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The XM1060 40-mm grenade is a small-arms thermobaric device, which was fielded by US forces in Afghanistan in 2002, and proved to be popular against targets in enclosed spaces, such as caves. [33] Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq , the US Marine Corps has introduced a thermobaric "Novel Explosive" ( SMAW-NE ) round for the Mk 153 SMAW rocket ...
List of aviation accidents and incidents in the war in Afghanistan; List of Soviet aircraft losses during the Soviet–Afghan War; List of Russian aircraft losses in the Second Chechen War
Slovik walked several miles to the rear and approached an enlisted cook at a military government detachment of the 112th Infantry Regiment, presenting him with a note which stated: I, Pvt. Eddie D. Slovik, 36896415, confess to the desertion of the United States Army. At the time of my desertion we were in Albuff [sic; "Elbeuf"] in France. I ...
Part of the 1986 United States bombing of Libya. [1] Saddam Hussein: President of Iraq: 2003-03-19: Dora Farm Complex, Dora, Baghdad: Iraq: Iraq: Air strike. The George W. Bush Presidency authorized the U.S. military to launch "decapitation strikes", prior to the invasion of Iraq. [22] [23] Ahmad Shah: Leader of an anti-coalition militia (ACM ...
Camera footage from a U.S. A-10, as it begins an attack on a British vehicle squadron, March 2003. This is a list of friendly fire incidents by the U.S. Military on allied British personnel and civilians. Korean War 23 September 1950: During the "Battle of Hill 282", three United States Air Force P-51 Mustang aircraft attacked a position held by the British Army's 1st Battalion, Argyll and ...
A United States Army Boeing AH-64D Apache crashed close to Gowen Field, Idaho in the United States; two crew members were killed. [186] 6 November A United States Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon of the 82d Aerial Targets Squadron, 53d Weapons Evaluation Group, on a routine training mission out of Tyndall AFB, crashed into the ...
The definition of "battle" as a concept in military science has varied with the changes in the organization, employment, and technology of military forces. Before the 20th century, "battle" usually meant a military clash over a small area, lasting a few days at most and often just one day—such as the Battle of Waterloo, which began and ended on 18 June 1815 on a field a few kilometers across.
A United States F-16 fighter jet piloted by Air National Guard Major Harry Schmidt dropped a laser-guided 500-pound (230 kg) bomb on the Canadians, who were conducting a night firing exercise at Tarnak Farms. The deaths were the first of Canada's war in Afghanistan, and the first Canadian deaths in a combat zone since the Korean War. [1]