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Fears of a future confrontation with China over the South China Sea have exponentially increased activity levels at previously sleepy military installations. The Air Force recently sent a detachment of long-rage B-1 and B-52 bombers to Guam’s Andersen Air Force Base. The B-52s flew 28 hours nonstop from Louisiana to reach their new home. Officials described the B-1 redeployment as …
Only one member of Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council remains after a wave of resignations, and no one is sure when the next election will be held. Prior to the resignations, Léopold Berlanger’s government had been in power for four years without any serious corruption or other issues, an unprecedented tenure for an elected government in this island nation. The last …
Details regarding private military contractor deployment is a closely-guarded secret. However, the U.S. Central Command issues quarterly figures that convey some general items about contractor deployment. According to CENTCOM, over 52,000 contractors were in the field in countries under the command’s jurisdiction. Over half these contractors were in Afghanistan. Almost 6.300 contractors were in “Iraq and Syria.” CENTCOM provided no …
Violence in this war-torn country has moved up to the next level, according to the U.S. Africa Command, since Russian fighter planes are now based at Al Jufra Airfield, which is about 200 miles southeast of Tripoli. American intelligence officers believe that the MiG-29 and Su-24 aircraft flew to Syria, where they were repainted to conceal their Russian Air Force …
In June 2020, a Bat Hawk ultralight aircraft crashed under suspicious circumstances while on routine patrol near the city of Mudimbe. Rescuers located the badly-injured Dyck Advisory Group pilot in a heavily wooded area. He is recovering in a South African hospital. Military commanders are concerned about the crash. In April, Islamic militants shot down a contractor’s helicopter. And, Bat …
