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America’s Elite Flying Unit That Made The Recent Long-Range Hostage Rescue In Africa Possible

November 28, 2020
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dramatic mission conducted in the early hours of October 31, 2020, saw members of the elite SEAL Team Six rescue American citizen Philip Walton, who was kidnapped in the northwest African country of Niger and then taken to neighboring Nigeria. News of Walton’s safe extraction threw the spotlight directly upon U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) as reports, including here at The War Zone, revealed the daring mission brought together a raft of air assets, including CV-22B Ospreys and MC-130J Commando IIs, as well as  KC-135R tankers to support their long-range mission.

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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37738/americas-elite-flying-unit-that-made-the-recent-long-range-hostage-rescue-in-africa-possible

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