In its first ever combat mission over China in 1940, the new Mitsubishi A6M Zero faced 30 Soviet built fighters. The results ...
The units were backed by the C.I.A. and trained to conduct missions in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in the country.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guardsmen in Washington, served for years in top-secret, CIA-led units.