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The 505th PIR took over the responsibilities of the Global Response Force mission on 1 October 2010. [4] 1-505th deployed in May 2011 to Feb 2012 in support of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Afghanistan, two of its paratroopers were killed. The 2-505th PIR deployed once again in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in June ...
(Since 1989) Joint Counterdrug Task Force (Reconnaissance, Interdiction) [16] [17] Counterdrug Special Operations Detachment (SOD) [18] (Since 1998) Homeland Response Force 6th Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction) [3] [19] (Since 2008) 19th Special Forces Group [20] [21] C Company, 1st Battalion; A Company, 5th Battalion
Operation Juniper Shield, formerly known as Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara (OEF-TS), is the military operation conducted by the United States and partner nations in the Saharan and Sahel regions of Africa, consisting of counterterrorism efforts and policing of arms and drug trafficking across central Africa.
In 2004, an estimated 40 members of JTF 2 serving with Task Force K-Bar were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation by the U.S. government for service in Afghanistan. [16] Very little is known on JTF 2 operations in Afghanistan, but during a conference the former Chief of Defence Staff , General Rick Hillier , stated that JTF 2 was in "high ...
Task Force Yukon – 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division (March 2009 – March 2010) Task Force Rakkasans – 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (February 2010 – January 2011) Task Force Duke – 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division [3] (January 2011 – January 2012)
The unit is often referred to within JSOC as Task Force Blue. [6] DEVGRU is administratively supported by the Naval Special Warfare Command and operationally commanded by JSOC. Most information concerning DEVGRU is designated as classified , and details of its activities are not usually commented on by either the United States Department of ...
A No. 33 Squadron Boeing 707 refuelling a US Navy F/A-18 in 2002. During the first phase of Operation Slipper, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) commitment to Afghanistan consisted of a Special Forces Task Group and two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing 707 air-to-air refuelling aircraft from No. 33 Squadron.
The United States Department of Defense provided F-15 Eagles [3] and F-16 Fighting Falcons to this operation, and the Canadian Forces provided CF-18 Hornets. [4] The US Army National Guard provided AN/TWQ-1 Avenger short range air defense systems to provide close range air defense protection under the control of the USAF Joint Air Defense Operations Center (JADOC) and CONR.