Sparrow Force was a detachment based on the 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion and other Dutch, British, US and Australian 8th Division units during...

and were resisted by a small, under-equipped force of Allied military personnel—known as Sparrow Force—predominantly from Australia, the United Kingdom...

AIM-7 Sparrow (Air Intercept Missile) is an American medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile operated by the United States Air Force, United...

was a radio set built by Sparrow Force during the Battle of Timor in 1942. The radio re-established contact between Sparrow Force and the Australian Army...

The High Sparrow is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of high fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin and its television...

World Sparrow Day is a day designated to raise awareness of the house sparrow and then other common birds to urban environments, and of threats to their...

The RIM-7 Sea Sparrow is a U.S. ship-borne short-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapon system, primarily intended for defense against anti-ship...

detachment, known as the Sparrow Force, and centred on the 2/40th Battalion, arrived at Kupang on 12 December 1941. The force was initially commanded by...

Captain Jack Sparrow is a fictional character and the main protagonist of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. An early iteration of the character...

coastal guns at Klapalima and Force Headquarters at Force Hill. The battery certainly proved an important part of Sparrow Force. In Leggatt's log, he praised...

Dili) Civil administration sepoys Timorese militias and auxiliaries HQ Sparrow Force 2/40th Infantry Battalion 2/2nd Independent Company 2/1st Heavy Battery...

entry into the war, the battalion was deployed to Timor as part of Sparrow Force and in early 1942 they took part in the fighting on the island against...

camp built by Sparrow Force in the defence of Timor in 1942. After capitulation, the Japanese Army converted the camp to hold Sparrow Force as prisoners...

He served as commanding officer of the 2/40th Battalion and later Sparrow Force during the Second World War, fighting in Timor against the Japanese...

with Sparrow and Sidewinder missiles as the blue force and aggressor F-5E aircraft equipped with AIM-9L all-aspect Sidewinders as the red force. This...

follow improvements being made in the air-to-air Sparrow models used by the US Navy and US Air Force. The ultimate version in this line was the R model...

Independent Company was sent to Timor, as part of Sparrow Force, along with the 2/40th Battalion and a small force of artillery. Upon arriving at Dili on 17 December...

2/2nd Independent Company, a commando unit, and went with it as part of Sparrow Force to Dutch Timor in 1941. The 2/2nd and Dutch forces were despatched to...

characters appearing in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. Captain Jack Sparrow is portrayed by Johnny Depp. First introduced in the film Pirates of the...

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces...

Sparrow missile and carried by Royal Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms and Tornado F3s, Italian Aeronautica Militare and Royal Saudi Air Force...

with Cutler Beckett. He tried to force Jack Sparrow to leave Will with him and bring him 100 souls knowing that Sparrow is against it. Davy Jones presents...

as well as with the old-time bands Uncle Earl and Sparrow Quartet, experimental group The Wu Force, and as a duo with her husband Béla Fleck. Washburn...

No. 6 Squadron. In 1979, the Egyptian Air Force purchased 35 former USAF F-4Es along with a number of Sparrow, Sidewinder and Maverick missiles from the...

No. 2 Section 2/11 Field Company was deployed to Timor in support of Sparrow Force in December 1941. 7 Field Company was called out for full-time service...

(Nova Scotia), CEF, a Canadian infantry battalion during World War I Sparrow Force (2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion), a unit of the Australian Army...

advanced active-radar Sparrow II missile under design for the United States Navy. Interest in the Velvet Glove waned, as the Sparrow outperformed it in all...

troops on Timor during World War II. Lancer Force was the name of Australian troops used to replace Sparrow Force. Around 60 men from the KNIL were to be...

Gull Force and Sparrow Force, and sent to defend the islands of Ambon and Timor respectively. All of the members of the 2/12th serving with Gull Force were...

documentary propaganda film about the guerrilla warfare activities of Sparrow Force on Timor Island during World War II. The film opens with a map of the...