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BOAR The Bombardment Aircraft Rocket , also known as BOAR , the Bureau of Ordnance Aircraft Rocket , and officially as the 30 . 5 - Inch Rocket , Mark 1 , Mod 0 , was an unguided air - to - surface rocket developed by the United States Navy ' s Naval Ordnance Test Station during the 1950s . Intended to provide a standoff nuclear capability for carrier - based aircraft , the rocket entered operational service in 1956 , remaining in service until 1963 . Design and development . Following a specification developed during 1951 , the development of the BOAR rocket was started in 1952 at the Naval Ordnance Test Station ( NOTS ) , located at China Lake , California . The project was intended to provide a simple means of extending the stand - off range of nuclear weapon s delivered using the loft bombing technique , as some slower aircraft still faced marginal escape conditions when delivering ordinary gravity bombs even with the use of this technique . The rocket that emerged from the development process used a single , solid - fueled rocket motor mated to the W7 nuclear weapon , which had a yield of . This provided a stand - off range of when released in a steep climb , the aircraft then completing the loft - bombing pullout to escape the blast ; the rocket , lacking guidance , would follow a ballistic trajectory to impact following rocket burnout . Operational history . Entering flight trials in 1953 , BOAR proved satisfactory . Twenty test firings during the course of 1955 were conducted without a single failure , and in 1956 the rocket entered operational service . A variety of aircraft carried BOAR operationally but it was primarily used by the AD Skyraider , the slowest nuclear - armed aircraft in the Navy ' s inventory . BOAR was intended to be an interim weapon ; a more advanced development , Hopi , entered flight testing during 1958 . Hopi , however , failed to enter production , and BOAR remained the only standoff nuclear air - to - surface missile fielded by the Navy . 225 examples of the BOAR rocket were produced by NOTS . In service , the rocket proved unpopular with the pilots of the aircraft assigned to carry it : the loft - bombing maneuver , called an " idiot loop " , was considered dangerous . By 1963 , maintenance issues with the solid rocket motor were proving acute , and the rocket was removed from the inventory during that year .
Joseph Berry Breck Joseph Berry Breck ( 12 July 1828 – 26 July 1865 ) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War . Biography . Breck was born in Maine , the son of Benjamin Dunton Breck and Jane S . Simmons . Breck had a successful career in the American mercantile marine as a shipmaster and businessman , and at the outbreak of the Civil War was engaged in the Pacific and China trade , but soon offered his services to the Navy Department . He was eventually commissioned as an Acting Ensign on 27 February 1863 . From 24 April 1863 he commanded the screw steamer , taking a prominent part in the destruction of the saltworks at Masonboro Inlet , North Carolina , on 27 August 1864 , and on many other expeditions ashore . He received rapid promotion ; to Acting Master on 8 August 1863 , to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant on 16 November 1863 , and to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Commander on 25 November 1864 . Although his health was much impaired , Breck remained in command of " Niphon " until invalided out of the service by a medical board in November 1864 . ( His younger brother Lowell Mason Breck ( 1839 – 1863 ) who served under him aboard " Niphon " , was also invalided out of the Navy suffering from " consumption " , from which he soon died . ) Seeking a climate conducive to his recovery Lt - Cdr . Breck travelled to San Francisco , California , but died on 26 July 1865 , soon after his arrival there . He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery . Personal life . Breck was married twice , firstly to Fredonia Gaston , and after her death to Ellen Francis Newell , by whom he had four children ; twin daughters , who died in infancy , and two sons . The eldest son , John Leslie Breck ( 1860 – 1899 ) became a noted impressionist painter , while the younger , Edward Breck ( 1861 – 1929 ) was a scholar , journalist , champion golfer and fencer , and an officer of U . S . Naval Intelligence during the Spanish – American and First World Wars . Namesake . The destroyer ( 1919 – 1930 ) was named for him .
Frederick V . McNair , Sr . Frederick Valette McNair ( 13 January 1839 – 28 November 1900 ) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy . McNair served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy from 1898 to 1900 . Biography . McNair , born 13 January 1839 at Abington , Pennsylvania , was appointed midshipman 21 December 1853 , graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1857 . He served on the Atlantic blockade stations and Mississippi River patrols during the American Civil War , rising to the rank of Rear Admiral in July 1898 . Rear Admiral McNair died at Washington , D . C . , 28 November 1900 , while awaiting orders . R . Adm . McNair was the father of Captain Frederick V . McNair , Jr . ( 1882 – 1962 ) , who was awarded the Medal of Honor , " For distinguished conduct in battle engagement of Vera Cruz , 22 April 1914 . " Rear Admiral McNair ' s great - grandson , Frederick V . McNair , IV , is a former professional tennis player who reached the World No . 1 doubles ranking in 1976 . Namesake . In 1943 , the destroyer USS " McNair " ( DD - 679 ) was named in honor of Rear Admiral McNair .
Wilhelm Hoffman Wilhelm Hoffman was a soldier in the 267th Infantry Regiment , 94th Infantry Division of the German 6th Army who chronicled the Battle of Stalingrad in his journal , and is cited in many documentaries and books concerning that topic . The most notable account used in both is the brutal six - day long battle between 16 and 22 September 1942 over a grain elevator where , according to him , only 40 Russian soldiers ( he refers to them as " " devils " " ) were found dead in the elevator at the end of the engagement , while his battalion in comparison , suffered disastrously heavy losses . His journal provides a first hand account of what the German 6th Army was experiencing and how they were coping with the situation , without the outside interpretive influence of propaganda and censorship . Although it is limited in information because it only gives the account of one person , it is still one of the few unaltered German accounts to survive World War II .
369th Bombardment Squadron The 369th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with the 306th Bombardment Wing stationed at MacDill Air Force Base , Florida . History . Established as a B - 17 Flying Fortress heavy bomb group in early 1942 . Trained under Second Air Force before deploying to England in September 1942 , becoming one of the first heavy bomber squadrons of the VIII Bomber Command 1st Bombardment Division . Highly decorated squadron during Air Offensive over Nazi Germany and occupied Europe , engaging in strategic bombardment operations until the end of the war in Europe , April 1945 . Assisted in demobilizing personnel using B - 17s as transports along ATC routes from Western Europe , Italy and the United Kingdom to North Africa . Reassigned to United States Air Forces in Europe occupation forces in late 1945 . Engaged in photographic mapping and strategic reconnaissance operations over Western occupation zones of Germany as well as Soviet zone . Reassigned to Istes , France where it demobilized at the end of 1946 . Reactivated as a Strategic Air Command B - 29 Superfortress squadron at MacDill Field , Florida in 1948 . Began upgrading to the new B - 50 Superfortress , an advanced version of the B - 29 in 1950 . The B - 50 gave the unit the capability to carry heavy loads of conventional weapons faster and farther as well as being designed for atomic bomb missions if necessary . Began receiving the first production models of the new Boeing B - 47 Stratojet jet bomber in 1951 and despite initial difficulties , the Stratojet became the mainstay of the medium - bombing strength of SAC all throughout the 1950s . Began sending its B - 47s to AMARC at Davis - Monthan in 1963 when the aircraft was deemed no longer capable of penetrating Soviet airspace . Inactivated in 1963 with phaseout of the B - 47 .
Tony Wilson ( British Army officer ) Brigadier Sir Mathew John Anthony ( Tony ) Wilson , 6th Baronet of Eshton Hall ( 1874 ) , OBE , MC , born 2 October 1935 , is a former British Army soldier who commanded the 5th Infantry Brigade during the Falklands War . Military career . Educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , Wilson was commissioned into the King ’ s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ( K . O . Y . L . I . ) on his 21st birthday on 2 October 1956 and thus represented the fourth consecutive generation of his family to serve with the regiment . During the next few years he took part in military operations in Aden , Borneo , Malaya , Cyprus and Northern Ireland . In 1970 he was promoted to Major and was awarded the honorary title of Member of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ( Military Division ) in 1971 . Shortly afterwards , in May 1972 , he received the " Military Cross for Gallant Services " for service in Ulster ( Northern Ireland ) . Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel followed in 1975 and after a further engagement in Ulster and a posting to Hong Kong , his honorary title was upgraded in an Officer of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ( Military Division ) . With his promotion to Colonel he moved to the General Staff of the Ministry of Defence in London , and on 30 June 1980 he was promoted to Brigadier assuming command of the 5th Infantry Brigade which he was to lead during the Falklands War . Wilson retired from the British Army on 31 January 1983 . Falklands War . Wilson commanded the 5th Infantry Brigade during the campaign to liberate the Falkland Islands after their seizure by the Argentinian Armed Forces , and was responsible for the southern flank of the eastern island in the British Armed Forces ' advance towards the Islands ' capital , Stanley . Wilson executed a risky maneuver ( the so - called " bold move " ) within the first days after 5th Brigade ' s landing on the Islands , which allowed his men to capture a substantial area of land for the British task force , which subsequently went on to conclude the war with a swift victory . Wilson was the only senior British officer who failed to receive any recognition of his service in the conflict in the form of honours at its conclusion . On 31 December 1982 he stepped down from all his military posts and retired from the British Army on 31 January 1983 . Later career . From 1983 to 1985 Wilson was managing director of the British " Wilderness Foundation United Kingdom " , a non - profit organization that provides the opportunity to its seminar participants to experience nature and wilderness . Personal life . He is married and is the father of a son and a daughter . He and his wife live in the United States . Literature . There are no publications from himself about his military career . He has published the following books on traveling and sailing : His time in the Falklands War was covered only in one military history book :
Camp Gordon Johnston Camp Gordon Johnson was a World War II United States Army training center located in Carrabelle , Florida , United States . History . Camp Johnson opened in September 1941 as Camp Carrabelle and was later named after Colonel Gordon Johnston , a well decorated soldier who served in the Spanish - American War in Cuba with the Rough Riders , in Philippine - American War , and World War I . The camp at served as an amphibious training base housing around 10 , 000 troops at one time and rotating between 24 , 000 and 30 , 000 soldiers from 1941 through 1946 . The nearby islands of Dog Island and St . George Island were used as landing points for exercises . Units . Units stationed at Camp Gordon Johnston : In 1946 , many buildings , facilities and the land was sold as war surplus . Officers quarters later became the retirement community of Lanark Village .
Franciszek Młokosiewicz Franciszek Młokosiewicz ( May 5 , 1769 , Koźminek – March 23 , 1845 , Warsaw ) was a Polish officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars and the November Uprising . He served in the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw and participated in the Battle of Fuengirola . Military career . The importance of the Battle of Fuengirola was downplayed in both contemporary French and British memoirs . In his memoirs Andrew Blayney denied he was taken captive by the Poles and said it was one of the Society of United Irishmen who captured him . Nevertheless , Blayney ' s sabre surrendered at Fuengirola remains on display in Kraków ' s Czartoryski Museum . Following retirement he settled in his wife ' s manor in Omięcin near Szydłowiec . Although only a Major , he was referred to as " The General " by the local population . During the November Uprising , Młokosiewicz rejoined the Polish Armed Forces . As the Polish Land Forces were lacking experienced field officer s , Młokosiewicz ( then 61 and in bad health ) was accepted and promoted to the military rank of Colonel . He served with distinction until the final Battle of Warsaw . Despite his tactical successes in the borough of Wola , which pushed back the initial assault , Młokosiewicz ' s force was defeated the following day , and Warsaw fell to the Imperial Russian Army . Three years before his death , Młokosiewicz published his own account of the Battle of Fuengirola and his part in the Peninsular War . It was in large part a reaction to inconsistencies in Blayney ' s memoirs . Młokosiewicz is buried at Warsaw ' s Powązki Cemetery . Personal life . Młokosiewicz married Anna Janikowska I voto Guźniewska and had three children . They had two sons : Konstanty Młokosiewicz and Ludwik Mlokosiewicz , a botanist . Their daughter , Helena Mikorska , who married Count Mikorski and died in 1901 , is best known as the person to whom Frédéric Chopin donated his Mazurka in G major .
Military ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Air Force The following tables present the military ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Air Force . Upon the formation of the Sri Lanka Air Force in 1951 , rank titles and badges for ORs were adopted from the Royal Air Force officer ranks and enlisted ranks , specifically the Royal Flying Corps ( RFC ) . Sri Lanka does have the Air Chief Marshal rank , but it is only awarded to the Chief of Defence Staff ( CDS ) or as an honorary rank . Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonathilake become the first Sri Lankan Air force Commander to hold four star ranks while in active service . < sup > ( 1 )
73rd Cavalry Regiment ( United States ) The 73rd Cavalry Regiment is a Cavalry Regiment in the U . S . Army , first formed in 1941 . History . The 4 squadrons of the 73rd Cavalry Regiment ( " Airborne Thunder " ) provide reconnaissance , surveillance & target acquisition ( RSTA ) to the four Brigade Combat Teams of the 82nd Airborne Division . 3rd Squadron is assigned to 1st Brigade . 1st Squadron is assigned to 2nd Brigade . 5th Squadron is assigned to 3rd Brigade , and 4th Squadron is assigned to 4th Brigade . There is currently no 2nd Squadron , nor is there a regimental command . Formerly organized as the 73rd Armor Regiment , the 3rd Battalion had provided M551 Sheridan tanks to support the 82nd Airborne Division until after Operation Desert Storm . Lineage . Constituted 13 January 1941 in the regular army as the 76th Tank Battalion Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Lewis Washington Activated 1 August 1948 at Fort Benning , Georgia . Assigned 10 November 1951 to the 7th Infantry Division ( United States ) Reorganized and redesignated 2 October 1962 as the 73d Armor a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System . Current status . The four currently active squadrons are all subordinated to the four Brigade Combat Teams of the 82nd Airborne Division stationed in Fort Bragg , North Carolina Per fess Azure and Gules , on a fess Or a hand in armor grasping a bolt of lightning , both Vert . On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure , issuing from a flame of six tongues , three to dexter and three to sinister , charged with an arrowhead Argent within a crescent Vert , the head of a mace formed by a Korean Taeguk . Coat Of Arms . Blazon . Motto HONOR , FIDELITY , COURAGE . The shield is divided red and blue per fess , with a fess of gold thereon , which are the three colors of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the armored tank forces . The lightning bolt is symbolical of the striking power of the organization . The six tongues of the flames represent the unit ’ s six decorations . The crescent and arrowhead symbolize the Algeria - French Morocco and southern France assaults , World War II , and the colors red and green are used to represent the French Croix de Guerre awarded for the Italian campaigns . The mace in the arms of Colmar suggested the mace head to refer to that campaign . The Taeguk represents the Korean War and the three Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations from that nation . The mace also alludes to the striking power of armor . The coat of arms was originally approved for the 756th Tank Battalion , Light on 15 May 1942 . It was redesignated for the 756th Tank Battalion on 22 November 1943 . The insignia was redesignated for the 73d Tank Battalion on 23 October 1953 . It was redesignated for the 73d Armor on 19 March 1963 . It was amended to add the crest on 15 December 1965 . It was redesignated effective 25 February 2004 , for the 73d Cavalry Regiment .
Södermanlands storregemente Södermanlands storregemente or Landsregementet i Södermanland ( Södermanland Grand Regiment , Regiment of the Land in Södermanland ) was one of the nine grand regiments organized by Gustavus Adolphus in the late 1610s and split into smaller regiments in the 1620s . History . Raised in Svealand from smaller units of 500 men called " fänikor " , more specifically from the provinces of Södermanland , Närke and Värmland , in 1614 and counting 3 , 000 men . The grand regiment was in turn organized into three field regiments ( " fältregementen " ) and a cavalry regiment , thus actually being more like a brigade in spite of the name . The Scot Alexander Leslie led the regiment between 1622 and 1624 . The grand regiments of Sweden where reorganized during the period to consist of three field regiments , each of eight companies of 150 men , thus making the total number 3 , 600 soldiers per grand regiment . It is unsure whether or not the cavalry regiment was included in the total number . Between 1624 and 1627 , the regiment was split into three smaller regiments , " Södermanlands regemente " , " Närkes regemente " and " Värmlands regemente " ( these two were soon after merged into the " Närke - Värmlands regemente " ) and the cavalry unit " Svenska adelsfanan " . Organization . Before being split , the regiment was organized as follows :
School of Ballooning The School of Ballooning was a training and test centre for British Army experiments with balloons and airship s . It was established at Chatham in Kent in 1888 . The School moved to Stanhope Lines , Aldershot in 1890 when a balloon section and depot were formed as permanent units of the Royal Engineers establishment . The School was sometimes known as the Balloon Factory . Origins . In 1862 two Royal Engineers officers , who had seen balloons being used in the American Civil War , drew the attention of the War Office to the potential use of balloons for observation . These officers demonstrated balloons to the army , but it was only in 1878 that the War Office directed Captain James Templer , an army reservist and experienced balloonist , to set up a small unit of Royal Engineers which became known as the School of Ballooning . Initially the School was based at the Royal Arsenal , Woolwich . In 1878 the school constructed and flew a hydrogen - filled balloon of capacity . By 1879 the unit had 5 balloons . In 1880 military balloon training and demonstration took place at Aldershot . After a tragic incident in 1881 Templer concentrated on development of balloons rather than making ascents himself . In 1882 the School moved to the School of Military Engineering at Chatham where they discovered that Goldbeater ' s skin was superior balloon fabric than the material they had used previously – in particular it was easier to stow for transport . Templer also took out a patent for the use of unmanned balloons for “ balloon photography ” of the ground below . In 1890 the School moved to Aldershot where a section of the Royal Engineers had been formed to use balloons operationally . The School of Ballooning was renamed the Balloon Factory in 1897 . In 1899 the Factory increased production to supply balloons for use in the Boer War . The Factory began experiments with " dirigible balloons " ( airship s ) in 1902 . History . The Aldershot site was found to be too enclosed so in 1904 - 1906 the Factory moved to a site at the edge of Farnborough Common . A high airship shed was built at the site . In 1906 Colonel John Capper took up command of the School of Ballooning . During his time in command , Capper contributed to the development of Britain ' s military airships and , with Cody , piloted the first successful British airship flight , that of the " Nulli Secundus " over London during 1907 . Samuel Cody experimented with man - lifting kites at the site . In 1906 he was appointed as Chief Instructor in Kiting . In 1909 - 1911 , part of the Factory was separated to form the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers . In 1912 the Balloon Factory was renamed the Royal Aircraft Factory . Commanders . The following officers served as superintendent of the Balloon Factory : In 1909 , the Balloon Factory was separated from the Balloon School . Colonel Capper continued as commander of the Balloon School , and the civilian consultant engineer Mervyn O ' Gorman was appointed superintendent of the Balloon Factory . Several months later Major Sir Alexander Bannerman took over the Balloon School from Colonel Capper .
Sir George Yonge , 5th Baronet Sir George Yonge , 5th Baronet , KCB , PC ( 1731 – 25 September 1812 ) was a British Secretary at War ( 1782 – 1783 and 1783 – 1794 ) and the namesake of Yonge Street , a principal road in Toronto , Canada , which was named in 1793 by the Lieutenant - Governor of Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe . He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1755 and it became extinct on his death . Yonge was born in Colyton , Devon , in 1731 ( other sources gives 1732 ) to Sir William Yonge , 4th Baronet ( 1693 – 1751 ) and his second wife Ann Howard , one of several siblings : Anna , Amelia , Juliana , Sophia , Howard , Louisa , and Charlotte Yonge . He also had a stepbrother , Walter Yonge from his father ' s first wife Marry Heathcote . He was educated at Eton College and the University of Leipzig . He married Elizabeth Bourchier Clieve in 1765 and had no issue . He also served as Member of Parliament for Honiton from 1754 to 1761 and again from 1763 to 1796 . He was elevated to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1782 . He acted as Governor of the Cape Colony for a short period from 1799 to 1801 . He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1784 and invested as a Knight of the Bath in 1788 . Legacy . He was an expert on Roman roads and his name now lives on in the form of Yonge Street , the main arterial road in Toronto . It was built between 1795 and 1796 from Eglinton Avenue to Lake Simcoe . Later the road was extended south to Bloor Street and still later , south to Lake Ontario . Yonge Mills Road and Townline Road Escott Yonge in Front of Yonge Township in Mallorytown , Ontario are named for him as well . Death . He died on 25 September 1812 in Hampton Court .