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Bellanca 77-140 medium bomber: 1934 retired 1942: 4: Consolidated PBY Catalina maritime patrol flying boat/amphibian: 1935 retired 1980s: 4,051 ca. Curtiss A-3/A-4 Falcon attack/light bomber: 1924 retired 1937: 155: Curtiss A-8 attack/light bomber: 1931 retired 1939: 13: Curtiss A-12 Shrike attack/light bomber: 1933 retired 1942: 46: Curtiss XA ...
1964 Operation Chrome Dome Map from Sheppard Air Force Base, TX 1966 overview of US airborne alert routes, based on a document used by White House staff.. Operation Chrome Dome was a United States Air Force Cold War-era mission from 1961 to 1968 in which B-52 strategic bomber aircraft armed with thermonuclear weapons remained on continuous airborne alert, flying routes that put them in ...
It includes suicide bombers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Female suicide bombers" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Light bomber /reconnaissance: Glenn L. Martin Company 1941 1941 1,575 Vultee A-31 / A-35 Vengeance: Dive bomber: Vultee Aircraft: 1941 Unknown 1,931 North American A-36: Ground attack/dive bomber North American Aviation: Developed from the North American P-51 Mustang. 1942 1942 500 Douglas A-26 Invader: Ground attack. Light bomber. Douglas ...
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On April 18, 2012 the Los Angeles Times released photos of U.S. soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division posing with body parts of dead insurgents, [1] [2] after a soldier in the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division [3] gave the photos to the LA Times to draw attention to "a breakdown in security, discipline and professionalism" [4] among U.S. troops operating in Afghanistan.
The bodies of three crew were retrieved by afternoon. The bomber was on a routine training mission out of NAS North Island, California, but San Diego officials refused to identify the victims pending notification of the next of kin, however did say that one man was a local resident while two were out-of-state residents. Wreckage was strewn over ...
Women may also "westernize" their appearance in an attempt at covering their actions and avoiding detection. Women are also deployed as suicide bombers as they tend to "elicit greater public sympathy and publicity for an organization." [36] By some research, female bombers receive eight times more press coverage than their male counterparts. [38]