Stay updated with breaking news from Component Commander. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
A recently published U.S. Air Force account of the final days of America's evacuation from Afghanistan reveals more details about the chaotic scenes at Kabul's airport, including an attempted hijacking of a commercial airliner.
The Defence Force has for the first time taken lead of an international maritime task force that carries out security operations in the Arabian Gulf. Members of CTF-150 as they lead the operation with the FS Floréal as part of a counter-narcotics operation in the Northern Indian Ocean, in November, 2020. Photo: Combined Maritime Forces / AFP Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150), based in Bahrain, covers about 8.3 million square kilometres of international waters, encompassing some of the world's most important shipping lanes. It aims to counter transnational organised crime and the movement of...
Waynne Williams/Antarctica New Zealand A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H Hercules carried out the evacuation flight from the US-run McMurdo Station in Antarctica to Christchurch Airport overnight. Air Component Commander air commodore Shaun Sexton said the Defence Force had been providing support to Antarctica New Zealand and the United States Antarctic Program for many years, but missions such as this were infrequent. “The aircrew and supporting New Zealand and US personnel in both Antarctica and in New Zealand did an outstanding job to complete this difficult medevac,” he said. R...
4 LAS VEGAS – Three Nevada Guard Soldiers from 1st Squadron 221 Cavalry were recognized for helping a Virginia woman who was involved in a car crash while serving in support of the Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C. earlier this year. Capts. Tana Gurule and Tyler Wistisen along with 1st Lt. Michael Flury witnessed a vehicle crash into a cement wall in Fairfax County on Jan. 18, 2021. Gurule, who happens to be a Las Vegas Metropolitan police officer, got out of her vehicle, pulled the shattered windshield off the woman’s car, and began to render first aid. She ...
Air power was crucial throughout the anti-ISIS campaign. Recently, the RAND Corporation released a report on the utility and importance of airpower in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS). The RAND report offers some valuable insight on the benefits of airpower against an extraordinary terrorist organization. By 2015, ISIS had devasted the Iraqi Army and was even threatening Baghdad. With more than 40,000 fighters, ISIS controlled key Iraqi cities in the Northwest part of the country, including Raqqa, Mosul, Fallujah, and Ramadi. A US-led international Coalition (Combined Joint Task F...