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Oct- 2017 -5 OctoberAir
Gallery: Fuelling the fight against ISIS
The US Air Force 340th EARS provides air-to-air refuelling, a crucial component for the success of the Coalition campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
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5 OctoberMiddle East
Coalition strikes destroy ISIS IED factory near Hawija – CJTF-OIR
U.S.-led Coalition strikes destroyed an ISIS improvised explosive device factory near the city of Hawija on Wednesday, Operation Inherent Resolve said
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5 OctoberBusiness
Pratt & Whitney awarded $2.7 billion C-17 engine sustainment contract
Pratt & Whitney was awarded a $2.7 billion contract for engine sustainment support for the C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft
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5 OctoberAfrica
Nigerien troop, 3 US special forces killed in ambush near Mali border
Five Nigerian troops and three U.S. Army special forces were killed on Wednesday, October 5 after they were ambushed in Niger while on a routine patrol
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5 OctoberWar
Iraqi forces recapture Hawija from ISIS
Iraqi forces recaptured the town of Hawija from Islamic State militants, less than two weeks after the offensive began, the army reported on Thursday.
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5 OctoberBusiness
US State Department approves $113 million medium-range missile sale to Japan
The U.S. State Department approved $113 million sale of 56 AIM 120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) to Japan.
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4 OctoberEurope
NATO official says alliance faces ‘hybrid challenges’ after reports of Russian smartphone attack
NATO troops in the Baltic states and Poland face hybrid challenges and sophisticated attacks to undermine them, a NATO official told The Defense Post
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4 OctoberEurope
Two arrested after mustard gas canisters found in eastern England
Two people have been arrested after WW2-era mustard gas canisters were discovered in woods near what was previously an RAF base in eastern England
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4 OctoberEurope
Dutch defense minister resigns over deaths of Mali peacekeepers
Both the Dutch defence minister and the chief of its military resigned over the deaths of two soldiers on a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali in 2016
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4 OctoberMiddle East
Russia claims al-Qaeda leader Julani seriously injured in Syria airstrike
Russia's defense ministry claimed an airstrike seriously injured Abu Muhammad al-Julani, leader of Syria's Al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
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