Bombers Deploy, Carrier Extends to Cover US Troops Withdrawal from Afghanistan
A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, N.D., parks on the flightline April 23, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The B-52 aircraft are deployed to Al Udeid AB to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan. (Staff Sgt. Greg Erwin/U.S. Air Force)
23 Apr 2021
As the U.S. military begins its final withdrawal from Afghanistan, it s bringing in some heavy firepower to cover the troops exit.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday approved an extension of the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower s stay in the Middle East, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters. Kirby did not specify how much longer the Ike will remain.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III’s Meeting With U.K. Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace
U.S. Department of Defense
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J.
Austin III and his U.K.
counterpart, Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace, met in London April 15, 2021, to reaffirm the unbreakable bond of the U.S.-U.K.
strategic partnership.
The leaders discussed numerous issues impacting transatlantic security, including Russia’s build-up of forces along Ukraine’s border and in occupied Crimea.
The leaders echoed NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg’s call for Russia to de-escalate the situation and end its military build-up.
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U.S. Department of Defense
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J.
Austin III signed the bilateral Supplementary Defense Cooperation Agreement (SDCA) with his Norwegian counterpart, Minister of Defence Frank Bakke-Jensen.
The SDCA will help the United States and Norway continue to work together to strengthen our bilateral cooperation, enhance NATO operations, and advance transatlantic security for decades to come.
The signing of the SDCA represents an important natural progression in the decades of defense cooperation with Norway, a co-founder of NATO and steadfast Ally.
The agreement supplements the provisions of the 1951 Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty Regarding the Status of their Forces, and standardizes a robust legal framework to enhance and modernize our already deep bilateral security cooperation.