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US on path to reducing troop levels to 2,500 in Afghanistan by Jan 15 Washington, Dec 11 (UNI) The US military is on track to have forces drawn down to 2,500 in Afghanistan by the middle of January as planned, CENTCOM commander Gen Frank McKenzie said. "We are on the path to be [at] 2,500 in January 15," McKenzie said at a briefing. "We’ll have no trouble getting to that number." McKenzie said the United States will also withdrawa equipment so they don’t have excess equipment there at that...

Ante las actuales tensiones y el próximo aniversario de la muerte del comandante iraní, Qassem Soleimani, las fuerzas armadas estadounidenses consideraron oportuno que dos bombarderos sobrevolaran el Medio Oriente, en una operación destinada a desalentar cualquier ataque iraní.

The B-52H bombers of the 2nd Bomb Wing, departed from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on Wednesday, flying non-stop for 36-hours to the Middle East.

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Dec. 10, 2020 U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said it was the "right moment" in U.S. history for his defense secretary nominee, retired Army General Lloyd Austin, despite concerns about the recently out-of-uniform soldier taking on a role reserved by law for civilians. The choice of Austin, who if confirmed would be the first Black U.S. secretary of defense, requires both houses of Congress to waive a law requiring the militarys top brass to have been out of the armed forces for at least seven y...

US sends second show-of-force warplane mission over Gulf as tensions flare Two B-52 bombers conduct 36-hour round-trip mission, flying by Iranian airspace to highlight the robust and varied capabilities of US warplanes US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump watch B-52s from South Lawn of White House in Washington on 4 July (AFP/File photo) By Published date: 10 December 2020 17:28 UTC | Last update: 3 months 4 weeks ago ...

Font Size Just over a month after the 2020 presidential election, Hunter Biden and his father’s team dropped their spin operation on Wednesday against any and all criticism of Hunter’s corruption business dealings, admitting that Hunter’s under federal investigation over his taxes. Most importantly, there’s no word yet on whether the Biden team and their media allies (ranging from CNN to The New Work Times) will continue to argue this investigation is part of a Russian di...

Progressives pushed Biden on his secretary of defense pick — and may lose big by winning Sébastien Roblin © Provided by NBC News Progressives are patting themselves on the back for knocking out Michele Flournoy, the candidate widely expected to be President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of defense. And they should be celebrating — if their goal was elevating opaqueness over transparency, furthering a double standard on defense industry ties and defeating the most...

It was the second time in three weeks that Air Force bombers had conducted long-range flights near Iranian air space on short notice.

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