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    Operation Dragon Rouge (French: Opération Dragon Rouge, IPA: [ɔpeɾasjõ dɾagõ ɾuʒə], meaning "Operation Red Dragon") was a hostage rescue operation in the...
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    the U.S. 322nd Airlift Division. On 24 November 1964, with the operation Dragon Rouge, five US Air Force C-130 transports dropped 350 paratroopers of...
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    majority being used by Belgian parachute troops, notably during Operation Dragon Rouge. 130 returned to service in the French paratrooper units. They were...
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    who already had captured almost two-thirds of the country. In Operation Dragon Rouge, "5 Commando" worked in close cooperation with Belgian paratroopers...
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    Stanleyville (modern Kisangani, Congo) from the Simba rebels in Operation Dragon Rouge. This operation saved many lives. Hoare and the 5 Commando are estimated...
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    Carrier Wing but loaned to 322d Air Division in France, took part in Operation Dragon Rouge, one of the most dramatic missions in history in the former Belgian...
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    Congo in American aircraft to intervene. On 24 November, as part of Operation Dragon Rouge, Belgian paratroopers landed in Stanleyville and quickly secured...
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    Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft, participating in Operation Dragon Rouge in 1964, and Operation Power Pack in 1965. It was inactivated on 31 August...
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    who already had captured almost two-thirds of the country. In Operation Dragon Rouge, "5 Commando" worked in close cooperation with Belgian paratroopers...
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    their forces from the Congo after the successful conclusion of Dragon Rouge and Dragon Noir. The fall of Stanleyville and Isiro "broke the back of the...
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    the government there and to rescue civilian hostages as part of Operation Dragon Rouge. In 1982 the Corps first rotated elements to the Sinai Peninsula...
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    Tshombe's government, this murderer". X expressed much anger about Operation Dragon Rouge, where the United States Air Force dropped in Belgian paratroopers...
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    on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012. "Congo Crisis: Operation Dragon Rouge". www.historynet.com. Retrieved 21 November 2012. "Yugoslavia, powder...
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  • Province, and especially around Stanleyville. During Operation Dragon Rouge (Operation Red Dragon) his team managed to rescue 24 of 25 stranded missionaries...
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    frequently deployed to other theaters, and participated in Operation Dragon Rouge and Operation Power Pack. It was inactivated on 31 August 1971, when the...
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    nationals were taken captive, and, following intense negotiations, Operation Dragon Rouge was launched by Belgium, the Armée Nationale Congolaise (ANC), and...
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  • participated in U.S. military operations, U.S. operations in direct support of the United Nations, or U.S. operations of assistance for friendly foreign...
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    RC-135W Rivet Joint RQ-4B Global Hawk RQ-11 Raven RQ-170 Sentinel U-2S "Dragon Lady" The Air Force's trainer aircraft are used to train pilots, combat...
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  • the State of Katanga in 1963 New Belgian intervention Operation Dragon Rouge and Operation Dragon Noire in 1964 1978 1978 Shaba II  Zaire  France  United...
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  • the riots. In 1964, a company from 2nd Commando was included in Operation Dragon Rouge for the drop on Stanleyville to recover hostages. The company was...
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  • as the Action Officer for secret missions like Operation Dragon Rouge, Operation Earnest, and Operation Monte Cristo, he treats Felter as an equal as well...
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  • 1964, five months after Tshombe took over Stanleyville, during Operation Dragon Rouge, 320 Belgian paratroopers retake the city in ten minutes, resulting...
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    reached Stanleyville during a coordinated action with the US-Belgian Operation Dragon Rouge. After this victory, Vandewalle's unit took the rest of the Simba-controlled...
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    were pushed out of Stanleyville in November 1964 during Operation Dragon Rouge, a military operation conducted by Belgian and American forces to rescue hundreds...
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    2015). L'année du Dragon, adapté par Baudouin Peeters, préface Patrick Nothomb. Éditeur Dynamedia. « Opération Dragon rouge et Dragon noir » Archived 2021-03-20...
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    of severe fighting during the Simba Rebellion and the associated Operation Dragon Rouge in 1964.  Democratic Republic of the Congo portal  Aviation portal...
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    acknowledged that this was a possibility. After the U.S. launched Operation Dragon Rouge to retrieve white hostages held by rebels in Stanleyville, Congo...
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    He was rescued by Belgian paratroopers on 24 November 1964 in Operation Dragon Rouge. General Consul in Osaka (1968—1972) Chargé d'affaires in Beijing...
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    multinational operations in that country, including peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, and noncombatant evacuation in 1960, November 1964 (Operation Dragon Rouge)...
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