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Condensed World Paramilitary Forces 2006 (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009. "SIPRI Military Expenditure Database". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. South African Navy official website
Egyptian Air Force 1952–1958 Syrian Air Force 1948–1958 Upper Volta: Upper Volta Air Force Force Aérienne de Haute-Volta: 1964–1984 Venda: Venda Defence Force: 1983–1994 Vichy France: Vichy French Air Force: 1940–1942 West Germany: German Air Force Luftwaffe: 1955 German Naval Aviation Marineflieger: 1957 German Army Aviation Corps ...
In July 1971, Sehgal escaped from the prison. [5] He became the first Pakistani Prisoner of War to escape from an Indian POW camp. [2] Sehgal was posted to 44 Punjab (now 4 Sindh) in November 1971. He saw action as company commander in the Thar Desert, receiving a ‘battlefield promotion’ to the rank of major on 13 December 1971.
air forces (non-Commonwealth) Navies, coast guards: Air forces (Commonwealth system) General officers, Flag officers, Air officers; Field marshal: Admiral of the fleet: Marshal of the air force: General or colonel general or army general: Admiral: Air chief marshal: Lieutenant general or army corps general: Vice admiral: Air marshal: Major ...
The 421st is one of the longest operating General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon units together with its sister squadron assigned to the 388th, the 4th Fighter Squadron.It trains to deploy worldwide to conduct Day/Night air superiority and precision strike sorties employing laser-guided and inertially aided munitions during contingencies and combat.
5 Squadron SAAF was a South African Air Force Fighter / Fighter-Bomber squadron during World War II. It was disbanded at the end of the war and was re-commissioned in 1950. It remained active until 2 October 1992, when it was disbanded; its Atlas Cheetah E aircraft were also decommissione
The Lockheed Hudson (seen in RAF use) was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft. In the fall of 1941, the 2nd American Volunteer Group was equipped with 33 Lockheed Hudson (A-28) and 33 Douglas DB-7 (A-20) bombers originally built for Britain but acquired by the U.S. Army as part of the Lend-Lease program passed earlier in the year.
Henry Woollett of the Royal Air Force shot down and destroyed six German airplanes on 12 April 1918, setting two afire. [ 8 ] Frederick McCall , Canadian flying ace, shot down five German fighters, four (3 Albatros D.V and 1 Fokker D.VII ) in the morning and the fifth in the evening (Albatros D.V) of 30 June 1918 .