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By JIM THOMPSON | The Destin Log, Fla. | Published: February 26, 2021 SHALIMAR, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leroy Manor, whose distinguished military career included commanding the 1970 training of a task force to liberate American prisoners of war far inside enemy lines in Vietnam, died Thursday at the age of 100. According to the Son Tay Raid Association, a nonprofit organization that commemorates the raid on the prison camp near Hanoi, Manor died peacefully in his home in Shalimar. Funeral arrangements are pending, according to the association's Facebook p...

Air Force General, Known for Leadership in Son Tay Raid, Dies at 100 FILE -- In this June 1, 2016 file photo, retired Lt. Gen. LeRoy J. Manor tells of his experiences while serving in WWII and the Vietnam War, during the Air Command and Staff College’s 2016 Gathering of Eagles event at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Manor commanded the Joint Contingency Task Group Task Group that conducted Operation Ivory COAST and KINGPIN, the special operations raid to free prisoners of war from North Vietnam. (Donna Burnett/U.S. Air Force) 27 Feb 2021 The Destin Log, Fla. | ...

SHALIMAR — Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leroy Manor, whose distinguished military career included commanding the 1970 training of a task force to liberate American prisoners of war far inside enemy lines in Vietnam, died Thursday at the age of 100. According to the Son Tay Raid Association, a nonprofit organization that commemorates the raid on the prison camp near Hanoi, Manor died peacefully in his home in Shalimar. Funeral arrangements are pending, according to the association's Facebook page. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the current plan is for a private, family-only cerem...

CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images As the threat from the Soviet Union declined in the early 1990s, a new challenge for the US arose in the Middle East. The first Gulf War was a textbook conventional war, but it featured an array special-operations missions that helped secure victory. Soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, the US military shifted its focus from Russia to the Middle East. In August 1990, Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait, starting an international crisis that would end with Iraq's defeat by a US-led coaliti...

VIRIN: 210217-D-IM742-1002 On March 5, 1944, a combined British–Indian unit known as the Chindits began parachute and glider landings behind Japanese lines in Burma. The drop included equipment and earth-moving machinery sufficient to build a large base within enemy territory. The Chindit commanders used Communication Intelligence (COMINT) exclusively in their planning and operations, as did the U.S. Army Air Forces leadership. The British and Americans cooperated closely in developing COMINT and using it in operations in Burma.  Air support for this operation ...