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Death of Hercules: Entire fleet of transporter plane favoured by the SAS is to be grounded – and its Airbus replacement ‘could put our troops at risk’ The ‘Super Hercules’ C-130J fleet has been used on Special Forces operations against IS in Iraq and Syria The aircraft is loved by soldiers for being easy to … Read more
Rockets have been fired at the US embassy in Iraq’s capital, according to security sources. At least three rockets targeted the building in the high-security Green Zone in Baghdad. One of them fell within the perimeter of the Green Zone but others landed in surrounding residential neighbourhoods. A statement from the military said there were no … Read more
Rockets are fired at US embassy in Baghdad Rockets have been fired at the US embassy in Iraq’s capital, sources say One of them fell within the perimeter of the Green Zone The attack is the third in a week to target Western installations in the country By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline Published: 16:53 GMT, … Read more
UK troops surge as Iraq simmers: Hundreds of British soldiers will be sent to Iraq as part of new NATO mission Britain to send hundreds of troops to Iraq in biggest increase since the Gulf War Defence sources say Nato plans to increase numbers in Iraq from 400 to 5,000 179 British troops lost their … Read more
UK troops surge as Iraq simmers: Hundreds of British soldiers will be sent to Iraq as part of new NATO mission Britain to send hundreds of troops to Iraq in biggest increase since the Gulf War Defence sources say Nato plans to increase numbers in Iraq from 400 to 5,000 179 British troops lost their … Read more
They’re bearing down on us! Bears are released into the wild… and immediately turn on their rescuers The chaotic scene was spotted at a wildlife conservation project in the Kurdistan of northern Iraq yesterday Six Syrian brown bears were being freed into the wild after they were saved from captivity in people’s homes But as … Read more
After adventurer, author and former soldier Jordan Wylie rowed solo, unsupported and unarmed across the most dangerous body of water on the planet – the pirate-infested Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (aka the Gate of Tears) – he described the 13-hour 42-minute voyage, from Djibouti to Yemen and back, as ‘the toughest thing I’ve ever done’. And at … Read more
After adventurer, author and former soldier Jordan Wylie rowed solo, unsupported and unarmed across the most dangerous body of water on the planet – the pirate-infested Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (aka the Gate of Tears) – he described the 13-hour 42-minute voyage, from Djibouti to Yemen and back, as ‘the toughest thing I’ve ever done’. And at … Read more
An Army general tipped to assume command of Britain’s Armed Forces has revealed how his battlefield experiences in Iraq left him suicidal and drinking alone at two o’clock in the morning. General Sir Patrick Sanders, 54, who could become the next Chief of the Defence Staff, made the shocking admission in a bid to persuade … Read more
Flying in formation and dropping their mighty payloads together, the bombs from a B-52 attack fall so thickly that they look from a distance like a rain shower. With some 70,000 pounds of ordnance — up to 108 bombs in each plane — tumbling out of each B-52’s huge belly and from under its 185 … Read more