The Pentagon representative said that eight “capabilities coalitions” have been created within the Ukraine Defense Contact Group Western countries will divide Ukraine’s military needs into several types and define NATO countries responsible for deliveries in each of these areas, a high-ranking Pentagon representative told a briefing on Tuesday. The Pentagon representative said that eight “capabilities…
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has picked as his secretary of defense Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator and veteran who has expressed disdain for the so-called “woke” policies of Pentagon leaders including its top military officer. Hegseth, if confirmed by the US Senate, could make good on Trump’s campaign promises to…
Pentagon chief ordered several B-52 bombers and refueling tanker aircraft to the Middle East, United States official told Al Arabiya English. The Pentagon said in a statement that this deployment, that also includes fighter jets and Navy destroyers, is part of the readjustment of military assets as the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group prepares to leave the…
WASHINGTON: The US has increased its military presence in the Middle East by several thousand troops, sending an array of fighter jets and other aircraft to bolster the protection of US forces and allies.The decision brings the total number of American troops in the region to as many as 43,000, including more than a dozen…
President Zelenskyy dismisses Mykola Oleshchuk, says country needs to ‘protect personnel’. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the commander of the country’s air force, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot. The order to dismiss Mykola Oleshchuk was published on…
