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Obama sacks Afghan war general, turns to Petraeus
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama placed the sapping Afghan war in the hands of Iraq hero General David Petraeus,...
US Funds Used to Pay Afghan Warlords
A congressional investigation says tens of millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer funds are indirectly being paid to Afghan warlords,...
Iraqi Troops Train on M-16 Rifle, Continue Transition from AK-47
BAGHDAD: Soldiers serving on Camp Taji, Iraq, trained Iraqi troops on the fundamentals of marksmanship with the M-16 rifle, June...
Taiwan Deploys Sky Bow Strike Missile
TAIPEI, Taiwan: Taiwan deployed a surface-to-surface version of its Sky Bow 2 air defense missile on Dongyin, an outlying island...
Flight Testing Begins on B-1 with New Link 16 Communications
LONG BEACH, Calif: The Boeing Company today announced the start of flight tests for a B-1 Lancer bomber upgraded with...
Turkey uses Israeli-made drones against rebels in Iraq: army
Ankara: The Turkish army has begun using Israeli-made unmanned aircraft to monitor Kurdish rebel movements in neighbouring Iraq, the Anatolia...
Iran warns Russia over failure to deliver S-300 missile systems
Russia will be responsible for the consequences caused by its failure to deliver S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Iran, the...
USAF Extends Service Life of First Aircraft in Navy E-6 Fleet
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE: Airmen from the 566th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron completed work on extending the service life of the...
GD to Support the USAF’s Distributed Common Ground System
FAIRFAX, Va.: General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics , has been awarded a $49 million contract...
Lockheed Martin’s Scorpion Successful in Flight Test
ORLANDO, Fla.: A Lockheed Martin Scorpion munition was successfully flight tested June 17 from a C-130 aircraft at Yuma Proving...
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