What do these 3 stories remind you of?
BHRESG Completes Presence Ops
U.S. Navy Ships Conduct FAC/FIAC Exercises
Exercise Nautical Union Concludes in the Persian Gulf
Hovercrafts, mine warfare, Persian Gulf, and a presence operation with the locals... reminds me of 1987, Operation Earnest Will, thus the pic of the MK IIIs from that operation.
Specifically for some reason I thought about the Iran Ajar incident, the Iranian minelayer captured while laying mines during Operation Earnest Will and Operation Prime Chance, which ended with a standoff between the US Navy and an Iranian Hovercraft. Makes me wonder if the warfighter wizards used that incident as a model for the FAC/FIAC exercises, or is it just a coincidence?
A book out last year called The Night Stalkers by Michael J. Durant (Author), Steven Hartov (Author) has a couple really good stories in it about Army aviation operations from Operation Prime Chance, including the Iran Ajar incident but also the story behind this story regarding the Hercules.
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