The U.S. Special Operations Command eyes limited competition between Fulcrum Concepts and CFD International for a replacement Light Weight Plank Systems (LWPS) for use on the A/MH-6M helicopters. As noted by the U.S. government’s main contracting website, Special Operations Command is looking for a contractor for procurement LWPS in one five-year ordering period. The LWPS […]

The U.S. Air Force has announced that a group of its MC-130J Commando II aircraft conducted a formation flying demonstration at Kadena Air Base, Japan. According to a recent service news release,  the 353rd Special Operations Group conducted combine mid-air into a larger formation and fly to specific airdrop locations to simulate the forced entry […]

U.S. Special Operations Command Europe has announced that Ukrainian special forces have integrated with U.S. Army 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JRMC) in Hohenfels, Germany. More than 3,500 multinational partners from across Europe joined together for Exercise Combined Resolve 14 at the JRMC in Hohenfels, Germany, September 2020 to […]

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The United States Special Operations Forces are currently conducting joint exercises In Estonia, according to a recent Estonian Defense Forces news release. The U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II and CV-22 Osprey aircraft, assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing, U.S. Navy SEALS and U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Operators deployed to Estonia to create […]

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The U.S. Special Operations Command Europe has announced that the U.S. units conduct joint operations during a Swedish-led exercise along the Baltic Sea coast. Swedish JAS-39 fighter jets and U.S. CV-22B, F-15, and MC-130 aircraft flew over Gotland, during a joint exercise across the Baltic Sea, the Special Operations Command Europe has announced. “Swedish and […]

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U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing take part in a reconnaissance training mission at Bornholm, Denmark. According to a recent Air Force news release, Airmen have participated in reconnaissance training in support of a combined readiness exercise, at Aalborg Air Base, Denmark. “Special operations forces adapt in contingency environments, […]

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Ukrainian and United States special operations forces Soldiers conduct static-line and free-fall training as part of a multinational exercise that includes the efforts of ten allied and partner nations. Ukrainian and U.S. SOF started exercise Fiction Urchin this week. The U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II and CV-22 Osprey, assigned to the 352d Special Operations […]

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A unit of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has been spotted inside Ukraine after photographs were posted online on Twitter. A two CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft and Lockheed MC-130J Commando II transport aircraft assigned to the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command were spotted at Vinnytsia Airbase, Ukraine on 16 September. The photos […]

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Russia has begun to unfold the final stages of his plan of hybrid intervention into Belarus is likely imminent. Numerous witnesses have spotted large columns of unmarked trucks with Putin’s so-called “little green men” en route from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Belarus. The columns included large unmarked “Kamaz” and “Ural” type trucks and buses […]

President of Belarus Aleksander Lukashenko has ordered to use elite Alpha Group to deal with growing nationwide protests after Sunday’s re-election. An elite unit of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus was spotted in the central areas of the Minsk on the evening Monday. The Alpha Group fighters were armed with live-fire […]