The U.S. Air Drive Fight Aviation Advisory Crew, nicknamed the “Brown Berets”, is a part of the sixth Particular Operations Squadron and, whereas the identify of the commanding officer just lately in Estonia can’t be revealed, the person instructed Postimees that: “Once we come someplace, we use the associate nation’s plane and never our personal tools – now we have native options to native issues.”
To that said finish, the personnel rehearsed with Polish PZL M28 Skytruck transport plane, regionally known as merely M28, Postimees experiences – an plane obtained by Estonia in 2019 through a US program of handing over surplus navy tools to allies and at a time when a lot media and public consideration was on the large-scale reservist Train Siil (“Hedgehog”) final month.
The Brown Berets stated the M28s, which might carry personnel or cargo and are very versatile by way of the number of touchdown spots they will make a protected touchdown on, whereas the Brown Berets’ spokesperson stated: “The Estonian model is definitely higher than those we use again within the U.S.,” highlighting its multi-purpose nature.
The commander additionally praised the skilled perspective of the unit’s Estonian colleagues, notably in relation to their robust tools upkeep ethic, solution-oriented method and their can-do perspective.
The complete Postimees English piece, by journalist Evelyn Kaldoja, is right here.
The U.S. has many particular forces models, with the U.S. Navy SEALs and Delta Drive being amongst them, whereas the main identified U.Okay. models are the Particular Air Service (SAS), a British Army regiment, and its Royal Marines’ counterpart, the Particular Boat Service (SBS), in addition to the extra just lately fashioned Special Forces Assist Group. Estonia’s personal particular forces unit is named Erioperatsioonide väejuhatus (ESTSOF).
A YouTube response video to the particular forces choice course of in neighboring Latvia is right here.
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