Norway has moved a lot faster than the U.S. to break down military gender barriers, boasting the world's first all-female special forces unit. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience ...

In the interim, Oslo will upgrade nine of the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s 412s for the special forces mission, pushing the helicopters’ operational life well past the 50-year mark.

Norway is a land with many bunkers. At the peak of the Cold War, the sparsely populated, mountainous country had around 3,000 underground facilities where its armed forces and allies could hide ...

She is part of the Hunter Troop, the world's first all-female special forces training programme. "I wanted to do something bigger, the toughest the army could offer me," Jannike says. "I wanted to ...