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How a record-setting 'Ugly Baby' mission allowed US special operators to outmaneuver Iraqi forces
To get into northern Iraq in March 2003, US special operators had to pull off the longest low-level…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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These are the 4 secretive US special-ops units that JSOC gives its toughest missions
Joint Special Operations Command's four Tier 1 special mission units are the cream of the crop in t…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The tire of a Delta plane burst and caught fire during a landing in Atlanta, forcing passengers to evacuate using emergency slides
Video footage showed the tires on a Delta Air Lines plane on fire and being sprayed with water afte…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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A Boeing 787 full of passengers was stranded in Canada's far north after a burning smell forced an emergency landing
Air France rerouted a Boeing 777 from Montreal in order to rescue the passengers left in Nunavut af…
Pete Syme
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A deal for nuclear-powered subs is only the latest secretive collaboration between US, UK, and Australian forces
Despite the fanfare around AUKUS, Australian-UK-US military cooperation goes back decades, and spec…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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20 years of fighting terrorism took a heavy toll but has helped prepare for a bigger fight, US special operators say
In Afghanistan and Iraq, US special operators "were at the tip of the spear, and we fought relentle…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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A Delta flight attendant refused to stop selling nuts on a flight, forcing a family whose son had 'life-threatening' allergies to buy another plane ticket, a complaint claims
The family said Delta Air Lines didn't sell nuts on the outbound flight, but had refused to stop sa…
Grace Dean
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Why Delta Force operators were on the sidelines during their first successful hostage-rescue mission
Delta has become the US's go-to hostage-rescue force, but during its first outing, the Unit's opera…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Hours after 9/11, the US military turned to Delta Force, and Delta Force scrambled to get operators back in uniform
In the days after September 11, senior enlisted leaders from Delta Force fanned out across the US t…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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A Delta Air Lines plane was forced to U-turn because of a passenger's diarrhea. Here are 6 other unusual reasons that can delay or divert a flight.
In 2016, one British Airways flight turned around simply because passengers thought they were smell…
Matthew Loh
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With new medals 30 years after 'Black Hawk Down,' members of Army's secretive Delta Force say they're the 'same deadly fighting machine'
"I guess it's something that the task force's fighting spirit is universally recognized after so ma…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Phones and fitness devices that make it easier to track US troops are a new headache for special operators overseas
As adversaries embrace cyberwarfare, securing personal information is becoming more of a headache f…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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A Delta Air flight to LA was forced to divert to Oklahoma City after a passenger assaulted a flight attendant and an air marshal, the airline said
The LA-bound Delta flight was diverted to Oklahoma City because of an "unruly" passenger. He was re…
Matthew Loh
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How the Army's Delta Force and Nightstalkers teamed up to rescue hostages in Iraq, according to operators who were there
In mid-2004, US Army special operators executed a rare daylight raid to rescue contractors held hos…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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How special-ops units used 'old-school commando stuff' behind enemy lines to keep Saddam's forces distracted
In just a few days of fighting, the Green Berets of Task Force Viking earned seven Silver Stars and…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Exploding attack drones causing chaos in the Middle East are no match for US Navy warships, former captains say
In recent years, one-way attack drones have been used by Iran, Houthi rebels in Yemen, militias in …
Jake Epstein
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Fraud investigators have arrested a suspect in the fake engine parts scandal that impacted airlines like United and Delta
AOG Technics was accused by regulators of supplying engine parts with fake documents, with the thre…
Pete Syme
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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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How the Army uses the West Virginia wilderness to find out who has what it takes to join Delta Force
With attrition historically around 90%, Delta Force has one of the hardest selection and assessment…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Inside the covert mission that sent Delta Force and British SAS deep behind Iraqi lines in search of Saddam's missiles
On their own deep behind enemy lines, US and British special operators had a strategic impact on th…