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Russia's MiG-31K Jets Capable of Carrying Hypersonic Missiles Arrive in Syria, Defence Ministry Says
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Two MiG-31K fighter jets capable of carrying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles have been deployed in the Syrian Khmeimim air base for the first time as part of preparation for an upcoming joint military exercises, the Russian...
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AFT: Uniform Integrated Protective Ensemble Air 2 Piece Under Garment First Lt. Coltan Nading, 40th Airlift Squadron pilot, left, Capt. Miranda Mila, 40th AS pilot, center, and Senior Airman Noah Isom, 39th AS loadmaster, remove their gas masks next to a C-130J Super Hercules at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, June 2, 2021. The aircrew demonstrated the operability of the new Uniform Integrated Protective Ensemble Air 2 Piece Under Garment chemical protective suit during simulated preflight and ground egress procedures. (Airman 1st Class Colin Hollowell/Air Force)
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AFT: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits the South China Sea on June 18, 2021, with the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67). (MC1 Rawad Madanat/Navy) (MC1 Rawad Madanat/U.S. Navy)
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AFT: Amalgam Dart 21-01 Capt. Joseph Christensen, 120th Fighter Squadron pilot, refuels while returning from exercise Amalgam Dart 21-01, June 17, 2021. (Airman Mira Roman/Air National Guard) (Airman Mira Roman/CONR-1AF (AFNORTH))
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Fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command participate in a close formation taxi known as an "elephant walk" along the runway before takeoff during a round-the-clock flight training exercise on June 16, 2021. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Wang Guoyun)
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AFT: On and off Drills: Through the Dust U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response - Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC), rehearse on and off drills in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 13, 2021. (Cpl. Alexandra Munoz/Marine Corps) (Lance Cpl. Alexandra Munoz/Special Purpose Marine Air-Groun)
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Dutch Navy: Russian Jets Flew Low Over Frigate in Black Sea
Defense Minister Minister Ank Bijleveld-Schouten called the Russian actions “irresponsible.”
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AFT: USAF Special Warfare Airmen Execute Jump Training with USMC VMGR-234 U.S. Air Force special warfare airmen assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron perform static line and military free fall jumps from a KC-130J over Djibouti, June 21, 2021. (Tech. Sgt. Daniel Asselta/Air Force) (Tech. Sgt. Daniel Asselta/Combined Joint Task Force - Horn)
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AFT: A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger unmanned vehicle returns to El Mirage Airfield, Calif. June 24, 2021. The MQ-20 successfully participated in Edwards Air Force Base's Orange Flag 21-2 to test the Skyborg Autonomy Core System. (General Atomics)
Skyborg makes its second flight, this time autonomously piloting General Atomics’ Avenger drone
With Skyborg, the U.S. Air Force hopes to build an autonomy system that can pilot drones and work with human fighter pilots.
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US vacates Bagram airbase, Afghanistan withdrawal imminent
After nearly 20 years, the US military has left Bagram, the epicentre of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down al-Qaeda.
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The failed Biden-Putin summit and fears of war
We now know with certainty that the much-ballyhooed Biden-Putin summit in Geneva was a total failure, one that falls clearly and unmistakably on Biden’s doorstep. His clique of anti-Russian s…
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Sat photos reveal 'incredible' ICBM silo expansion in China - Asia Times
China appears to be upping the ante on its nuclear shell game. But rather than engage in an expensive arms race with Washington and Moscow,
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