts Established, 28 November 1943 By Ruth Quinn Lieutenant General Walter Krueger assumed command of the newly activated Sixth Army in early 1943 and then established an operational Task Force, nicknamed Alamo Force, also under his command. …
Video: Maj. Thomas Hayes, a pilot with the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, a tenant unit at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., gives an inside look at what it’s like to be a F-35A test pilot. Six operational test and evaluation F-35s and more than 85 Airmen of the 31st TES travelled to Mountain Home AFB …
See how Boeing and its heritage companies played a key role in how First Man Neil Armstrong got to the moon. Find out which programs Neil Armstrong worked on and which planes he flew.
Boeing: Super Hornet: Stories from the Deck See what it takes for F/A-18 pilots and crew on the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush to trap and catapult on deck. Stories from the Deck takes you onboard U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush to provide a glimpse into what it takes to operate the Navy’s …
Historical Snapshot by Boeing The Comanche was a twin-turbine, two-seat (tandem) armed reconnaissance helicopter with projected missions of armed reconnaissance, light attack and air combat. Boeing and the Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. teamed to develop and build the RAH-66 Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter in 1991. Other team members included Hamilton Standard, Harris Corp., Hughes Link Training …
Sikorsky UH-34D by Ben Kristy, Aviation Curator National Museum of the Marine Corps visitors will notice that a new helicopter display has been installed in Leatherneck Gallery. Replacing the Korean War era Sikorsky HRS-1, which had to be removed from display due to its deteriorating condition, the new Sikorsky UH-34D display depicts the opening morning …
Video: Kalashnikov Develops More Than Guns, How About A Mobile Wall! by Tsarizm Staff Screenshot Youtube The famous Russian armament company Kalashnikov develops more than guns – how about a mobile crowd control wall? You won’t believe this sucker…I’d hate to run up upon this in a dark alley….
From the FBI Files A 78-year-old man sitting in prison in Texas may be among the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history, FBI crime analysts report. According to the Texas Rangers, Samuel Little has confessed to 90 murders to date, and the FBI is working with the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, …
