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Ukrainian passenger jet crashed after being hit by Iranian Tor-M1 missile
Ukrainian passenger jet probably crashed after being hit by a Russian-made Tor-M1 missile over Parand and crashed in the town of Khalaj Abad.
Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752, en route from Tehran to Kyiv, with 176 people on...
Northrop Grumman completes initial in-water testing of new minehunter
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s AQS-24 mine hunting sonar recently completed initial in-water testing of a next-generation Deploy and Retrieval (D&R) payload. Operated from the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel (MCM USV), the AQS-24 D&R demonstrated the unmanned operations...
Defense Secretary: U.S. continues to deploy, reposition troops in Middle East
The United States continues to deploy and reposition troops throughout the region of Iraq and Iran to bolster U.S. security and force protection and to be prepared for any contingency, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said.
"Over...
Pentagon is preparing to withdraw troops from Iraq
The U.S. Department of Defense wrote to the Iraqi government that it is repositioning forces in line with a request from the Iraqi parliament and prime minister.
In letter says that the U.S. troops would pull out of...
U.S. Air Force put dozens of F-35 fighter jets into the air
The U.S. Air Force has announced that the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings conducted an F-35A Combat Power Exercise with 52 aircraft at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Jan. 6, 2020.
The exercise, which was...
Russian-made Ka-52 and Apache helicopters meet face-to-face in Egypt
Russian-made Kamov Ka-52 and AH-64D Apache attack helicopters of Egyptian Air Force were spotted during Egyptian Naval Forces amphibious landing exercises in the Mediterranean on 11 December 2019.
The Scramble Magazine reported that Egyptian Air Force Ka-52 and...
Somali terrorist group destroyed U.S. spy aircraft in an attack on military base in Kenya
Al Shabab, the Somali terrorist group, on Sunday attacked a military base in Kenya that is used by both American and Kenyan forces, according to U.S. Africa Command.
“U.S. Africa Command acknowledges there was an attack at Manda...
U.S. Army is working to develop new expeditionary command posts
The U.S. Army is working to design, develop, and field a new, cohesive expeditionary command post structure.
Currently, the Army achieved a significant milestone in its initiative to field expeditionary command posts by completing initial designs and launching...