On August 6, 2011, a U.S. Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter was shot down while transporting a quick reaction force attempting to reinforce an engaged
Operation Red Wings was a combined/joint military operation conducted in the Pech District of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It has become known for the heavy loss
Operation Chavin de Huantar was a military and hostage rescue operation in Lima, Peru, performed by elite Peruvian special forces on April 22, 1997. The
Operation Flavius was a military operation conducted by the British Special Air Service (SAS) in Gibraltar against a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) cell. The
Operation Spring of Youth was an Israeli military operation in Lebanon in April 1973. The operation was part of a bigger operation codenamed Operation Wrath of
Sayeret Matkal carried out the infamous rescue attempt of Nachshon Wachsman. The operation started as an incident in which Palestinian Hamas kidnapped Israeli soldier Nachshon
Operation Orchard was an Israeli secret operation to destroy a suspected nuclear reactor in Syria. The operation unveiled during 2006 and 2007. The mission was
The Ansariya ambush was the deadliest firefight of Israel’s elite unit Shayetet. 12 Israeli special forces operator killed in an ambush in southern Lebanon on