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A USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft in flight. An attack aircraft, strike aircraft, or attack bomber is a tactical military aircraft that has a primary role of carrying out airstrikes with greater precision than bombers, and is prepared to encounter strong low-level air defenses while pressing the attack. [1]
The Cobra was a quickly-made helicopter based on the UH-1 Iroquois and was introduced in the mid-1960s as an interim design until the U.S. Army's "Advanced Aerial Fire Support System" helicopter could be delivered. The Army selected the Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne, a more capable attack aircraft with greater speed for initial production.
The wing at NAS Whidbey Island would disestablish in 1959 but the squadrons which had made up the wing would later transition to the EKA-3B variant, eventually forming the nucleus for the Navy's Grumman EA-6B Prowler community, while the wing at NAS Sanford would convert to the A3J Vigilante (later A-5A) in the nuclear heavy attack mission ...
The Missouri State Defense Force (MSDF), formerly known as the Missouri Reserve Military Force, was the official state defense force of Missouri, deactivated in 2022. [1] As a state defense force, the MSDF was a reserve military force which served parallel to the Missouri National Guard. As the MSDF fell solely under the command of the state of ...
The once-thriving river village of Athens, Missouri, had up to fifty businesses and a large mill in antebellum times. [4] In July 1861, it was occupied by pro-Union forces of the Missouri Home Guard. Wanting to seize the strategically important village for the Confederacy, elements of the pro-Southern Missouri State Guard attacked on August 5 ...
There is a “slim chance” for a dangerous encounter with a mountain lion, officials say.
The state of Missouri on Tuesday evening executed Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams, who maintained he was innocent in a 1998 killing and whose death sentence had garnered widespread opposition ...
A week before condemned inmate David Hosier was put to death by lethal injection, the Missouri Department of Corrections agreed to make several accommodations at his execution, including providing ...