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Flight Deck of a 101 Sqn VC10, 2005. In 2001, Oman-based VC10s were used in some of the first missions of the war in Afghanistan, refuelling US carrier-based aircraft carrying out strikes on Afghan targets.
VC-33 and VC-35 had by then become attack squadrons with radar and electronic countermeasures equipped aircraft. All weather attack squadrons provided detachments of radar and electronic countermeasure equipped attack aircraft to Carrier Air Groups for night and all weather operations.
USNR VF-884 activated on 20 Jul 1950 for the Korean War and assigned to CVG-101 when it was established 1 Aug 1950. CVG-101 was later redesignated CVG-14 (2nd) on 4 Feb 1952. VF-884 redesignated VF-144 and permanently activated in 1953
A Vickers VC-10 Serial 'XR807' of No. 101 Squadron was named 'Donald Garland VC & Thomas Gray VC'. In 2005, to mark its 90th anniversary, No.12 Squadron RAF flew a Tornado GR4 with Flying Officer Garland's and Sergeant Gray's names painted under the cockpit as a mark of respect. There is a monument on the bridge to the operation.
A VC awarded in 1917 to Canadian soldier Corporal Filip Konowal [100] was stolen from the same museum in 1973 and was not recovered until 2004. [101] On 2 December 2007, nine VCs were among 100 medals (12 sets) stolen from locked, reinforced glass cabinets at the QEII Army Memorial Museum in Waiouru, New Zealand, with a value of around NZD$20 ...
The House Committee’s inquiries into venture capital firms, in particular, began in July, when the group sent letters to four VC firms that had made investments in Chinese semiconductor, AI, and ...
Hearing of the VC-12, on 5 January 1955 they signed a contract with LeTourneau for the construction of the VC-22 Sno-Freighter. The contract called for a single locomotive and six cars able to haul 150 tons, cross rivers up to 4 feet (1.2 m) deep, cut through snow drifts and operate at temperatures as low as −68 °F (−56 °C).
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operation to interdict VC movement to and from the Long Hải hills: Phước Tuy Province: Jul 1 – Oct 15: Operation Keystone Robin (Alpha) [2] Redeployment of 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division and 199th Infantry Brigade from South Vietnam to the United States: Jul 2 – Sep 1: Operation Brandeis ...