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02 23rd, 2010| 
AFP – The US Air Force will release on Wednesday the final terms for a 35-billion-dollar competition to replace the country’s aging fleet of aerial refueling tankers, a US defense official said. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
23
AFP – The United States is looking for ways to sustain troop levels in Afghanistan if Dutch soldiers withdraw, including reaching out to non-NATO partners, a top US defense official said Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
22
AP – The top commanding general in Iraq says he thinks everyone — gay and straight — should be allowed to serve in the military “as long as we are still able to fight our wars.” Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
22
Reuters – Russia must stop “patching up” old weapons and build new ones as it tries to adapt its armed forces to current threats, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday, Russian news agencies reported. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
22
AFP – Keeping the peace is a family affair at Camp Bondsteel, the biggest US military base in the Balkans, where a small but noticeable minority of the personnel are related to each other. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
22
Reuters – North Korea has proposed holding military talks with the South next week after it raised tension on the troubled peninsula last week by warning it would hold live-fire drills near the border with its rival. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
21
AFP – Keeping the peace is a family affair at Camp Bondsteel, the biggest US military base in the Balkans, where a small but noticeable minority of the personnel are related to each other. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
21
AP – Lawmakers this week will press the military’s top uniformed officers for the first time on whether they think repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” makes sense or would be too disruptive. Read the rest of this entry »