Huey in Action From Vietnam Until Nepal The UH-1Y missing in Nepal 2015 placed focus on the Huey which has been in use by the military for decades. The UH-1Y Huey in Nepal went missing with six Marines and two Nepalese troops on board. The two pairs of aircraft were with the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron …
VOA Lisa Schlein Saudi Arabian airstrikes are to blame for most civilian deaths and injuries in Yemen, says a report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council by the U.N. Secretary-General and High Commissioner for Human Rights. Yemen is entering its fourth year of conflict, a conflict the United Nations says is getting worse, …
VOA Heather Murdock Some of the women smiled as the judge read his rulings in a staccato, rapid-fire rhythm. “Hanged by the neck until dead,” he said 17 times in a Baghdad court last Monday and Tuesday. At least six more wives of dead or captured foreign Islamic State fighters were sentenced to life in …
Compiled from DOD reports by Jim Garamone Noting “breathtaking” progress the Afghan government and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani have made, a senior officer in the Resolute Support mission said there is never going to be a better time for the Taliban to start talking with the Afghan government about peace. Army Brig. Gen Michael R. …
By Nick Brokhausen We still don’t know our exact mission, just that it is a prisoner snatch of some kind. We don’t know what kind of prisoners. Are we taking prisoners or rescuing our own? After a while you get used to the secrecy, no sense stuffing our heads with the big picture. I like …