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Air Defense or Fighter Jets? NATO Says Ukraine Should Focus on Ground Defense

March 7, 2023

Why NATO Focused on Air Defense Systems vs. Fighter Jets At a meeting between US and European military officials to discuss the Ukraine dispute, Kyiv made a plea for advanced View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Europe, Ukraine, Weapons
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Third AF Leadership Visits 501st CSW, Engages With Pathfinder Airmen

January 11, 2023

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Derek France, Third Air Force commander, visited several units across the 501st Combat Support Wing, Dec. 6-8, 2022. During the immersion, France met with personnel View More ›

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NATO Practices Air Policing Mission Over Romania

January 1, 2023

Fighter jets from Italy, Poland, and the United States took to the skies over NATO’s eastern flank as part of NATO’s Air Shielding mission. The line-up of aircraft included Italian View More ›

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Narcotics Bust By Joint Forces Deployment Successful

December 15, 2022

Earlier this year, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) demonstrated joint operations with NATO partners across multiple domains. This multi-agency effort utilized Air Mobility Command View More ›

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French Air Force Invests in Training Partnership with US Air Force

November 16, 2022

The 505th Command and Control Wing and members of the French air force exchanged ideas and views on air operations training during a visit to the Center of Analysis and View More ›

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An Overview of the Polish Air Force

November 15, 2022

The Polish Air Force is a national military branch that came into being shortly before World War II. Its history dates back to 1918 when the first air unit was View More ›

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Berlin, Czech Republic Buys New F-35s From Lockheed Martin

October 30, 2022

The war in Ukraine against Russian aggressors has fueled military expansion and arms deals around the world. Lockheed Martin is one of the defense companies reaping from this unfortunate event, View More ›

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UK Will Send $1.2 Billion more in Weapons to Ukraine

September 6, 2022

During a NATO conference in Madrid, Prime Minister Boris Johnson a Madrid that the United Kingdom will send an additional one billion pounds (or 1.2 billion USD or 1.16 billion View More ›

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What’s Next for the Russian Navy?

August 16, 2022 Navy Day celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2017. (Source: Mil.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

When the Russian forces declared the fire with Ukraine, they forcefully displaced millions of Ukrainians, killed hundreds-of-thousands civilians, and left Ukraine under massive destruction while occupying all its key cities View More ›

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Air Force has a Shortage of Ukrainian Speaking Personnel That Hampers Operations

August 2, 2022 Members of the US Air Force Band of the West model their ceremonial uniform in 2007. (Source: United States Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/US_Air_Force_Band_ceremonial_uniforms.jpg

The Pentagon was reportedly aware of impending developments in Ukraine, including US troops not speaking Ukrainian, according to sources. “We have no Ukrainian-specific linguists. We don’t train Ukrainian,” said Staff View More ›

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