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Air Force special operators face a 'particularly hard' transition after Middle East wars, top general says
"If it were easy, somebody else would would be able to do it," Lt. Gen. James Slife, AFSOC commande…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Air Force commandos are preparing for war with Russia or China by rethinking what a 'runway' really is
The threat from long-range weapons has the Air Force looking to disperse its forces, and special op…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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One of the Air Force's biggest planes has helped pull off every major special ops mission since Vietnam
"We don't kick in any doors, but we enable the special operators on the ground to kick them," a for…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
Every item an air commando carries for a mission
Airman 1st Class Devyn, a US Air Force DAGRE team member, walks us through every piece of equipment…
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How a daring mission behind enemy lines turned into a disaster for the US's secretive Vietnam-era special operators
The 1967 mission led by the secretive MACV-SOG quickly went wrong, and US forces spent days fightin…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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US Air Force commandos trained to rescue other troops are getting used to a 'way more difficult' environment in the Pacific
The jungle is "very unforgiving" and US commandos "need to be ready for that," a US Air Force speci…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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US special operators have mastered a tricky infiltration method, but there's still a chance they could come crashing through your roof
Many US special-operations units go through military free-fall training, but no amount of training …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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How US special-operations forces helped the US military win its first post-Cold War victory
The first Gulf War was a textbook conventional war, but it featured an array special-operations mis…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Before there were 'Night Stalkers,' these daredevil pilots got US special operators to their missions deep behind enemy lines
Air Force, Navy, and Army pilots and crews flew high-risk missions deep into enemy territory to sup…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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China's naval commandos rode electric skateboards into a combat exercise with drones disguised as birds, then left in a pickup truck
Special forces for China's navy showcased a jet-powered surfboard, electric skateboards, and an exp…
Matthew Loh
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A first-of-its-kind exercise on a Michigan highway shows the aging A-10 Warthog can still make history
The US Air Force is working on how to spread out its aircraft in order to counter the Chinese milit…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Afghan commandos that were trained by US Navy SEALs are being recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine, report says
An ex-Afghan security official told Foreign Policy that the elite soldiers, trained by US and UK sp…
Alia Shoaib
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First footage of Israel's elite commandos involved in house-to-house fighting in Gaza released by the IDF
The IDF said its strikes in northern Gaza had killed Hamas fighters and destroyed "terrorist infras…
George Glover
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How US special operators use a Vietnam War-era method to get into and out of dangerous spots quickly
The Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction system provides special-operations units with more choices …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Navy SEALs and Army Green Berets are training for a new, frigid battlefield after 2 decades in the desert
US special operators are looking for "innovative ways" to survive and thrive in the Arctic, the hea…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Pathankot terror attack: Remembering the 7 bravehearts who laid their lives to save the nation's pride
Even as the Pathankot faceoff between Indian Army and Pak terrorists may have come to an end, a pal…
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Britain's Royal Marines were 'victorious' in a mock desert battle with US Marines. Here's how the 2 forces stack up
While the US and British forces are similar as marines, comparing them is like comparing apples to …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Fresh Grenade blasts claim lives of NSG commando and 3 other security men
Lt Col Niranjan, a member of the NSG's Bomb Disposal Squad, was killed while he was defusing the gr…
How Air Force commandos train to protect VIPs in combat zones
In the US Air Force, there are currently fewer than 100 active members of the special-operations se…
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Special-ops units from Down Under made their mark with US commandos in Vietnam. They may have to do it again against China.
During the Vietnam War, Australian and Kiwi operators quickly earned a reputation for their profess…