Raisi was aboard a helicopter that crashed in Iran’s mountainous northwest on its way back from the border with Azerbaijan. The ruling mullahs in Tehran have demanded that people in Iran stop behaving gleefully over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi. Raisi and other senior officials when their helicopter crashed …
Read More »New B-21 Stealth Bomber Appears in Flight: Air Force Shows Off the ‘Raider’
The new B-21 Raider stealth bomber continues its progress toward becoming the backbone of the United States’ bomber fleet. New images of the sixth-generation aircraft were released after a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Only last autumn, the United States Air Force (USAF) confirmed that the first …
Read More »Smuggler Abandons Toddler Along River: ‘We Got There in Time,’ US Border Agent Says
This scenario plays out so often, our sources inside the Border Patrol tell us they watch for it closely and act quickly. In this incident from last spring, a one-year-old Guatemalan child was abandoned along the Colorado River in Arizona. As shown in the video below, a smuggler brought the …
Read More »WATCH: Coast Guard Rescues Leo the Dog
Call it a pawsome recovery. A dog named Leo fell from a 300-foot cliff in Oregon earlier this year. It didn’t look good for Leo, since he was injured, and the tide was rising. A rescue crew from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria quickly responded and arrived on scene, …
Read More »WATCH: A-10 Opens Fire Over Nellis AFB
Watch a couple A-10 Thunderbolts do their thing in the skies over Nellis AFB, Nevada. Warthogs in action. Thank you, Staff Sgt. Julian Kemper, for making this vid.
Read More »Ty Carter Raced Through Withering Fire to Rescue a Wounded Soldier in the Battle of Kamdesh
by Katie Lange With the inside of an armored vehicle was the only thing keeping him safe from a hail of gunfire, Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter had the courage to rescue a wounded comrade on the ground during an intense battle in Afghanistan. For his bravery and devotion, he …
Read More »WATCH: How to Destroy a Decommissioned Ship
During live fire exercises off the coast of Luzon, the armed forces of the U.S., Philippines, and Australia teamed up to strike and destroy a decommissioned ship. Watch the process from start to finish.
Read More »U.S. Soldier Arrested in Russia Broke Army Regs, Went Via China to Visit Girlfriend, Officials Say
“Everything is being investigated,” official told Soldier of Fortune Gordon Black, an American soldier who was arrested in Russia, went there to see a woman and violated Army rules in order to visit her, a U.S. official told Soldier of Fortune. The official echoed what Black’s family has said in …
Read More »WATCH: Coast Guard Hoists Stranded Boaters to Safety in Night Rescue Mission
Coast Guard watchstanders in New Orleans were told late at night on May 3 that two boaters were overdue to return from an outing. The two had last been known to be on the water aboard a 23-foot recreational boat. The watchstanders launched a search, and found the disabled vessel. Rescue …
Read More »Iranian Embassy Siege, 1980: When Terrorists Killed a Hostage, British SAS Launched Operation Nimrod
Editor’s note: Six armed men on April 30, 1980 stormed the Iranian embassy in London. The men took hostages, and issued demands. After six days, the terrorists killed a hostage and threw his body outside. Enter the British Special Air Service (SAS) and Operation Nimrod. British crisis expert Robert McAlister analyzes what unfolded …
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