by Jose Campos These seaborne first responders knew what they were looking for, and how to proceed. The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball pulled up alongside the suspected drug smuggling vessel, seized its contraband, and took suspects into custody. And the suspects’ boat met a swift end …
Read More »Russian Su-35 Meets American F-35 in Skies Near Alaska
“Welcome to the world of intercepts.” That’s one way to get a close look at a jet. Russian pilots filmed this close encounter between their aircraft and an American fighter jet. The cockpit footage shows a Russian Su-35S fighter jet escorting a Tu-95MS “Bear” bomber over the Bering and Chukchi …
Read More »Lakota Helicopter Patrols the Skies Over New Mexico Border
The southern New Mexico border is a vast expanse of unforgiving terrain, where people enter at their own risk. These U.S. soldiers assigned to Task Force Sentinel take to the skies in a UH-72 Lakota helicopter to patrol the terrain. Come along for an inside look at a patrol flight …
Read More »Along the Texas Border, US Troops Secure the Frontier
by Jose Campos SIERRA BLANCA, Texas – The arid landscape outside Sierra Blanca has long been a favored corridor for human smuggling and narcotics trafficking, exploited by organized criminal networks. Now, with U.S. troops in the field, the human part of the landscape has changed. Under orders from U.S. Northern …
Read More »British Football Fan Finds Sensitive Military Documents Strewn on the Street in UK
The U.S. has Signalgate, but the United Kingdom is grappling with the revelation that hundreds of sensitive military documents were found strewn on the ground in Newcastle. The British Ministry of Defence is “urgently” investigating the incident, after hundreds of pages of ripped-up military documents were found on an industrial …
Read More »Fourth US Soldier Found Dead After Vehicle Sank into Bog in Lithuania
The fourth U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division was found dead near Pabradė, Lithuania the afternoon of April 1. The soldiers, whose identities are being withheld pending notification of next of kin, went missing in the early morning hours of March 25 in their …
Read More »‘Time is Up’: US Launches Precision Airstrikes on Terrorist Houthi Targets in Yemen
On March 15, U.S. Central Command launched a series of operations consisting of precision strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets across Yemen. The strikes are to defend American interests, deter enemies, and restore freedom of navigation. Watch an airstrike launch, below. President Donald Trump announced the strikes on Saturday. “Today, I …
Read More »Bad Scene at Sunrise: Bodies and Gunfire in the Texas Wilderness
In the remote backcountry, where smugglers and lost souls increasingly are part of the landscape, bad scenes have become as common as stray clouds. by Susan Katz Keating The cowboys were out on the range on a Texas morning, fixing fences that were cut down the previous night by intruders. …
Read More »Secret Tip Led to Capture of Abbey Gate Terror Suspect
by A.R. Fomenko VIENNA BUREAU – The whispered information was accurate, and the action was swift. Sources in Europe told Soldier of Fortune that U.S. intelligence last week received a secret tip regarding the whereabouts of a high value terror suspect. From there, “it went like lightning,” the sources said. Pakistani officials …
Read More »WATCH: US Precision Strike on Senior Al-Qaeda Leader in Syria
This in from U.S. Central Command in Tampa: the record of a raid, as documented by American forces. The U.S. conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria, targeting a senior leader of an Al-Qaeda affiliate group. CENTCOM tells us the Feb. 23 strike eliminated Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, the senior …
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