Americas
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Jun- 2019 -13 June
Citing increased demand, US Special Operations orders 7 additional MH-47G Chinooks from Boeing
US Special Operations Command awarded Boeing a $194 million contract modification for seven additional MH-47G Chinook helicopters citing increased demand
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12 June
Questions SecDef nominee Shanahan should – but won’t – be asked
Gregory D. Foster proposes questions that would shed much-needed light on the thinking of Patrick Shanahan who is about to officially occupy the Defense Secretary post
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5 June
US repatriates 6 women and 2 children with ties to ISIS from Syria
The northeast Syria administration said two American women and six children were repatriated from a camp housing thousands who fled ISIS's "caliphate"
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May- 2019 -26 May
Six killed after Mexican navy Mi-17 helicopter crashes fighting forest fire
Six people, including five members of the Mexican Navy, died when their Mi-17 helicopter crashed during operations to put out forest fires in Queretaro state
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22 May
Trump nominates former Aerospace Corporation chair to head US Air Force
US President Donald Trump announced he had nominated Barbara Barrett, a former Aerospace Corporation chair, to lead the Air Force
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18 May
Sikorsky to build 12 US Marines CH-53K helicopters under $1.13 billion contract modification
Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky was awarded a $1 billion contract modification to build 12 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the US Marine Corps
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17 May
Sounding out recruits: Music remains instrumental in the US far-right radicalization
The US is seeing an escalation of right-wing terrorism and music is playing an important role in the radicalization process
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15 May
US threatens EU with trade war over weapons
The US has all but threatened the EU with a trade war over plans to boost cooperation between member states on military spending
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3 May
Foreign fighter returnees in prison: Meting out justice or building up ISIS cadres?
Former foreign fighters could leave prison as reinforcement cadres for ISIS, ready to fulfill Baghdadi’s threats of future attacks, Dr. Elena Pokalova says
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Apr- 2019 -26 April
Trump says US will revoke UN Arms Trade Treaty
President Donald Trump said the US would not abide by a UN treaty aimed at regulating the global conventional arms trade, calling it an encroachment on sovereignty.
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