#Airfields

XVIII Airborne Corps

18airbornecorps

[1 of 15]New Year's Day, 1945: THE HANGOVERThe Battle of the Bulge continues.... [2 of 15]On the morning of January 1, 1945, Hitler launches Operation Bodenplatte (Baseplate), an aerial assault

Dreadnought Holiday

TheDreadShips

"Sir! Sir! I've got a war-winning weapon, sir!""Good man! The Germans are sunbathing on the Channel coast, the Italians have invented a new cut of trouser, and the Kiwis are

Chris Holland

ChrisCardsFan

The Battle of Biak Island, which ended this week in 1944, was an operation conceived to establish airfields in support of further US advances in the Southwest and Central Pacific

RAF Brize Norton

RAFBrizeNorton

Out C-17 Globemaster, operated by @99Sqn, are capable of rapid, strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases anywhere in the world. The Globemaster’s load-bearing

Becca Wasser

becca_wasser

A brief thread on what U.S. military contingency access in Saudi Arabia is all about, what it means for U.S. presence in the Middle East, and why this is suddenly

Tugboat-Elect Phil

TugboatPhil

I'm going to jump ahead to a Veteran's Day tweet.My dad was in the Army Air Corps in WWII. He joined at 17 yrs old, after having to put on

Dan Chorley

DanChorley

76 years ago today, @IXBSqn and 617 Squadron launched from @RAFLossiemouth, @Kinloss_Bks & Miltown airfields for Operation Catechism. This daring mission would mark the demise of the German battleship Tirpitz,

Tanks Encyclopedia

tanksenc

The concept behind the AS42 “Sahariana” appeared in the minds of Italian designers in 1942, when the famous British and Commonwealth Long Range Desert Group...https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/italy/Camioneta_AS-42_Sahariana?utm_source

RAF Lossiemouth

RAFLossiemouth

Here's an unusual one for your midday #PhoonFriday... Why do aircraft practice diverting into civilian airfields? One of our Typhoons diverted into @ABZ_Airport earlier this week. Everything's explained in your

Heather Pace Venable ✈️

Heather_at_ACTS

What is tactical airpower? It seems that some tend to reduce tactical airpower to close air support and assume that the Air Force's primary role is to provide direct support

Moustafa Assad aka Farmi 🇨🇦|🇱🇧

masss11

The war for Karabakh is over and here are some highlights and lessons.1- Azerbaijan successfully transformed their classic backward armed forces into a state of the art tech equipped units.2-

Hannah Shepherd

hannahjshepherd

It's 75 years to the day since the Korean War broke out. Here's the headline from the Fukuoka-based Nishi Nihon Shinbun on 26th June 1950. The Korean War is always

Brit & Co'wealth Forces 🇬🇧 🇲🇾 🇳🇿🇨🇦🇦🇺

BritComMil

Today is 80 years to the day the #BattleOfBritain80 began. Over 3,000 pilots fought for Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. The majority of them were British but pilots also came

Jaspreet Bindra, Tech Whispering from Home

j_bindra

My friend and erstwhile colleague @GovindSankar reminded me of this.In 1994, I was elated at being accepted by the super-prestigious Tata Administrative Service, #TAS right after my #MBA . I

Lucy Fisher

LOS_Fisher

Today marks 70 years since the start of the Korean War, often described as a forgotten conflict. More than 80,000 British personnel served, under the UN flag, & more than

Dmitry Stefanovich

KomissarWhipla

Huge interview with Air-Space Forces chief Surovikin:http://redstar.ru/chtoby-gospodstvo-v-vozduhe-ostavalos-za-nami/Lots of data. - Peresvet "special purpose" laser system is operational with this branch- EKS constellation to be

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