Latest Breaking News On - Major alan johnson - Page 1 : comparemela.com
CBS News: US troops still dealing with mental trauma 18 months after Ain al-Asad attack
presstv.ir - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from presstv.ir Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Inside the attack that almost sent the U S to war with Iran
cbsnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbsnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CBS
Mar 02, 2021 9:00 PM ET
The attack was just hours away when Major Alan Johnson got the word Iran’s most powerful weapons were aiming for Al Asad.
Alan Johnson: My intelligence officer pulled me aside and basically said, “Sir, I’ve got some bad news for you.” “What’s up?” (LAUGH) “We have information that Iran is fueling 27 medium-range ballistic missiles and their intention is to level this base and we may not survive.”
Tim Garland: This is a completely different threat.
Lt. Col. Tim Garland commanded an Army battalion at Al Asad, a sprawling airbase about 120 miles west of Baghdad where the U.S. operated scores of helicopters, drones and other aircraft.
Monday, 01 March 2021 10:01 PM
[ Last Update: Monday, 01 March 2021 10:36 PM ] US Army soldiers in the desert near Al-Assad Air Base watch an Iranian ballistic missile, the white circle seen at the top, fall toward the base in January 2020. (Via CBS News)
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has declassified the aerial surveillance footage of Al-Assad Air Base in Iraq during Iran’s 2020 ballistic missile attacks on that facility in retaliation for the US assassination of top Iranian commander Lt. General Qassem Soleimani.
The never-before-seen footage, shot by a drone orbiting overhead at the time, shows six ballistic missiles hitting the base.
The CENTCOM, which is the top command overseeing the US military activities in the Middle East, provided the video first to
Θύελλα πυραύλων: Βίντεο από την ιρανική πυραυλική επίθεση κατά αμερικανικής βάσης το 2020
huffingtonpost.gr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from huffingtonpost.gr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.