APRIL 16, 2024 - The 44th Fighter Group, Air Force Reserve, conducted its first flying unit training assembly at Tyndall Air Force Base, April 6, since returning to Tyndall. This training proved valuable for the pilots and maintainers by giving them hands-on experience with F-35A Lightning IIs and their first local sortie since departing Tyndall prior to Hurricane … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2024
Kabul Airport Attack Review Reaffirms Initial Findings
U.S. service members and civilians in the vicinity of Hamid Karzai International’s Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, just prior to an ISIS-K suicide bomber attack, Aug. 26, 2021. APRIL 16, 2024 - A supplemental review of the original investigation into the 2021 suicide bombing attack that killed 13 U.S. service members and roughly 170 Afghan civilians at Hamid Karzai … [Read more...]
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Pentagon
Reconstruction of the Pentagon continues nearly around-the-clock as construction crews pour cement for floors and walls on Feb. 6, 2002, to replace those damaged in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the building. DoD photo by Grant Greenwalt APRIL 16, 2024 - Here are a few interesting facts about the Pentagon that you probably did not know. Why is the Pentagon, … [Read more...]
The Radio Reconnaissance Platoon
APRIL 15, 2024 - In the expansive arena of modern warfare, battles unfold not only on the ground but also within the realm of transmitted signals. Within this landscape, U.S. Marine Corps radio reconnaissance platoons serve as silent sentinels, intercepting, decoding, and exploiting the whispers of adversaries. "Communications without intelligence is noise. Intelligence … [Read more...]
Task Force Continues to Prevent Unlawful Maritime Migration
APRIL 15, 2024 – Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast (HSTF-SE) federal, state and local partner agencies continue to patrol the Florida Straits, Windward Passage, Mona Passage and Caribbean Sea to prevent and deter irregular unlawful maritime migration to the United States. Anyone attempting to unlawfully enter the United States by sea will be rescued and repatriated to … [Read more...]