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Absolute Resolve and the EA-18G Growler

Absolute Resolve and the EA-18G Growler

Neutralizing an integrated air defense system starts with knowing where it is. Once found, that's where the fun begins. Enemy radar screens quickly become useless or start filling up with ghost targets. All that happens right before they become smoking holes in the ground at the invisible hands of the EA-18G Growler. The EA-18G Growler Ghosts Enemy Radars The Growler is the U.S. Navy's dedicated airborne electronic attack jet, built on the F/A-18F Super Hornet airframe and wired from nose to...

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MSG Gary Gordon (1978–1993) and SFC Randy Shughart (1976–1993), U.S. Army

MSG Gary Gordon (1978–1993) and SFC Randy Shughart (1976–1993), U.S. Army

The story of Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart is one of the most extraordinary acts of bravery and self-sacrifice in modern military history. Both were soldiers; U.S. Army Delta Force members who gave their lives trying to protect their fallen comrades in the face of overwhelming odds. It came in 1993, during the Battle of Mogadishu, famously depicted on the screen in the 2001 film, "Black Hawk Down."  Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart Faced Chaos American forces in Somalia were looking to...

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