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FUNKER530 - Veteran Community & Combat Footage
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Minesweeper Helmet Cam Firefight With Taliban
Kandahar, Afghanistan - From the team: "This was a patrol with the new ANA unit, so we were taking them around the area so they could get familiar with it. When we came into what was known to be the safest village in the area the Taliban ambushed us, trying to strike fear into the new guys. Little did they know we would push up into the village and take them head on. I mine hounded up to the furthest known point of their positions and even pushed100 meters out and then back in to try and sneak up on their position. The whole thing was about 5 hours long so batteries ran out in our cameras. We ended up getting 2 confirmed enemy KIA and none of our guys got hurt. We came out of the village and called it a day."
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Cobra Gunships and JDAM Air Support For Special Forces
Helmand, Afghanistan - During ODA (Operational Detachment-Alpha) operations, operators become engaged in a firefight with Taliban fighters taking cover in a compound. The fighters are pinned down by heavy fire, and Cobra gunships are called in to eliminate the threat.
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Operational Detachment-Alpha, is a standard 12-man team composed of US Army Special Forces operators
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Mortar Crew Picks A Fight With 70+ Taliban
Kunar Province, Afghanistan - In the infamous Korengal Valley a mortar team initiates contact with a force of 70+ Taliban fighters. The M224 mortar fires 60mm projectiles manually, using preset calculations for distance and direction. After the first impact, Taliban fighters begin firing wildly at the position allowing the U.S. forces to pinpoint their exact location.
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X-47B Historic Drone Carrier Landing
Northrop Grumman's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System successfully landed on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Wednesday.
The landing followed a 35-minute flight from a naval air station in Maryland.
The arrested landing, conducted by a mission operator aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, was the first for the fighter-sized drone and opens the door for carrier deployment of unmanned combat vehicles.
"Today's historic carrier landing and our operations aboard USS George H.W. Bush show, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that tailless unmanned aircraft can integrate seamlessly and operate safely from an aircraft carrier at sea," Capt. Jaime Engdahl, Navy UCAS program manager, said Wednesday.
"Beyond X-47B, this moment in history was made possible by an extremely disciplined and dedicated government-industry team that took a brand new unmanned combat air system from initial concept to highly successful demonstration in one of the most demanding operating environments in the world."
Prior to snagging a deck wire with its tailhook and being brought to a stop within less than 350 feet, the X-47B was traveling at a speed of 145 knots.
"Although it looks like it could be an easy maneuver, today's successful arrested landings points back to a rigorous test plan focused on software development and system maturity to prove today that an autonomous unmanned system such as the X-47B can safely, seamlessly and predictably integrate into Navy carrier operations," said Carl Johnson, vice president and Navy UCAS program manager for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.
The X-47B underwent its first catapult launch from an aircraft carrier in May.