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November 8th, 2007Former Medal of Honor awardees attend the Medal of Honor Flag ceremony recognizing the actions of Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy held at the United States Navy Memorial. Lt. Murphy was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in a ceremony held at the White House. Lt. Murphy was killed during a reconnaissance mission near Asadabad, Afghanistan, while exposing himself to enemy fire in order to call in support after his four-man team came under attack by enemy forces June 28th, 2005. Murphy is the first service member to receive the honor for actions during Operation Enduring Freedom and the first Navy recipient of the medal since Vietnam. Vice Adm. Joseph Maguire, National Counterterrorism Center's Deputy Director for Strategic Operational Planning, delivers his remarks during a Medal of Honor Flag ceremony recognizing the actions of Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy held at the United States Navy Memorial. Lt. Murphy was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in a ceremony held at the White House. Lt. Murphy was killed during a reconnaissance mission near Asadabad, Afghanistan, while exposing himself to enemy fire in order to call in support after his four-man team came under attack by enemy forces June 28th, 2005. Murphy is the first service member to receive the honor for actions during Operation Enduring Freedom and the first Navy recipient of the medal since Vietnam. A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper taxis down an Afghanistan runway Nov. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)The MQ-9A Reaper demonstrated it’s unique precision strike capability as a hunter-killer attack platform by dropping its first precision-guided bomb Nov. 7.“The beauty of the MQ-9 Reaper is that we’re able to synchronize and integrate unmanned aerial attack platforms over the skies of Afghanistan, allowing us to persistently and consistently track the enemy and ensure that we place the appropriate ordnance on target when required, and maintain that persistent presence after weapons release,” said Lt. Gen. Gary North, U.S. Central Command Air Forces commander.The Reaper, the Air Force’s unmanned aerial attack vehicle, was operating over the Sangin region of Afghanistan on the hunt for enemy activity when the crew received a request for assistance from a joint terminal attack controller on the ground. Friendly forces were taking fire from enemy combatants. The JTAC provided targeting data to the pilot and sensor operator, who fly the aircraft remotely from Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The pilot released two GBU-12 500-pound laser-guided bombs, destroying the target and eliminating the enemy fighters.The ability to carry bombs, in addition to AGM-114K Hellfire missiles, is just one of the features that set the Reaper apart from its smaller brother the MQ-1 Predator.“The MQ-9 gives us an incredible addition to the arsenal,” said General North. “It’s larger, carries an increased payload and is able to fly longer, higher and faster. It’s an incredible addition to our attack capability in the CENTAF force lay-down.”The Reaper has flown 49 combat sorties since it first began operating in Afghanistan Sept. 25. It completed its first combat strike Oct. 27 when it fired a Hellfire missile over Deh Rawod, Afghanistan, neutralizing enemy combatants. General Atomic contractors Alexander Holcomb and Darryl France off-load an AGM-114 Hellfire missile from a fully armed MQ-9 Reaper after landing on an Afghanistan runway Nov. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson) Exercício Able Protector 07, destinado a testar operações conjuntas relacionadas com a imigração e activididades ilegais no mar. Participaram uma fragata, uma corveta, um pelotão de abordagem, uma equipa da polícia marítima, um helicópetro Merlin e um avião Orion P3P, ao largo de Sesimbra, 08 Novembro 2007. Portuguese Navy and Air Force exercise Able Protector 07. The wreckage of US army Black Hawk helicopter which crashed in northern Italy on Thursday, 08 November 2007, killing five Americans and wounding the other seven passengers. The helicopter, which was on a training mission, split into at least two pieces after crashing in a grassy field near the Italian city of Treviso A Turkish reservist in camouflage takes part in the 'Toros' military exercise by the Turkish occupation forces in the Turkish occupied area of Kerynia, Cyprus, on 08 November 2007. The exercise involves troops from the 45,000 strong Turkish military forces Protesters in Georgia were chased away from the front of Parliament later gathered in smaller groups on the side streets leading to the building. Witnesses and participants who fled the clouds of tear gas reported that police officers had rushed through the city's streets and beaten demonstrators not swift enough to escape. Photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz for The New York Times Special forces soldiers from FSK (NORSOF) from Norway demonstrates a simulated raid against a insurgent cell. The press was invited for a PR event trying to show openes about there oncoming deployment to Afghanistan A Dutch soldier observes an area in Dorfshan river valley in Uruzgan province, November 7, 2007 A Dutch soldier observes an area in Dorfshan river valley in Uruzgan province, November 7, 2007 Egyptian and American paratroopers skydive from a C-17 US warplane in Kom Oshim near Fayyum, 90 kms southwest of Cairo, during the Bright Star war games coalition exercise, 08 November 2007. Bright Star is a joint exercise involving tactical air, ground, naval and special operations forces field training. Conducted every two years, it is designed to enhance military cooperation among coalition partners from Egypt, US, France, Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Kuwait, Yemen, Jordan, Turkey and Pakistan.
