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The Kuwait Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية الكويتية, romanized: al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya) is the air arm of the Armed Forces of Kuwait.The Air Force headquarters is located at Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base, with the remaining forces stationed at Air Defense Brigades, Ali Al Salem Air Base and Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base.
In 1976, the Kuwait Armed Forces took delivery of Dassault Mirage F1s to be operated by the Kuwait Air Force. During the same year, the Kuwait Air Force retired the Bell 206 and Bell 204/205 from service. In 1977, the Kuwait Armed Forces initiated the first drill training with the United States Armed Forces. During the same year, authorities ...
Air support was provided by Second Allied Tactical Air Force. In 1966, France had withdrawn from the NATO Military Command Structure , but still wished to take part in the defence of Western Europe. A series of secret agreements made between NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the French Chief of the Defence Staff detailed how French ...
101st Airborne Division (Air Aslt) MG J. H. Binford Peay III 1st Brigade 1st BN, 327th Infantry Regiment (Air Aslt) 2nd BN, 327th Infantry Regiment (Air Aslt) 3rd BN, 327th Infantry Regiment (Air Aslt) – Sent to 2nd BDE on Feb 27, 91 2nd BN, 320th Field Artillery Regiment (Air Aslt) (105T) 2nd Brigade
Multiple armed variants, orientated towards roles such as anti-tank gunship (SA 342M), light support (SA 341F), and anti-air variants were promptly produced for various branches of the French armed forces. The Gazelle was flown by all branches of the British armed forces—the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy (including in support of the Royal ...
Operation Abirey-Halev or Operation Abirey-Lev (lit.Knights of the Heart) also known as Operation Stouthearted Men and Operation Valiant, code-named Operation Gazelle (Hebrew: מבצע אבירי לב, Arabic: ثغرة الدفرسوار), was an Israeli operation that took place in the center of the Suez Canal on 15–23 October 1973 during the Yom Kippur War.
The Marines were assisted by the U.S. Army 2nd Armored Division's Tiger Brigade which was spearheaded by the 3-41 Infantry's Straight and Stalwart Battalion Task Force. The 2nd Armored Division's 3-41 Straight and Stalwart Battalion Task Force and the 1-3 Field Artillery Bn destroyed a large number of enemy vehicles and captured over 1,000 ...
Kuwait: Commanders and leaders; Brig. Gen. Ra'ad al-Hamdani: Col. Salem Masoud Al-Sorour Cpt. Khaled Hassan (POW) Yazeed Al-Waleed Units involved; Elements of the 1st Republican Guard Corps Elements of the 1st "Hammurabi" Armored Division Elements of the 2nd "al-Medinah al-Munawera" Armored Division: Elements of the 35th Brigade 7th Tank Bn, 3 Coy