Immediate Response Force
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The Immediate Response Force is a rapid deployment force jointly maintained by the United States Army and United States Air Force, which is capable of deploying worldwide within 18 hours of notificati
82nd Airborne IRF paratroopers receive a briefing at Pope Field before deploying to Afghanistan during Operation Allies Refuge, August 2021
In March and April 2021, before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine and in Crim
Immediate Response Force
…2022, elements of the 82nd Airborne, which makes up the core of the IRF, were mobilized and deployed to eastern Europe in support of NATO during the prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The IRF is built around a Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 10th Mountain Division. A rotating battalion of each brigade, along…
Russian military build-up around Ukraine as of 3 December 2021
Sergey Karaganov, who is considered close to Putin, formulated many of the core ideas that led to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
An Iskander-M, launched in 2018
The Kaliningrad, a Ropucha-class landing ship, was among the six landing ships which departed for Sevastopol on 8 February 2022.