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Franklin J . Blaisdell Franklin J . Blaisdell ( born September 15 , 1949 ) is a retired Major General in the United States Air Force . Career . After joining the Air Force , Blaisdell underwent training for missile operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base . From there , he served with the 44th Strategic Missile Wing before being assigned to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the Air Force . He later became Executive Officer of the 15th Air Force before returning to Vandenberg as Protocol Officer and Executive Officer of the 1st Strategic Aerospace Division . In 1984 , Blaisdell was named Director , Military Strategic and Tactical Relay System Platform Integration , Milstar Special Programs Office at Headquarters Electronic Systems Center . The following year , he was given command of the 564th Strategic Missile Squadron . In 1988 , he was assigned to the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as Chief , Nuclear Operations Branch and Acting Chief , Strategic Division , Directorate of Operations . He was later transferred to Francis E . Warren Air Force Base and was given command of the 90th Operations Group . Blaisdell served as Inspector General of Headquarters Air Force Space Command from 1993 until 1995 , when he was named Deputy Director of Operations , Directorate of Operations . Later that year , he again returned to Vandenberg Air Force Base to command the 30th Space Wing and the Western Range . The following year , he was again assigned to Headquarters Air Force Space Command , this time to assume command of the 21st Space Wing . After serving as Commandant of the Armed Forces Staff College from 1998 to 2000 , Blaisdell was assigned to The Pentagon . He first served as Director of Nuclear and Counterproliferation , Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations . In 2002 , he became Director of Space Operations and Integration , Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations . He was named Director of Strategic Security , Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations in 2004 before retiring later that year . During his time at The Pentagon , Blaisdell was also selected by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers to serve on the Single Integrated Operational Plan Targeting Review Committee . The committee would significantly alter the course of worldwide nuclear targeting requirements . Awards he received include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal , the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal , the Defense Superior Service Medal , the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster , the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters , the Air Force Commendation Medal , the Air Force Achievement Medal , the Combat Readiness Medal and the National Defense Service Medal with service star .
RFA Wave Duke ( A246 ) RFA " Wave Duke " ( A246 ) was a Wave - class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built at Sir J . Laing & Sons Ltd at Sunderland . She saw service during the Korean War . She was laid up at Devonport on 30 April 1960 , and arrived at Bilbao to be scrapped on 25 December 1969 .
Colégio Militar Colégio Militar ( Portuguese for " Military College " ) is a military secondary school in Lisbon , Portugal . It was founded by general António Teixeira Rebelo in 1803 . History . Its initial location was S . Julião da Barra Fort , in Oeiras . It moved a first time to a former hospital - convent in Luz in 1814 - during its first years it moved two more times before finally resettling in Luz in 1859 . Initially intended to shelter the sons of military officers stationed abroad to fight the French armies and turn them into army officers , it endured through the French Invasions until the present . It is one of the eldest schools of Portugal and Europe and the most decorated military institution in Portugal . Colégio Militar has been through many regime changes , revolutions and wars , providing a military education for thousands of youngsters who join at the age of ten and finish just before entering university or military academies . It is quite distinctive in its educational method , in which the elder students are ranked and put in command of the younger , perpetuating many rich and ancient traditions that keep a tight bond in the student corps ( that often last throughout their lives ) . Academic program . Teaching is led by a mixed staff of military and civilian teachers . There is a high sports component in the curriculum which includes , among others , fencing , horse riding , competition gymnastics , and shooting . Alumni . Many of its former students have influenced the development of the Portuguese society since the mid - 19th century , such as five presidents of the Portuguese Republic ( Field Marshals Gomes da Costa , Óscar Carmona , Craveiro Lopes , António de Spínola and Costa Gomes ) , prominent military men such as Morais Sarmento and Óscar Monteiro Torres , writers such as Manuel Pinheiro Chagas and Júlio Dantas , explorers like Serpa Pinto and Henrique Carvalho , artists , musicians and actors such as Tomás Alcaide , Raúl de Carvalho , Artur Semedo , Raúl Ferrão and Luís Esparteiro , politicians such as António Sérgio , Humberto Delgado and Tito Morais and many others . About 15 , 000 students have graduated from Colégio Militar . Its anniversary is celebrated on March 3 with a parade descending " Avenida da Liberdade " , Lisbon ' s main avenue . Former students can be seen shouting their war cry " Zacatraz " - these can also be recognised by the use of the informal symbol , the " Barretina " , on their lapels . The Portuguese Colégio Militar gave birth to a net of twelve military schools in Brazil ( Porto Alegre , Santa Maria , Curitiba , Rio de Janeiro , Belo Horizonte , Juíz de Fora , Salvador , Recife , Fortaleza , Manaus , Brasília and Campo Grande ) built in cooperation with the Portuguese experience of a centenary school with high levels of success . List of former alumni . This is a list of alumni with their own articles :
10 . 5 cm FlaK 38 The 10 . 5 cm SK C / 33 was a German anti - aircraft gun used during World War II by the Kriegsmarine on the and classes of battleships as well as the - and cruiser s . They were mounted in pairs on an electrically powered tri - axial mounting , intended to compensate for the motion of the ship and maintain a lock onto the intened target . The mounting was not properly waterproofed so as the mountings were opened to the weather and sea swell , suffered from a high maintenance burden . It was later adapted for Luftwaffe as a competitor to the famed 8 . 8 cm FlaK 18 as the 10 . 5 cm FlaK 38 . In this role it proved to be too heavy for field use while having roughly similar performance as the 88mm , so was used primarily in static mounts . An improved version replacing the electrical gunlaying with a mechanical system was also introduced as the 10 . 5 cm FlaK 39 .
Harold B . Hudson Lieutenant Harold Byron Hudson MC ( 8 December 1898 – February 1982 ) was a Canadian First World War flying ace , officially credited with 13 victories . As wingman to William George Barker , he scored a record five victories over observation balloons in a single day . Biography . Hudson was British - born , but his family relocated to British Columbia in 1912 . He joined the Royal Flying Corps , being commissioned a Probationary Temporary Second Lieutenant on 24 May 1917 . He was assigned to 28 Squadron in Italy . There Hudson often flew with Captain William George Barker . Indeed , Hudson ' s first victories were two observation balloons shared with Barker on 24 January 1918 . Hudson went on to destroy an Albatros D . V on 5 February . Then , a week later , Barker and Hudson pulled off the unprecedented feat of destroying five kite balloons on a single sortie . By 26 May 1918 , Hudson ' s win total reached seven balloons and six airplanes ; besides the mass victories over balloons with Barker , Hudson had destroyed four airplanes and driven two down out of control . He was posted briefly , without success , to 45 Squadron . Postwar , Hudson returned to Canada to work in pulp mills making paper .
323d Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron The 323d Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last was assigned to the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing , stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base , Ohio . It was inactivated on 8 November 1957 . History . Established as a B - 17 Flying Fortress heavy bomb squadron in early 1942 ; trained under Third Air Force in the southeastern United States with final training under Second Air Force in Washington . Deployed to European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) , assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England , being one of the first heavy bomb squadrons arriving in England . The 323d was one of the most highly decorated strategic heavy bomb squadrons in the European Theater , flying combat missions over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe until the German capitulation in May 1945 . Most personnel demobilized in England immediately after the end of the war in Europe , Squadron returned to the United States with a small headquarters staff and was planned to be re - equipped and remanned as a B - 29 Superfortress squadron . Japanese capitulation canceled plans and was inactivated as a paper unit in the United States during November 1945 . Reactivated in 1947 as a Strategic Air Command long - range strategic reconnaissance squadron ; not manned or equipped until July 1948 . Used B - 17 and B - 29 bombers refitted for reconnaissance missions . Deployed to Japan in 1950 , and performed strategic reconnaissance missions over Korea , and the Northern Pacific coast of Communist China and the Soviet Union . Re - equipped with RB - 45C Tornado jet reconnaissance aircraft , flying reconnaissance and mapping combat missions over Korea until being assigned to the United States in mid 1952 . Re - equipped with RB - 47E Stratojets , performed various reconnaissance missions on a worldwide scale until inactivation in 1957 .
Georgi Skalon Georgi Skalon ( , ) ( 24 October 1847 - 1 February 1914 ) was a Russian Empire Governor - general of Warsaw and the commander - in - chief of the Warsaw Military District from 1905 to 1914 . In 1903 he became the general - aide of the court of the tsar Nicholas II . In 1905 was promoted to a general of cavalry as well as the general - governor of Warsaw . During the Russian Revolution of 1905 he introduced a martial law ( on 10 November ) and gave orders that led to brutal dispersion of crowds protesting in several Polish cities , with many fatalities among the civilian demonstrators . For that , the Polish Socialist Party decided to assassinate him . On 18 August 1906 Organizacja Bojowa PPS tried to kill him with two bomb s thrown at his carriage ( by Wanda Krahelska ) , but he survived . In 1882 Georgi Skalon married baroness Marie von Korff . She was daughter of the Colonel of the Imperial Russian Cuirassier Regiment , Baron Joseph Korff ( 1829 – 1873 ) and Anna Mjasnikova . Granddaughter of the General of the Artillery , Baron Nikolai Korff ( 1793 – 1869 ) .
New Camp Carleton New Camp Carleton was a Union Army garrison of the District of Southern California during the American Civil War . It was established on March 22 , 1862 near El Monte , California . It was located " on the right bank of the San Gabriel River , four miles north east from El Monte , the nearest post office , and which is distant thirteen miles from Los Angeles . " The garrison was transferred there from San Bernardino because it was in a better location to supply the camp , and also to oversee the area which was a hotbed of secessionist sympathizers . The camp was closed in 1865 .
Ernest Charles Hoy Captain Ernest Charles Hoy DFC ( 6 May 1895 – 22 April 1982 ) was a Canadian First World War flying ace , officially credited with 13 victories . He later pioneered airmail flight over the Canadian Rockies . Early life and service . Hoy was serving in the Canadian militia , in the 93rd Regiment , when he enlisted in the regular forces on 3 March 1915 . He gave his next of kin as Charles Hoy , and his own occupation as salesman . His physical characteristics were recorded ; he was five feet nine inches tall , swarthy , with brown hair and eyes , and a Presbyterian . aerodrome . com World War I aviation service . Hoy joined 29 Squadron as a Royal Aircraft Factory pilot in January 1918 . He would not begin to score with them until 12 August . He then tallied up seven wins in August , and six more in September . In summary , he shared in being a balloon buster along with Lieutenant Charles Ross and another pilot , as well as downing one of the observation gasbags solo ; he destroyed nine enemy airplanes , including a triumph shared with Lieutenant Christoffel Venter ; he also drove two planes down out of control . On 28 September 1918 , the day after his final victory , Hoy was shot down and imprisoned for the rest of the war . He was vanquished by " Leutnant " Josef Raesch . Post World War I . In August 1919 , Hoy used a Curtiss Jenny to carry the first airmail from Vancouver to Calgary across the Canadian Rocky Mountains ; the pioneering flight took sixteen hours , forty - two minutes .
Changi Air Base ( West ) The Changi Air Base ( West ) , or Changi West Complex is a military airbase located in Changi to the eastern tip of Singapore , in reference to the existing facilities of Changi Air Base . It was named as such on 29 November 2004 after the opening of a new eastern facility that same day . Sited immediately to the west of Singapore Changi Airport , it consists only of an apron , sharing the civilian airport ' s runway for military aircraft based there . The air base houses 121 and 112 Squadron s , which operate Fokker - 50 maritime patrol aircraft armed with Harpoon missile s , KC - 135R jet tankers , and special transport aircraft . Squadrons . The flying squadrons now are : The Support Squadrons are :
Flying Squadron ( 1870 ) The Flying Squadron of 1870 was a Royal Navy squadron made up mostly of wooden ships , but including the very new corvette HMS " Volage " , which circumnavigated the world to " show the flag " . The squadron sailed from England on 3 December 1870 and called at Madeira , Brazil , the Cape of Good Hope , and the East Indies , before crossing the Pacific Ocean and returning to England at the end of 1872 .
John W . Nicholson John W . Nicholson ( born c . 1934 ) is an American retired Brigadier General of the United States Army who was appointed secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission ( ABMC ) by President George W . Bush in January 2005 . Biography . Prior to this appointment , he served as Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs in the Department of Veterans Affairs , where he directed the National Cemetery Administration . He is a 1956 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point , New York , where he received the General MacArthur Leadership Award for his class , and holds a master ’ s degree in public administration . He is an airborne ranger combat infantryman and served two and one - half years with infantry units in Vietnam . Other overseas assignments during his 30 - year Army career included duty in Germany , Korea , Lebanon and Switzerland . Recommended for a Silver Star for action in Vietnam , the award was approved in 2009 . He is the brother of Jim Nicholson .
Antoine Marie Chamans , comte de Lavalette Antoine Marie Chamans , comte de Lavalette ( 14 October 176915 February 1830 ) was a French politician and general . Biography . Early life . Born in Paris the same year as Napoleon Bonaparte , he spent the Revolution in the French Revolutionary Army , where he rose through the ranks to become an " aide - de - camp " to General Louis Baraguey d ' Hilliers . In 1796 , after the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole , Baraguey d ' Hilliers introduced his " aide - de - camp " to Napoleon , who was impressed enough to take him onto his personal staff and to entrust him with diplomatic missions . On 22 April 1798 , Lavalette was married to Émilie de Beauharnais ( 1781 – 1855 ) , niece of Napoléon ' s wife Joséphine . Consulate and Empire . Lavalette returned to France with Napoleon , taking part in the latter ' s 18 Brumaire coup against the French Directory ( 1799 ) . He occupied a number of offices in the French Consulate and First Empire , most notably eleven years as Minister of Posts , during which he oversaw the covert monitoring of the mail of suspected Royalists . On 27 November 1808 , he was created a Count of the Empire . Having rejected the opportunity to go into exile with Napoleon , because he had a pregnant wife and a 13 - year - old daughter , he was arrested after the beginning of the Bourbon Restoration . His wife had lost her pregnancy in October , and , on 21 November 1815 , Lavalette was sentenced to execution by the " Ultras " . Flight and exile . One night before his scheduled execution , he was visited by his wife and daughter Josephine ( later the Baronne de Forget , who became the long - time mistress of Eugène Delacroix ) and managed to change clothes and places with his wife , a ruse that was not discovered until the next morning . Having escaped prison , Lavalette made his way to Great Britain with the assistance of a small group of British soldiers , amongst whom Robert Thomas Wilson and John Hely - Hutchinson . He then made his way to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands , and finally to Bavaria , where he had the support of Eugène de Beauharnais of his wife ' s family and his father - in - law Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria . Madame Lavalette remained in prison until 23 January 1816 . Lavalette was able to return to France and died in 1830 , most likely of lung cancer . He was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery .
George Thomson ( RAF officer ) George Thomson DFC ( born 3 October 1896 , date of death unknown ) was a Canadian First World War flying ace , officially credited with 14 victories . Born in Thornhill , Dumfries , Scotland , Thomson emigrated to Canada . Working as a printer in Celista , British Columbia , Thomson enlisted in 1914 , serving in the 30th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and the 48th Highlanders of Canada . Thomson was wounded twice while serving with the 7 / 8th King ' s Own Scottish Borderers . In October 1917 Thomson transferred to the RAF , and in 1918 he was posted to the 22 Squadron as an observer , where he scored 14 victories . Thomson returned to the Home Establishment in August 1918 to be trained as a pilot . His death date is unknown , although he is not listed among the few surviving World War I veterans . Text of citations . " Lieut . George Thomson ( King ' s Own Scottish Borderers ) . A brilliant and intrepid observer in whom his pilot places implicit confidence when engaged in action . He has personally accounted for nine enemy machines . On one raid , when acting as escort , 15 enemy aeroplanes were encountered ; of these this officer shot down two , which crashed , and one out of control . " Supplement to the London Gazette , 21 September 1918 ( 30913 / 11255 )
SM UC - 104 SM " UC - 104 " was a German Type UC III minelaying submarine or U - boat in the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . The U - boat was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 25 May 1918 . She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 18 October 1918 as SM " UC - 104 " . As with the rest of the completed UC III boats , " UC - 104 " conducted no war patrols and sank no ships . She was surrendered to France on 24 November 1918 and was broken up in Brest in July 1921 .
Zhang Taofang Zhang Taofang , ( ; 1931 – April 29 , 2007 ) was a Chinese sniper during the Korean War . It is claimed he has 214 confirmed kills in 32 days without using a sniper magnifying scope . Biography . Born Xinghua City in Jiangsu Province . Korean War . On January 11 , 1953 , Zhang , who had been enrolled in the army for no more than two years and together with soldiers of 8th company , 214th Regiment , 24th Corps , he was assigned to Triangle Hill , equipped with an old Mosin - Nagant without a PU scope . After waiting 18 days at his position , Zhang spotted an enemy and immediately aimed and fired 12 shots , only to miss them all . This eager action attracted enemy fire , which almost killed him . After this , he carefully analyzed why he failed and figured out a technique using the iron sight to improve his shooting ability . He shot down one enemy the next day . On February 15 , he hit 7 enemies with 9 bullets , which surpassed the ratio of many experienced snipers . It is claimed He achieved a total of 214 confirmed kills on UN troops , mostly American , in 32 days , with only 442 bullets Media . In 2003 , Zhang was the topic of a CCTV documentary .
27th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers The 27th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . It fought mostly in East Tennessee and western Virginia . Virginia ’ s 27th Battalion Partisan Rangers was formed in September , 1862 , with seven companies , later increased to nine . The unit served in General Hodge ' s and W . E . Jones ' Brigade and participated in various engagements in East Tennessee and western Virginia . During April , 1864 , it contained 240 effectives , and in July it merged into the 25th Virginia Cavalry Regiment . Lieutenant Colonel Henry A . Edmundson was in command .
56th Reserve Infantry Battalion ( Ireland ) The 56th Reserve Infantry Battalion ( 56 Res Inf Bn , or 56 Bn ) was an Irish infantry battalion of the Reserve Defence Forces . 56 Bn , also known as the Midland Battalion , was created by the amalgamation on 1 October 2005 of the old 16th Battalion , 17 Bn and parts of 19 Bn of the Irish Army ' s second - line reserve , the " Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil " ( FCA ) , into a reorganised Army Reserve . 56 Bn was abolished in a further 2012 reorganisation of the Defence Forces .