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618th Air and Space Operations Center ( Tanker Airlift Control Center ) The 618th Air Operations Center ( Tanker Airlift Control Center ) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Mobility Command ' s Eighteenth Air Force ( 18AF / AFTRANS ) . It is stationed at Scott Air Force Base , Illinois . The 618th AOC ( TACC ) is responsible for planning , scheduling , and tracking aircraft performing airlift , aerial refueling , and aeromedical evacuation operations around the world . It serves as an Air Operations Center ( AOC ) for 18AF / AFTRANS , executing missions assigned by the United States Transportation Command ( USTRANSCOM ) . Overview . Within the United States Department of Defense , the United States Transportation Command ( USTRANSCOM ) is responsible for providing air , land , and sea transportation . Air transportation is provided by the US Air Force ’ s Air Mobility Command ( AMC ) . Operations within AMC are conducted by the Eighteenth Air Force ( 18AF ) which , in its capacity as a component of USTRANSCOM , is a Component Numbered Air Force ( C - NAF ) known as Air Force Transportation ( AFTRANS ) . As in other C - NAFs , operations are planned by an Air Operations Center ( AOC ) . The 618th AOC ( TACC ) serves as the AOC for 18AF / AFTRANS . Founded as the Tanker Airlift Control Center in 1992 , the 618th AOC ( TACC ) provides command and control for both military and contract air mobility aircraft . Military aircraft include the C - 5 Galaxy , KC - 10 Extender , C - 17 Globemaster III , C - 130 Hercules and KC - 135 Stratotanker . Civilian aircraft include those contracted to provide airlift services , as well as the Civil Reserve Air Fleet . The unit is composed of active duty , Air Force Reserve , and Air National Guard personnel . Current Commander . Major General Timothy M . Zadalis Organization . Because the 618th Air Operations Center ( Tanker Airlift Control Center ) is a functional AOC focusing on air mobility operations , it is organized differently from the standard US Air Force AOC . The 618th AOC ( TACC ) is composed of eight directorates . History . The 618th AOC ( TACC ) , initially known as TACC , became operational April 1 , 1992 . Air mobility leadership sought to simplify the execution of the worldwide mobility mission . They created a highly efficient organization to centralize command and control operations previously located within numbered air forces and airlift divisions . TACC was redesignated as the 618th TACC on April 1 , 2007 , and remained under that designation until being renamed the 618th AOC ( TACC ) Aug . 30 , 2010 . Air Mobility leverages a tightly integrated AMC team that includes the 618th TACC , commanders across the spectrum , crews , support personnel and customers . The 618th AOC ( TACC ) optimizes the Global Air Mobility System while providing aircrews with mission details , support , training and authority necessary to successfully execute their missions . As an air operation center , commanding combat forces around the globe , the 618th AOC ( TACC ) is a committed partner for today and tomorrow ' s expeditionary Air Force .
Fort Richardson ( Arlington , Virginia ) Fort Richardson was a detached redoubt constructed by the Union Army in September 1861 as part of the defense of Washington during the American Civil War . It was named for General Israel B . Richardson , whose division was then deployed to defend against attack by way of Columbia Turnpike . It had a perimeter of 316 yards and emplacements for 15 guns . It is now marked only by an historic marker on South 18th Street off of Glebe Road . The fort is designated as an Historic District by Arlington County .
Isaac Van Duzen Reeve Isaac Van Duzen Reeve ( 29 July 1813 Butternuts , Otsego County , New York - 31 December 1890 New York City ) was a soldier in the United States Army during the 19th century . He rose to the rank of brigadier general , and retired a few years after his service in the American Civil War . Biography . Reeve graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1835 , was engaged in the Seminole Wars in 1836 - 1837 and in 1840 - 1842 , and served throughout the Mexican - American War . He became captain in 1846 , and received the brevet of major and lieutenant colonel for gallant and meritorious service at Contreras , Churubusco , and Molino del Rey . He commanded the expedition against the Pinal Apaches 1858 - 1859 , became major in May 1861 , was made prisoner of war by Gen . David E . Twiggs on 9 May of that year , and was not exchanged until 20 August 1862 . He was chief mustering and disbursing officer 1862 - 1863 , became lieutenant colonel in September 1862 , and was in command of the draft rendezvous at Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , 1864 - 1865 . He became colonel of the 13th infantry in October 1864 , and was brevetted brigadier general in the U . S . Army , 13 March 1865 , “ for faithful and meritorious service during the civil war . ” In January 1871 , he was retired at his own request .
HMS Duckworth ( K351 ) Service . HMS " Duckworth " ( K351 ) was a Captain class frigate of the Royal Navy . Built in Massachusetts USA , she was launched on 1 May 1943 as USS " Gary " ( DE - 61 ) in honor of Thomas J . Gary , a Texan who died in the Attack on Pearl Harbor . " Gary " was transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend - Lease on 4 August 1943 . Her pennant number was K351 On 24 February 1945 along with her sister ship HMS " Rowley " , another frigate of the Captain Class , she was incorrectly credited for the destruction of the German U Boat " U - 480 " . The U Boat was thought to be sunk in the English Channel between Land ' s End and the Scilly Isles . Instead , it escaped but was ultimately destroyed by an underwater mine at a later time near Poole . The U - boat destroyed was in fact U1208 , which was dived and identified by nautical archaeologist Innes McCartney in 2005 . " Duckworth " was returned to the US after the war and scrapped in 1946 . References .
Gordon Charles Steele Captain Gordon Charles Steele VC ( 1 November 1892 – 4 January 1981 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . Steele was 26 years old , and a lieutenant in the Royal Navy serving with the North Russia Relief Force when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 18 August 1919 at Kronstadt , Russia , Lieutenant Steele was second - in - command of Coastal Motor Boat 88 . Steele ’ s boat became illuminated by an enemy searchlight . Very heavy machine gun fire followed immediately , the Captain being killed and the boat thrown off course . A British aircraft saw the problem , dived on the searchlight and put it out with gunfire . Lieutenant Steele took the wheel and steadied the boat , lifting the dead officer away from the steering and firing position , and successfully torpedoed the battleship " Andrei Pervozvanny " at 100 yards range . He then manoeuvred the CMB in a very confined space to get a clear shot at the other battleship " Petropavlovsk " before making for the safety of the bay . Further information . He later achieved the rank of Captain and served in the Royal Navy during World War II . In 1940 he met , by chance , and for the first time , the pilot of the aircraft ( by now Group Captain Fletcher , RAF ) who had attacked the searchlight .
Ali ibn Yahya al - Armani Ali ibn Yahya al - Armani was a famed Muslim military commander of the mid - 9th century of Armenian decent . In 840 , he was sent to Egypt as its governor , replacing Malik ibn Kaydur . Later he was named commander of the Caliphate ' s borderlands in Cilicia ( the " al - thughur as - Sha ' miya " ) , confronting the Byzantine Empire . He is the first Emir of Tarsus known to have exercised near - independent authority , taking advantage of the decline in the power of the Abbasid Caliphate ' s central government . From this post , Ali undertook several summer raiding expeditions over the Taurus Mountains into Byzantine - held Anatolia : raids led by Ali are recorded for the years 851 , 852 , 853 , 856 , 859 and 860 . In 862 he was appointed governor of Armenia and Azerbaijan , and in the next year , he was killed in battle with the Byzantines . According to the 10th - century account of al - Mas ' udi ( " The Meadows of Gold " , VIII , 74 – 75 ) his reputation was such that he was among the " illustrious Muslims " whose portraits were displayed in Byzantine churches in recognition of their valour .
Fred Akuffo Lieutenant General Frederick William Kwasi Akuffo ( 21 March 1937 – 26 June 1979 ) was a soldier and politician . He is a former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Head of state and chairman of the ruling Supreme Military Council ( SMC ) in Ghana from 1978 to 1979 . He came to power in a military coup , was overthrown in another military coup and executed three weeks later . Early life and education . Fred Akuffo was born at Akropong in the Eastern Region of Ghana . He completed his secondary education at the Presbyterian Boys ' Secondary School in 1955 at Odumase krobo , Ghana . He then enlisted in the Ghana Army in 1957 and trained at the Royal Military Academy , Sandhurst , UK among others , receiving his commission in 1960 . He was married to Mrs . Emily Akuffo . He also attended the National Defence College in India in 1973 . Career . While in the army , he served as Commanding Officer of the Airborne Training School at Tamale and later the 6th Battalion of Infantry of the Ghana army between 1969 and 1970 . He rose to become the 2nd Brigade Commander . He supervised the change over of traffic flow in Ghana from driving on the left to driving on the right as part of ' Operation Keep Right ' which was effected on 4 August 1974 . This change over was successful and largely accident free . He rose to become the Army Commander in April 1974 and the Chief of Defence Staff in April 1976 . Politics . On October 9 , 1975 , Fred Akuffo was appointed a member of the ruling Supreme Military Council government due to his position as the Ghana army commander . On July 5 , 1978 , he led a palace coup to overthrow the then Head of state , General Acheampong . He continued with the ongoing preparations to return Ghana to constitutional rule but his government was also cut short on 4 June 1979 by a military uprising by the junior ranks of the Ghana military led by Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council . Execution . He was executed along with other senior military officers on 26 June 1979 at the Teshie Military Range , Ghana .
David P . Nash David Paul Nash ( November 3 , 1947 or 1948 – December 29 , 1968 ) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in the Vietnam War . Biography . Nash joined the Army from Whitesville , Kentucky , and by December 29 , 1968 was serving as a private first class in Company B , 2nd Battalion , 39th Infantry Regiment , 9th Infantry Division . On that day , in Giao Duc District , Dinh Tuong Province , Republic of Vietnam , Nash smothered the blast of an enemy - thrown grenade with his body , sacrificing his life to protect his fellow soldiers . Nash , aged 20 or 21 at his death , was buried in Saint Mary of the Woods Cemetery in his birth city of Whitesville , Kentucky . The section of Kentucky Highway 54 which runs through Whitesville is named " The David P . ' Paulie ' Nash Memorial Highway " . Medal of Honor citation . Private Nash ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty . Pfc . Nash distinguished himself while serving as a grenadier with Company B , in Giao Duc District . When an ambush patrol of which he was a member suddenly came under intense attack before reaching its destination , he was the first to return the enemy fire . Taking an exposed location , Pfc . Nash suppressed the hostile fusillade with a rapid series of rounds from his grenade launcher , enabling artillery fire to be adjusted on the enemy . After the foe had been routed , his small element continued to the ambush site where he established a position with 3 fellow soldiers on a narrow dike . Shortly past midnight , while Pfc . Nash and a comrade kept watch and the 2 other men took their turn sleeping , an enemy grenade wounded 2 soldiers in the adjacent position . Seconds later , Pfc . Nash saw another grenade land only a few feet from his own position . Although he could have escaped harm by rolling down the other side of the dike , he shouted a warning to his comrades and leaped upon the lethal explosive . Absorbing the blast with his body , he saved the lives of the 3 men in the area at the sacrifice of his life . By his gallantry at the cost of his life are in the highest traditions of the military service , Pfc . Nash has reflected great credit on himself , his unit , and the U . S . Army .
Aleksandar Berić Aleksandar Beric ( 13 June 1906 – 12 April 1941 ) , born in Novi Bečej , Serbia , was a war hero in then Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the short - lived " April War " in 1941 . He was commander ( rank : lieutenant of I . class , commander of the frigate ) of the ship " Monitor Drava " on which he died 12 April 1941 . He fought against Nazi German Luftwaffe ' s Stuka dive - bombers on the river Danube , refusing to surrender his ship in command to superior Nazi German forces . The main barracks for the river flotilla in Novi Sad is named after Berić .
Kosmos 2460 Kosmos 2460 ( meaning " Cosmos 2460 " ) is one of a set of three Russia n military satellites launched in 2010 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system . It was launched with Kosmos 2459 and Kosmos 2461 This satellite is a GLONASS - M satellite , also known as Uragan - M , and is numbered Uragan - M No . 732 . Kosmos 2459 / 60 / 61 were launched from Site 81 / 24 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . A Proton - M carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 21 : 19 UTC on 1 March 2010 . The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 2010 - 007C . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 36402 . It is in the third orbital plane of the GLONASS constellation , in orbital slot 23 . It started operations on 28 March 2010 .
Misawa Airport History . An Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service base was established at Misawa in 1941 , and nearby Lake Ogawara was reportedly one of the locations used by the Imperial Japanese Navy to practice for the attack on Pearl Harbor due to its shallow depth . The base was heavy bombed by the United States Navy in 1945 , and subsequently occupied by the United States after the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II . The first Misawa Airport was opened on January 11 , 1952 , with Japan Airlines providing scheduled services to Haneda Airport in Tokyo and Chitose Airport in Hokkaidō . However , commercial operations were suspended from March 31 , 1965 due to pressure from the United States , citing safety and security concerns , and flight operations were transferred to nearby JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base . Misawa Airport reopened on May 10 , 1975 , with a new terminal building completed in 1977 ; the terminal was expanded and rebuilt in 1986 . Initially served by Toa Airways with McDonnell Douglas DC - 9 and MD - 80 aircraft to Tokyo ( Haneda ) , Sapporo ( Chitose ) , and Osaka Itami , operations were upgraded to Airbus A300 aircraft after Toa Airways became Japan Air System in 1988 . These flights were taken over by Japan Airlines after its acquisition of Japan Air System in 2002 . However , with the opening of the Tōhoku Shinkansen to Hachinohe in December 2002 , the number of passengers has decreased and equipment changed back to the MD - 80 . Flights to Chitose were discontinued in 2007 .
Thomas Lowndes Snead Thomas Lowndes Snead ( January 10 , 1828 – October 17 , 1890 ) was a Confederate soldier and politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War . Biography . Born in Henrico County , Virginia , Snead graduated from Richmond College in 1846 and the University of Virginia in 1848 before studying law . He moved to St . Louis , Missouri , in 1850 and eventually became a newspaperman , serving as owner and editor of the " St . Louis Bulletin " from 1860 until February 1861 . From February through early May 1861 Snead also acted as a ( civilian ) aide and secretary to Missouri Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson . Upon the enactment of Missouri ' s May 1861 " Military Bill " Snead was appointed aide - de - camp to Governor Jackson and commissioned an officer in the Missouri State Guard . He participated in the Battles of Boonville , Carthage , Wilson ' s Creek , and Lexington during the fight against Union forces for control of the state . After the Missouri State Guard was merged into the Confederate Army , Snead served as chief of staff for General Sterling Price ' s Army of the West . He was elected as a Representative from Missouri to the Second Confederate Congress in May , 1864 . After the end of the war , Snead moved to New York City and worked as an editor for the " Daily News " from 1865 to 1867 . He was admitted to the New York bar association in 1866 . He wrote a book , " The Fight for Missouri " , which was meant to be the first volume in a history of the war ' s trans - Mississippi theater . The book was published by Charles Scribner ' s Sons in 1886 . Snead died suddenly of heart disease at his home on October 17 , 1890 , at age 62 . His body was returned to St . Louis and buried there in Bellefontaine Cemetery . He was survived by his wife , one son , and one daughter .
Fonmon Castle Fonmon Castle is a fortified medieval castle near the village of Fonmon in the Vale of Glamorgan . Since the castle was built by the St . John family in around 1200 , it has only changed hands once . Oliver St John of Fonmon was one of the Twelve Knights of Glamorgan who effected the Norman conquest of Glamorgan . The St John family is today represented by the Viscounts Bolingbroke . Fonmon is still a private residence and the present owners , the Boothby baronets , are descendants of Colonel Philip Jones , who bought the house in 1656 . Notable features include the library , designed by Thomas Stocking and the extensive gardens . The castle is open to the public from April to September ; access to the garden and grounds is free . It is also a wedding and events venue , hosting the Vale of Glamorgan Agricultural Show and the St Davids Polo .
84th Infantry Division ( German Empire ) The 84th Infantry Division ( " 84 . Infanterie - Division " ) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I . The division was formed in November 1914 as the " Division Posen 2 " , part of the Posen Corps ( " Korps Posen " ) , and became the 84th Infantry Division in June 1915 . It was initially formed from the garrison infantry regiments of Fortress Posen ( " Festung Posen " ) . The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I . Combat chronicle . Division Posen 2 initially served on the Eastern Front , fighting in Poland , including at the 1914 Battle of Łódź , and then spent most of the period until mid - 1915 fighting along the Rawka and Bzura Rivers . On June 2 , 1915 , it became the 84th Infantry Division . It fought around Warsaw in July and August 1915 and then in the pursuit of retreating Russian forces . From September 1915 to July 1916 , it occupied the line along the Servech and Shchara Rivers . From July 1916 to June 1917 , it occupied the line along the Berezina , Olshanka and Krevljanka Rivers . It remained there and along the Servech and Neman Rivers until the armistice on the Eastern Front . At the end of December 1917 , the division was sent to the Western Front . It occupied the line by Verdun from January to May 1918 and then moved to the Somme region . It remained in the line until the end of the war . Allied intelligence rated the division as fourth class . Order of battle on formation . The 84th Infantry Division was formed as a square division . The order of battle of the division on June 14 , 1915 was as follows : Late - war order of battle . The division underwent a number of organizational changes over the course of the war . It was triangularized in November 1916 , losing the 167th Infantry Brigade and its two regiments and gaining the 423rd Infantry Regiment . Cavalry was reduced , artillery and signals commands were formed , and combat engineer support was expanded to a full pioneer battalion . The order of battle on January 10 , 1918 was as follows :
Diades of Pella Diades of Pella ( , surnamed the " Besieger " ( ) , was a Thessalian inventor of many siege engines , student of Philip II ' s military engineer Polyidus of Thessaly . He lived in the 4th century BC . Diades accompanied Alexander the Great in his campaigns to the East . He constructed ( or improved ) movable towers , battering ram s , scaling engines used to scale walls and battering cranes used for the destruction of city walls . Diades was known as " the man who took Tyre with Alexander " . He also wrote a treatise on machinery . ( Vitruvius vii , introduction )
43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 43rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry , known as the " Koerner Regiment " after Gustav Körner , was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 43rd Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler , Illinois and mustered into Federal service on October 12 , 1861 . The regiment was mustered out on November 30 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 8 officers and 75 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 161 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 246 fatalities .
Dudley M . Du Bose Dudley McIver Du Bose ( October 28 , 1834 – March 2 , 1883 ) was a lawyer , soldier , and a U . S . Representative from Georgia . Early life . Du Bose was born in Shelby County , Tennessee . He attended the University of Mississippi at Oxford , and graduated from the Lebanon Law School ( in Tennessee ) in 1856 . He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced the practice of law in Memphis , Tennessee . He moved to Augusta , Georgia , in 1860 . Civil War . Du Bose served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War as the colonel of the 15th Regiment , Georgia Volunteer Infantry , and subsequently became a brigadier general in the Western Theater . Postbellum career . Following the war , Du Bose moved to Washington , Georgia . He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty - second Congress ( March 4 , 1871 – March 3 , 1873 ) . Afterwards he resumed the practice of law . He died in Washington , Georgia , and was interred in Rest Haven Cemetery .