Americas
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Mar- 2019 -26 March
Trump nominates US Air Force space commander to lead new Space Command
US President Donald Trump has nominated Air Force Space Command commander General John F. Raymond to lead the new space combatant command
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21 March
US Navy awards Boeing $4 billion F-18 production contract
The US Navy has awarded Boeing a $4 billion contract to produce 78 new F/A-18 aircraft, the Department of Defense said
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19 March
Canada extends Ukraine training mission until 2022
Canada will extend its security force training mission in Ukraine for three years until March 2022, the defense ministry said
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Feb- 2019 -26 February
Boeing names ex-US envoy Nikki Haley to board of directors
Boeing named Nikki Haley, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, to its board of directors
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22 February
Chick-fil-Aism at the Academy? A message to future Air Force leaders.
Part of the challenge of growing into leadership is understanding and embracing those who hold ideologies, views, and even morality different than your own
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12 February
US bases under threat from climate change, top admiral confirms
Climate change and a deteriorating environment are likely to fuel social disorder and could threaten some U.S. military bases.
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12 February
An inside look at the first US domestic deradicalization program
Following an increase in the number of extremists in US criminal justice system, a unique deradicalization program is now being put to use
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7 February
BAE awarded $225 million APKWS rocket contract for US, Nigeria, Netherlands
BAE Systems was awarded a $225 million contract to produce Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System units for Nigeria and the Netherlands
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5 February
Burkina Faso and DC National Guard sign counter-terror partnership
The District of Columbia National Guard and Armed Forces of Burkina Faso concluded a formal partnership to develop the African nation’s counter-terrorism and peacekeeping capacities as part of the U.S. National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership program. Burkina Faso is the 76th country to join the program, which will focus on building its security force capabilities, the D.C. National Guard said on February 3. The partnership will include “mission areas related to homeland defense and security, disaster mitigation and response, consequence and crisis management, inter-agency cooperation, border, port and aviation security, fellowship-style internships, and combat medical events” similar to the existing partnership with Jamaica, the National Guard said. “We are eager to develop our partnership with Burkina Faso through targeted security force assistance programs aimed at building Burkina Faso’s capacity in specific areas such as counter-terrorism, peacekeeping, intelligence, and defense institutions building,” said Major General William J. Walker, Commanding General, D.C. National Guard. The agreement was formally signed on February 1 with Walker in attendance, as well as Burkina Faso’s Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense Justin Som, U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso Andrew Young, Brigadier General Moise Miningou, the Chief of General Staff for the National Armed Forces of Burkina Faso, and …
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4 February
US withdrawal from INF treaty fires the starting pistol on a new arms race
Withdrawal from the Cold War intermediate-range nuclear missile limitation treaty serves under-pressure US President Donald Trump in several ways, Dr Michelle Bentley argues
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