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Air Force flies with British and Indian navies
CONTACT Magazine
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July 2, 2025
Flying from the city of Goa on India’s west coast, Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon crews have stretched their wings alongside their Indian Navy counterparts. CAPTION: Captain Sumit Malik, Commanding Officer INAS 316, and Commodore Shiraz...
Air Force vet raising funds for cancer treatment Saturday
Columbia Basin Herald - Washington State
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July 2, 2025
MOSES LAKE — Cancer is scary, but the standard treatments are no fun either. Chemotherapy, radiation, surgery — all take a severe toll on the human body. Disabled Air Force veteran Noemi Salazar is taking a different approach and needs the...
Government report details delays, cost overruns on Air Force One replacement planes
WOAI - Texas
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A government report says Boeing is years behind schedule and billions over-budget on its contract for two jumbo jets to replace Air Force One. The 747's are being modified at Port San Antonio for presidential use. The News 4 I-Team has the...
US Air Force To Tap Sentinel Nuclear Missile Program Funds To Retrofit Trump's $400 Million Qatari Jet: Report (CORRECTED)
Benzinga
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Editor’s Note: A previous headline mistakenly stated that the Qatari luxury jet is worth $400 billion due to a typographical error. The U.S. Air Force has reportedly decided to repurpose funds from its Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile...
US Air Force To Tap Sentinel Nuclear Missile Program Funds To Retrofit Trump's $400 Million Qatari Jet: Report (CORRECTED)
Benzinga
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Editor’s Note: A previous headline mistakenly stated that the Qatari luxury jet is worth $400 billion due to a typographical error. The U.S. Air Force has reportedly decided to repurpose funds from its Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile...
How Many A-10 Warthogs Are In Service With The US Air Force?
Simple Flying
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July 2, 2025
The A-10 Warthog is one of the most famous fighter jets in the United States Air Force's arsenal. While it doesn't go supersonic, and it hardly looks like the future, its unusual appearance is what gave it the Warthog nickname, as its actual name...
Researchers home in on origins of Russia’s Baltic GPS jamming
Defense News
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July 2, 2025
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Polish researchers have collected detailed information on Russia’s Baltic Sea GPS jamming operations, a mysterious nuisance for aviators and mariners in the region that began when Russia attacked Ukraine. The airwaves over...
Navy ‘systematically failing’ to maintain two biggest ships in fleet
Sky News Australia
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July 2, 2025
The Navy is systematically failing to manage and maintain the two largest ships in its fleet – the 27,000 tonne LHD amphibious ships HMAS Canberra and HMAS Melbourne. The scale of the troubles is laid out in a 108-page national audit office...
Navy to run NCT for now, DP World may follow
BDNews24
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The government is moving forward with plans to hand over operations of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chittagong Port to a foreign company, despite opposition from different quarters. As the current contract with Saif Powertec nears...
Army accepts virtual prototype for future assault aircraft
The Redstone Rocket - Alabama
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The Army has accepted its first MV-75 Future Long Range Assault Aircraft virtual prototype. Bell Textron, the original equipment manufacturer contracted to design and build the FLRAA weapon system, will deliver two virtual prototypes. Bell is...
Industry representatives hear contracting opportunities
The Redstone Rocket - Alabama
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The Space and Missile Defense Command’s senior civilian demonstrated the command’s continued commitment for meaningful exchanges and to provide industry with potential opportunities as early as possible for contract planning purposes. Rick De...
Defence stocks: HAL, BEL to gain big from SBS-III programme; target prices
Business Today
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July 2, 2025
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) are two defence players, which are likely to gain from the government's is fast-tracking of 52 dedicated military surveillance satellites. India will be designing, building and...
Researchers reveal what Ancient Rome smelled like – and it’s disgusting
The Independent
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July 2, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Researchers reveal what Ancient Rome smelled like – and it’s foul
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 2, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Defence Minister Unveils 84 CNG-Powered Vehicles For Military
Leadership
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July 2, 2025
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has unveiled 84 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)- powered Armed Forces vehicles comprising 20 buses, 50 Jet Lander pickup vehicles, and 14 Jet Mover Executive buses. In his remarks, Matawalle said...
Military aid delays will 'encourage Russia to continue war,' Ukraine tells US envoy
The Kyiv Independent
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July 2, 2025
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry told U.S. Charge d'Affaires John Ginkel that delays in U.S. military aid would only prolong the war, the Foreign Ministry said on July 2 after the Pentagon paused some weapons shipments. Ginkel met Deputy Foreign...
Military History Club’s next meeting
Hudson Star Observer - Wisconsin
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The Military History Club’s next meeting will feature Colonel Jim Green (USAF Ret.) discussing the air war during Operation DESERT STORM in 1991. Colonel Green is a former instructor at the USAF Fighter Weapons School who flew 36 sorties over...
Defense attorney Dan Sedon on the American class system
Vermont Public Radio
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July 2, 2025
Dan Sedon grew up in Barnegat, New Jersey in a house with a lot of books and not much money. As a little kid, he and his friends hustled for jobs around the neighborhood—mowing lawns, washing cars, selling clams down on the commercial dock....
Defense set to begin its case in Houck-Lawson trial
Wave 3 - Kentucky
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July 2, 2025
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WAVE) - Lawyers from Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson will begin to present their case Wednesday morning. Prosecutors say Houck and Lawson are responsible for the 2015 disappearance of Crystal Rogers. After five days of...
Military veterans café in the heart of Preston tackling loneliness and isolation
Blog Preston
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July 2, 2025
The 84-year-old joined the forces in 1958 and trained at Fulwood Barracks. He reflects on the impact the experience made on his life serving in the 1st Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and further training in Singapore before then...