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Vladimir Zhitarenko Colonel Vladimir Zhitarenko ( Владимир Житаренко ; June 15 , 1942 – January 1 , 1995 ) was a military correspondent for the Russian armed forces daily " Krasnaya Zvezda " ( Red Star ) . Zhitarenko had covered post - Soviet conflicts in Afghanistan , Abkhazia , Chechnya , South Ossetia , Tajikistan and the Transdnester , as well as the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl . On December 31 , 1994 , Zhitarenko was hit by two sniper bullets , including in the head , as he stepped out of an armored personnel carrier on a front line outside the town of Tolstoy - Yurt , near the Chechen [ [ Capital capital of Grozny . He died the next day , as the second journalist to die covering the [ [ First Chechen War ] ] ( after [ [ Cynthia Elbaum ] ] , an American photographer killed during an [ [ airstrike | air raid ] ] on Grozny on December 22 , 1994 ) . References . [ [ Category : 1942 births ] ] [ [ Category : 1995 deaths ] ] [ [ Category : Deaths by firearm in Russia ] ] [ [ Category : Journalists killed while covering the Chechen wars ] ] [ [ Category : Reporters and correspondents ] ] [ [ Category : Russian journalists ] ] [ [ Category : Russian military personnel killed in action ] ] [ [ Category : War correspondents of the Chechen wars ] ]
USS Sabik ( AK - 121 ) USS " Sabik " ( AK - 121 ) was a commissioned by the U . S . Navy for service in World War II . She was responsible for delivering troops , goods and equipment to locations in the war zone . " Sabik " was laid down as SS " William Becknell " ( MCE hull 2423 ) on 8 November 1943 by the Todd - Houston Shipbuilding Corp . , Houston , Texas ; renamed " Sabik " on 13 November ; launched on 17 December ; sponsored by Mrs . Johnnie L . Armstrong ; accepted by WSA for United States Navy use on 29 December and moved to New Orleans , Louisiana , to undergo conversion by Todd - Johnson Dry Docks , Inc . ; and commissioned on 19 April 1944 , Lt . Comdr . Harry Gorman in command . World War II Pacific Theatre operations . Following shakedown off Norfolk , Virginia , " Sabik " proceeded to Bayonne , New Jersey , where she loaded cargo and marines and sailed on 5 June for the New Hebrides . She arrived at Espiritu Santo on 13 July and then continued on to the Russell Islands , commencing a schedule of inter - island shuttle runs that ranged the southwestern Pacific Ocean during the course of the war . Island - hopping in the South Pacific . For nearly 15 months , the cargo ship plied the waters between Guadalcanal , Tulagi , Munda , the Russells , the New Hebrides , Bougainville , Peleliu , Anguar , Ulithi , Eniwetok , Manus , Hollandia , Guam , Saipan , and Tinian . She participated in landings , during this time , at the Tacloban and Dulag beaches on Leyte , and at the Hagushi beaches on Okinawa . She finally sailed for Pearl Harbor on 29 July 1945 , arriving on 13 August . She then proceeded to San Francisco , California , passing under the Golden Gate bridge on 22 August . End - of - war activity . Following long needed repairs , " Sabik " departed the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 24 September en route to Guam and Majuro for Operation Magic Carpet duty . Returning troops to the United States , she returned to San Francisco exactly three months later on 24 December and remained there to await inactivation . Post - war decommissioning . " Sabik " decommissioned on 19 March 1946 and was returned to WSA the same day for lay - up at Suisun Bay , California . Struck from the Navy List on 17 April 1946 , the ship resumed her original name , " SS William Becknell " , and remained in the National Defense Reserve Fleet until sold for scrapping on 30 October 1961 to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp . , New York City , New York . Military awards and honors . " Sabik " earned two battle star s for World War II service : Her crew was eligible for the following medals :
Benjamin B . Fischer Benjamin B . Fischer has worked for the United States Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) for nearly 30 years . In recent years , he has been employed by the CIA ' s Center for the Study of Intelligence . The White House Millennium Council selected his monograph " At Cold War ' s End : US Intelligence on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe " , 1989 - 1991 ( 1999 ) for inclusion in a time capsule at the National Archives to be opened in 2100 . In 2002 Fischer was a visiting research fellow at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo .
Compagnie du Katanga The Compagnie du Katanga was a concession company of the Congo Free State . The company was founded in 1891 to occupy part of the Free State in order to dissuade a British claim on the land . The company received 99 - year mineral exploitation rights on one third of the land and preferential rights for twenty years on the remainder .
Norman Anil Kumar Browne Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne , also known as " Charlie " Browne , is the current Chief of the Air Staff ( CAS ) of the Indian Air Force ( IAF ) . He was Vice Chief of the Air Staff until 31 July 2011 when he replaced outgoing Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik . Career . Air Chief Marshal Browne is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and also trained with the Royal Air Force , in the United Kingdom , on Jaguar aircraft before commanding a Jaguar Squadron . A graduate of Air Command and Staff College , Maxwell Air Force Base , USA , he has held many appointments including Joint Director at Air War Strategy Cell at Air Headquarters , Chief Operations Officer and Air Officer Commanding of an Sukhoi Su - 30 base , Air - I at Western Air Command and Assistant Chief of Air Staff ( Intelligence ) at Air Headquarters . Browne was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF on June 24 , 1972 . As a fighter pilot , he has logged over 3 , 100 hours flying Hunters , Jaguars , MiG 21 s and Su - 30MKIs , and has served as an instructor at the Tactics and Combat Development Establishment ( TACDE ) and Defence Services Staff College ( DSSC ) , Wellington . Before taking over as the Vice chief of the Air Staff in January 2011 , he was the AOC - in - C of Western Air Command , IAF ' s most vital operational command . He became the twentieth CAS of the IAF . Upon the retirement of Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma , Browne became the new Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee . Personal life . Browne is married to Mrs Kiran Browne , and they have a son , Omar , a fighter pilot in the IAF ; and a daughter Alisha , who is working with a multinational company .
Pedro Giachino Capitan de Corbeta Pedro Edgardo Giachino ( Mendoza , 28 May 1947 – 2 April 1982 , Port Stanley ) , was an Argentine Navy officer who became the first serviceman killed in action during the Falklands War . Falklands War . Giachino was the leader of a platoon of " Comandos anfibios " and died of wounds in Stanley ' s hospital after the battle of Government House , which resulted in the surrender of Falklands ' Governor Rex Hunt and the Royal Marines detachment during the Argentine invasion of 1982 . He was awarded posthumously the Argentine Nation to the Heroic Valour in Combat Cross and promoted to the rank of Captain . Burial place . He was first buried at Puerto Belgrano , but owing to a letter from his 13 year old daughter to President Raúl Alfonsín in 1985 , his remains were moved to Mar del Plata , the hometown of his family . The naval base of Mar del Plata was also the headquarters of the forces he led in combat at the time of his death . Alleged Human Right violations during the 1976 dictatorship . A number of witnesses ' statements surfaced in 2011 , accusing Giachino of being the commander of the illegal repression of militants in the area of Zárate - Campana , in northern Buenos Aires Province , between 1976 and 1977 , during the dirty war . Circumstantial evidence also mentions him as being in charge of the external security of Mar del Plata ' s naval base , at a time when a part of the military facilities was used as a detention and interrogation center . His death prevents any further legal investigation , but the pressure of Human Rights groups compelled the City Council of Mar del Plata to remove his portrait from the chamber , where both the fallen soldiers from Mar del Plata and the local victims of the Argentine dictatorship are honoured .
USS Toucey ( DD - 282 ) USS " Toucey " ( DD - 282 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I . She was named for Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey . " Toucey " was laid down on 26 April 1919 at Squantum , Massachusetts , by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation , launched on 5 September 1919 , sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Alden Robinson , and commissioned at Boston , Massachusetts on 9 December 1919 , Commander Reuben B . Coffey in command . Service history . Soon after commissioning , " Toucey " began duty with the Atlantic Fleet as a unit of Division 42 , Flotilla 7 , Squadron 1 . Based at Newport , Rhode Island , for the next seven years , she operated along the eastern seaboard and in the West Indies . During the summer , the destroyer patrolled the northern latitudes off the New England coast , training in destroyer operations . Each winter , she headed south for the annual fleet concentration held in waters near the Panama Canal and for gunnery training at the range near Puerto Rico . Sometime between 1 July 1921 and 1 January 1922 , she was reassigned to Division 25 of Squadron 9 and began operating with only 50 percent of her normal complement . However , by 1 January 1923 , her full complement had been restored and , still assigned to the same squadron and division ; she began operating with the newly organized Scouting Force . Late in 1926 , she appears to have been temporarily assigned to the American naval forces operating in Europe . By 1 January 1927 , her base of operations had been moved from Newport , to Norfolk , Virginia . From the sketchy records which exist , she appears to have served the remainder of her career with the Scouting Force destroyers operating out of Norfolk . Fate . In the spring of 1930 , she moved to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania to prepare for inactivation . On 1 May 1930 , " Toucey " was decommissioned at Philadelphia . Her name was struck from the Navy list on 22 October . The former destroyer was sold on 17 January 1931 and scrapped sometime in 1934 . As of 2005 , no other ships have been named " Toucey " . was launched as " Toucey " , but her name was changed prior to commissioning at the request of her namesake .
Anne S . K . Brown Military Collection The Anne S . K . Brown Military Collection is one of the largest research collections devoted to the history and iconography of soldiers and soldiering , from circa 1500 to 1945 . Formerly a private collection , it was donated to the Brown University Library in 1981 . Mrs . John Nicholas Brown ( Anne Seddon Kinsolving Brown , 1906 - 1985 ) began collecting toy soldier s in 1930 , but within a few years had moved on to acquiring graphics and monographs depicting or describing military uniform s . In the years following the Second World War , the collection increased dramatically , so much so that the Brown family were advised to move the archive out of their house for fear of causing structural damage from the weight . Today , the collection is located on the top floor of the John Hay Library situated on the Brown University campus . Besides approximately 5 , 000 toy soldiers ( additional figures can be found in the Annmary Brown Memorial on the Brown campus ) , the main focus of the collection are over 15 , 000 prints , drawings , paintings and watercolors . There are also photographs and sheet music covers . The graphics depict soldiers in battle , on parade , genre scenes , caricatures , military portraits , and uniform studies . Every major country is represented , with France , the United Kingdom , Germany and the German states being the largest sections . Other important parts focus on Austria , Russia , the United States and elsewhere . Complementing the graphic collection are over 20 , 000 books , and thousands of albums , sketchbooks , scrapbooks and portfolios . The monographs include army lists , regimental histories , biographies , campaign histories , humor , royalty and ceremonies , costume and early travel , uniform books , drill , tactics and regulation . There are many contemporary military regulations as well as a small collection of manuscript material .
458th Airlift Squadron The 458th Airlift Squadron ( 458 AS ) is part of the 375th Airlift Wing at Scott Air Force Base , Illinois . It operates C - 21 aircraft providing executive airlift and aeromedical evacuation . History . Established in mid - 1942 under II Bomber Command as a Boeing B - 17 Flying Fortress Replacement Training Unit ( RTU ) . Operated until March 1944 with the end of Heavy Bomber training . B - 29 Superfortress operations against Japan . Re - designated on 1 April 1944 as a Boeing B - 29 Superfortress Very Heavy bombardment squadron . When training was completed moved to North Field Guam in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific Area in January 1945 and assigned to XXI Bomber Command , Twentieth Air Force . It ' s mission was the strategic bombardment of the Japanese Home Islands and the destruction of its war - making capability . The squadron flew " shakedown " missions against Japanese targets on Moen Island , Truk , and other points in the Carolines and Marianas . The squadron began combat missions over Japan on 25 February 1945 with a firebombing mission over north - east Tokyo . The squadron continued to participate in wide area firebombing attacks , but the first ten day long blitz resulted in the Army Air Forces running out of incendiary bombs . Until then the squadron flew conventional strategic bombing missions using high explosive bombs . The squadron continued attacking urban areas with incendiary raids until the end of the war in August 1945 , attacking major Japanese cities , causing massive destruction of urbanized areas . Also conducted raids against strategic objectives , bombing aircraft factories , chemical plants , oil refineries , and other targets in Japan . The squadron flew its last combat missions on 14 August when hostilities ended . Afterwards , its B 29s carried relief supplies to Allied prisoner of war camps in Japan and Manchuria . The squadron remained in Western Pacific , although largely demobilized in the fall of 1945 . Some aircraft were scrapped on Tinian ; others flown to storage depots in the United States . The unit was inactivated as part of Army Service forces in December 1945 . United States Air Force . Reactivated as a reserve B - 29 squadron at March AFB , California in 1949 . Squadron personnel were activated for Korean War service on 1 May 1951 and reassigned to active duty units and deployed to Far East Air Forces . Inactivated as a paper unit in June 1951 . Reactivated as a C - 46 Commando Troop Carrier Squadron in June 1952 , but unclear whether manned or equipped . Inactivated in July 1952 . Reactivated during the Vietnam War at Cam Rahn Air Base , South Vietnam in 1966 . Provided intratheater airlift in Vietnam , including airland and airdrop assault missions from , 1966 – 1972 , being inactivated as part of the drawdown of United States forces and the closure of Cam Rahn AB . and military airlift operations worldwide from 1975 - 1978 . It conducted airlift in Southwest Asia from August 1990 - May 1991 .
List of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Commanders The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing is an aviation unit of the United States Marine Corps that serves as the Aviation Combat Element of the III Marine Expeditionary Force . The wing is headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on the island of Okinawa , Japan . Activated in 1941 , the wing has seen heavy combat operations during World War II , the Korean War , and the Vietnam War .
Lahore Cantonment Lahore Cantonment , also known as Lahore Cantt , is located in the eastern part of Lahore , Pakistan . It is an open , green place compared to the rest of the Lahore . Pakistan ' s army has maintained its setup in Lahore by deploying two of its divisions in Lahore Cantonment , namely the 10th and 11th Divisions . The Headquarters of 4 Corps and the Allama Iqbal International Airport are also located in the Lahore Cantonment . The most famous of the cantonment ' s public spaces is Fortress Stadium , which contains a big market a theme park and a stadium used for various activities . Political distribution of cantonment . Lahore cantonment has one national assembly seat and two provincial assembly seats . Khwaja Saad Rafique MNA , NA - 125 , Mian Naseer Ahmed MPA , PP - 155 and Ch . Mohammad Yasin Sohal MPA , PP - 156 are the main political activists of this area . They were elected from Lahore Cantonment in the 2008 national elections . Real Estate value of Cantt . Cantt is regarded as a posh and expensive locality in Lahore . The houses here are constructed in British style with front yard , backyard , driveway and separate servant quarters . Since Cantt is primarily an army maintained area , the locality holds a calm and peaceful ambiance that is typical to the army dwellings . With centuries old and evergreen trees , Cantt is truly the greenest part of Lahore . The mentioned facts mount the value of property in Cantt , Lahore . As of April 2013 , the average value of a 1 Kanal house in Cantt ( as recorded by Zameen . com ) is PKR 25 million .
Kosmos 2388 Kosmos 2388 ( meaning " Cosmos 2388 " ) was a Russian US - K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 2002 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme . The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . Kosmos 2388 was launched from Site 16 / 2 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia . A Molniya - M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch , which took place at 22 : 06 UTC on 1 April 2002 . The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 2002 - 017A . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 27409 . It stopped undertaking maneuvers to remain in its orbital position in November 2006 and re - entered the atmosphere on 14 September 2011 .
Hermann Ehrhardt Hermann Ehrhardt ( 29 November 1881 – 27 September 1971 ) was a German Freikorps commander during the period of turmoil in Weimar Republic Germany from 1918 to 1920 , he commanded the famous II . Marine Brigade , better known as the Ehrhardt Brigade or " Marinebrigade Ehrhardt " . Born in Diersburg , now part of Hohberg , Baden - Württemberg , he later joined the German Imperial Navy and served as a Korvettenkapitän . A strong opponent of the Treaty of Versailles , he developed strong monarchist views . During the period after the defeat of the German Empire , Ehrhardt formed the II . Marine Brigade . Holding the rank of Korvettenkapitän , his army equivalent rank was only that of a major , yet he still commanded a force of around 6 , 000 men . His force fought in north - west Germany , central Germany , Upper Silesia , and Bavaria and participated in the unsuccessful Kapp - Lüttwitz Putsch of 1920 , afterwards he fled Germany , but later returned . In Bavaria , which was ruled by Gustav von Kahr at that time , he formed the Organisation Consul , and later the Viking Bund , a secret military society . During the Beer Hall Putsch , Ehrhardt and his deputy commander Eberhard Kautter refused to have the league help Adolf Hitler ' s Nazi Party . Ehrhardt would later unsuccessfully contest the leadership with Hitler , but unlike their commander , most of Ehrhardt ' s men joined the Nazi Party . Ehrhardt was one of those listed to die during the Night of the Long Knives but he managed to escape to Austria . He was later invited back to Nazi Germany . He died in 1971 in Krems an der Donau .
Russian submarine K - 442 Chelyabinsk The K - 442 " Chelyabinsk " is an Oscar class SSGN within the Russian Navy . The submarine is currently located at the Rybachiy Nuclear Submarine Base , in Vilyuchinsk , near Petropavlovsk - Kamchatsky and belongs to the Russian Pacific Fleet .
6167th Air Base Group The 6167th Air Base Group ( 6167th ABG ) is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last duty assignment was at K - 16 ( Seoul Airport ) , South Korea during the Korean War . History . Formed from the 6167th Air Base Unit in October 1950 to operate flare aircraft , psychological operations , and behind - the - lines agent insertions and resupply drops during the war . Its designation served as a cover for its actual special operations activities . Its 6167th Operations Squadron was augmented by aircrews from the Clark AB , Philippines - based 581st Air Resupply and Communications Wing ( 581st ARCW ) , a cover designation for a special operations unit . Aircraft operated were the B - 26 Invader , C - 46 Commando , and C - 47 s . Two SA - 16 Albatrosses were sent to K - 16 ( Seoul Airport ) in South Korea by the 581st ARCW to augment B Flight of the 6167th Air Base Group . In addition , four Sikorsky H - 19 A helicopters were also forward deployed to K - 16 in support of the 2157th Air Rescue Squadron ( in fact , they were colocated with the 2157th but actually supported B Flight , as did the two SA - 16s ) . Combined Command Reconnaissance Activities , Korea ( CCRAK ) maintained Operational Control of these forces and employed them into North Korea along with B Flight and Special Air Missions detachment aircraft . The 6167th Operations Squadron operated C - 47s and B - 26s , equipped for both leaflet drops and psychological warfare voice missions . In 1952 - 1953 , almost all flying operations were nighttime missions and included occasional drops of very young teenaged Korean nationals whose parents were well paid to allow their children to parachute into North Korea . Their assignments were to visually obtain strategic intelligence on production facilities , transportation , troop placement , and other specifics . They were to walk back to the battle lines and , using passwords , pass through to deliver the intelligence gathered to the proper US military authorities .
Baptista de Andrade - class corvette The Baptista de Andrade were a class of four Portuguese designed corvette s , built for the Portuguese Navy by BAZAN in Spain in the 1970s . They are an updated version of the " João Coutinho " class corvette s - designed by the Portuguese naval engineer Rogério de Oliveira - with more modern armament and sensors . Like the " João Coutinho " ships , the " Baptista de Andrade " corvettes were intended to operate in the Portuguese overseas territories . Allegedly , the ships would originally be intended to the South African Navy , the delivery being canceled after the Portuguese Carnation Revolution in 1974 . After Portugal withdrew from its colonies , the four ships were due to be sold to the Colombian Navy in 1977 but the deal was not completed . One ship , the NRP " Oliveira e Carmo " , was decommissioned in 1999 , the other three are in service but are due to retire soon and be replaced by " Viana do Castelo " class OPV ' s .