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Military action against ISIL. On 13 November 2015, the United States launched an airstrike in Derna, Libya. Two U.S. F-15E fighter jets targeted senior ISIL leader Abu Nabil al-Anbari in the airstrike, who was the top ISIL commander in Libya. In January 2016, ISIL's Libyan faction confirmed Abu Nabil's death in a eulogy to him.
Tower 22 in Jordan. On 28 January 2024, an attack drone, launched by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq —an Iranian-backed Shia militia group—struck Tower 22, a U.S. military outpost in Rukban, northeast Jordan. The explosion resulted in the deaths of three U.S. soldiers and injuries to 47 others.
Mach 3.5. FIM-92 Stinger. Infrared homing. Mach 2.54. MIM-104 Patriot. Command midcourse and. Terminal Semi-active radar homing. Mach 5.
418'. 1 × MK 110 57mm gun a variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun and Gunfire Control System. 1 × 20 mm Block 1B Baseline 2 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System. 4 × crew-served .50 caliber (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns. 2 × crew-served M240B 7.62 mm machine guns. Various small arms.
The eight uniformed services are defined by 10 U.S.C. § 101 (a) (5) : The term "uniformed services" means—. (A) the armed forces; (B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and. (C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service. The six uniformed services that make up the armed forces of the ...
U.S. forces, supported by U.S. European Command destroyers, on Saturday and Sunday destroyed more than 80 one-way attack drones and at least six ballistic missiles aimed at Israel from Iran and ...
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 475 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 90 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
On 13 June 2019, two oil tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz while they transited the Gulf of Oman.The Kokuka Courageous, flagged in Panama and operated by a company based in Japan, and Front Altair, flagged in Marshall Islands and operated by a company based in Norway, were attacked, allegedly with limpet mines or flying objects, sustaining fire damage.