Worst affected were the youngsters in the special forces, who were always on combat missions.
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The courageous young heroines who have endured combat missions deserve our recognition, nay our praise.
All combat missions will end in Iraq, and there will be no permanent military bases in Iraq.
Obama and NATO previously announced that Afghan forces will take the lead in combat missions this year.
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Shepperd served in the U.S. Air Force for almost 40 years and flew 247 fighter combat missions in Vietnam.
When he recovered, he was sent to Europe to fly more combat missions.
Don Shepperd was in the U.S. Air Force for almost 40 years and flew 247 fighter combat missions in Vietnam.
He flew 266 combat missions in Vietnam but is best known for masterminding the Gulf war air campaign in 1991.
Others are training as naval aviators who will fly combat missions over the skies of Afghanistan and Iraq and elsewhere.
"Glory Hounds" was filmed in Afghanistan, where it tracks four servicemen and their explosives- and insurgent-detecting dogs on combat missions.
The youngest pilot in the Navy when he received his wings, he flew 58 combat missions during World War II.
Having hundred of combat missions in World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam, he knew about making decisions in high-stress environments.
He left after two years to become a Navy pilot, flying combat missions in the Korean War and winning three medals.
The modern air wing can provide credible combat capacity with 80-125 air dominance, strike, electronic warfare, and surveillance combat missions each day.
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The money would not be used for combat missions or equipment and Downing Street insisted the plan would comply with international aid spending rules.
His book moves on to the Vietnam War, describing his Air Force service, his combat missions and even his survival after being shot down.
They can look to Tammy Duckworth, who flew combat missions in Iraq and lost both her legs when her helicopter was hit by a grenade.
So I would be interested in knowing whether they will commit to having all combat troops out and ending combat missions in the first year.
We ended combat missions there, just like I promised we would.
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Nonetheless, McGovern, the peace candidate, arguably had the strongest combat veteran credentials to date, perhaps overall, with 35 combat missions in a B-24 and a DFC.
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Retired Air Force Colonel John A. Warden III flew 266 combat missions in Vietnam but is best known for masterminding the Gulf war air campaign in 1991.
After hundreds of combat missions over Iraq and Afghanistan, when Somali pirates kidnapped Captain Richard Phillips, you -- the "Fighting Tigers" -- were first on the scene.
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The move will reduce by more than half the current force level there of 66, 000 troops as Afghan forces prepare to take the lead in combat missions.
The troops are scheduled to end combat missions in 2014.
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Since its debut in the 1999 air war over Kosovo, the B-2 has flown combat missions exclusively from Whiteman, logging sorties that have at times exceeded 40 hours.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt was one of the key elements of Nato's naval power in the 1999 Kosovo conflict with more than 3, 400 combat missions launched from its deck.
Following 78 Korean missions with 121 hours in the air, Neil received the Air Medal for 20 combat missions, a gold Star for another 20, and the Korean Service Medal.
And the study group also recommends that the United States make a fundamental change in its military operations by gradually shifting its troops from combat missions to training and advising the Iraqi army.
"U.S. military personnel and civilian components working with the military will enjoy American jurisdiction while they are in their bases and whey they are on missions, combat missions and so on, " he said.
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Among BAE Systems' plans, for example, is the co-operative control of drones, which would allow a pilot in a jet to fly with a squadron of the robot aircraft on surveillance or combat missions.
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