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LONDON: Footage has emerged of an Iranian missile attack on a US airbase in Iraq last year that could have brought the two countries to the brink of war. On Jan. 8 last year, 11 missiles, each thought to have been carrying 1,000-pound warheads, hit Al-Asad airbase, which was home to some 2,000 US troops at the time. The incident followed the assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassem
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You now have to wear a mask virtually everywhere on military bases — including outdoors February 5 Like these new cadets marching in formation July 13, 2020, at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, everyone on a military installation is now required to wear a mask, even outside. (Mark Lennihan/AP) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered new, stricter rules for masks on military installations, requiring virtually everyone to wear a mask even if social distancing, and whether it’s indoors or outdoors. The memo, issued Thursday, was effective immediately. Austin specifically men...
Staff Sgt. Alexandra M. Longfellow/U.S. Air Force Air Force Two carrying Vice President Mike Pence along with the Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, lands on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado on April 18, 2020. When former President Donald Trump’s administration announced it would move U.S. Space Command to Alabama instead of keeping it in Colorado, it took many in the Centennial State — lawmakers, military leaders and businesses alike — by surprise. Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs was considered to be a shoo-in for the command’s permanent headquarters. Colorado...
Iran, China to Continue Fight Against Donald Trump, Officials as Private Citizens On 1/22/21 at 6:42 AM EST President Donald Trump may have left office, but the combative foreign policy that made him a reviled figure among America's enemies looks set to stick with the president and top former administration officials. This week, China and Iran placed sanctions on Trump, and on Thursday Iranian state-aligned media even hinted that the country still intends to take personal revenge against the former president over his "maximum pressure" stance towards Tehran. The tweet was later shared by Supr...