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

July 26, 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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Breaking the Black Sea Blockade: How Far Will the West Go?

July 26, 2022 Snake Island, Ukraine. И.Е.Мазурок, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The Biden administration and EU nations have been painstakingly “careful” to confine the war to Ukraine’s frontiers and the nearby Black Sea, according to reports. They are avoiding anything that might View More ›

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HiJENKS Missile: Bold Innovation From US Navy and Air Force Labs

July 25, 2022 Northrop SM-62 Snark, Hill Aerospace Museum. (Source: Wilson44691, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)

The newest innovation of High-Powered Joint Electromagnetic Non-Kinetic Strike Weapon, or HiJENKS, is a gamechanger on the battlefield which employs microwave technology to shoot down an opponent’s electronic systems. The culminating View More ›

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US Space Force-Virgin Orbit ‘Straight Up’ Mission Makes First Successful Night Satellite Launch

July 25, 2022

Virgin Orbit has achieved another milestone, successfully launching its first nighttime satellite placement into low-Earth orbit. In 2020, the US Space Force allocated a $35 million contract to Virgin Orbit View More ›

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Coast Guard Recues 2 Mariners on a 110-Foot Vessel in the Caribbean

July 24, 2022

The United States Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber’s crew reported that they rescued two mariners on board the massive 110-foot motor vessel, Supplier One, on Sunday after it began View More ›

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Israeli Airstrike on Port in Syria Causes “Massive Damage”

January 12, 2022

An Israeli airstrike in the Syrian port of Latakia during the early hours of Tuesday morning hit the port’s container facility in the second attack on the port this month. View More ›

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Report: Israeli Airstrikes Targeted Syrian Chemical Weapons Facilities

January 11, 2022

As SOFREP.com has reported repeatedly during the Syrian Civil War, the Israeli Air Force has conducted hundreds of airstrikes in Syria, mainly targeting Iranian troops, as well as their proxy View More ›

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French Troops Kill ISIS Suspect for the 2020 Murders of French Aid Workers in Niger

January 7, 2022

French counter-terrorist forces killed a key Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) leader who was believed to be responsible for the murders of six French aid workers and two View More ›

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Retired Israeli Intel Chief Admits Role in Soleimani Assassination

January 7, 2022

Israel Provided Critical Intelligence That Allowed The U.S. To Track The Movements Of Soliemani Israel’s former military intelligence chief says the country was involved in the American airstrike that killed View More ›

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