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The Nigerian Air Force says the newly appointed and redeployed senior officers are expected to assume their new offices on or before 7 January.

The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, on Tuesday approved the appointment of new branch chiefs, Air Officers Commanding (AOCs),

The Air Force in a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said the redeployment followed the recent promotion of some senior officers to the next higher ranks as well as the retirement of some senior officers.

From 1987 to 1989, US special-operation units deployed to the Persian Gulf for Operation Prime Chance.

His rogue leadership style and bravado helped fuel the unit's reputation as the elite of the elite, but it also alienated superiors.

Richard Marcinko, a self-styled "rogue warrior" who in 1980 became the first commander of Navy SEAL Team 6, an elite Special Operations force whose legend he fueled as the best-selling author of books drawn from his derring-do, died Dec. 25 at his home in Warrenton, Va. He was 81.

Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 28: The Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh today dedicated Operations Command vehicles, equipped with upgraded modern technology and with additional safety features to Jammu and Kashmir Police in a flag off ceremony held at District Police Lines here today. These vehicles named as “Black Panthers’ will be used in operations. ADGPs MK Sinha, Danesh Rana, IGP CIV PHQ Alok Kumar, SSP PCR Jammu Dr Haseeb Mughal, SSP Jammu Chandan Kholi, AIsG ...

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The first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six, Richard "Demo Dick" Marcinko, passed away at the age of 81 Saturday night. 

In the days following the capture of an American contractor in Afghanistan earlier this year, Navy commandos raided a village and detained suspected members of the Taliban-linked Haqqani ne