The Defense Secretary of the Philippines, Delfin Lorenzana, announced on Friday morning that President Rodrigo Duterte had decided to “recall or retract” the notice of termination for the Philippines-United States… Continue reading "Philippines To Keep Visiting Forces Agreement With United States"
President of the United States Joe Biden announced on Monday that the United States would be ending its combat mission in Iraq by the end of this year, ahead of… Continue reading "US To End “Combat Mission” In Iraq By End Of 2021"
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s markups for the 2022 NDAA include language prohibiting retirement of any of the US Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt IIs throughout fiscal 2022, alongside ordering an… Continue reading "SASC 2022 NDAA Markups: A-10 Retirements Blocked, Independent Assessment for Armed Overwatch"
The United States Marine Corps announced on 16 July that it will be entering negotiations with General Dynamics Land Systems and Textron Systems to deliver prototypes for the Marines’ Advanced… Continue reading "General Dynamics & Textron Selected For Marine Corps Reconnaissance Vehicle Prototypes"
Exercise Pacific Vanguard wrapped up off the east coast of Australia this week. Warships, submarines and aircraft from the United States, Australia, Japan and the Republic of Korea participated. The… Continue reading "Exercise Pacific Vanguard Warps Up With ESSM & SM-2 Launches"
US Army Europe and Africa confirmed on Thursday that an American UH-60 Black Hawk had made a “precautionary” landing in Bucharest Thursday morning. The helicopter was one of six Black… Continue reading "US Black Hawk Makes “Precautionary Landing” In Bucharest"
United States State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday that the United States expected a seventh round of indirect negotiations with Iran on a return to the 2015 nuclear… Continue reading "US Expects Seventh Round Of Nuclear Talks With Iran Despite Enrichment Activity"
The Department of Defence announced today that it had cancelled solicitations for the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud, and has “initiated contract termination procedures”. Alongside the cancellation… Continue reading "Pentagon Axes JEDI Contract, To Recompete Cloud Efforts"
The “Black Knights” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 have become the first F-35C squadron of the United States Marine Corps to declare full operational capability, with the 1… Continue reading "First US Marine Corps F-35C Squadron Declares Full Operational Capability"
The White House stated today that the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan is expected to be completed by the “end of August”. The Pentagon says that following the withdrawal… Continue reading "“Forward” US Forces To Be Present In Afghanistan Following Withdrawal By End Of August"