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Jun- 2019 -

24 June

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As US Navy orders more P-8A Poseidon surveillance planes, Orion squadron flies final mission

The US Navy is phasing out long-time patrol aircraft P-3C Orion in favor of its successor, the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance plane

20 June

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in Saudi Arabia

Staff Writer With AFP

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US Senate votes to block $8.1 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia

The US Senate voted to block $8.1 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies, as legislators outraged with the kingdom delivered a symbolic rebuke to President Donald Trump

19 June

Staff Writer With AFP

Galapagos Islands will not host US military base, Ecuador president says

Ecuador President Lenin Moreno insisted that the US would not install a military base on the Galapagos Islands, although US aircraft will use an airport there

18 June

US Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan at the US southern border

Staff Writer With AFP

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Esper named new US acting defense secretary after Shanahan withdraws

US President Donald Trump said his pick for defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, has withdrawn, leaving the Pentagon without a permanent boss for more than six months

13 June

Staff Writer With AFP

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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

12 June

Acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan on South Korea

Opinion Editor

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

5 June

Joanne Stocker

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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"

May- 2019 -

26 May

Staff Writer With AFP

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

22 May