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Pratt & Whitney awarded $2.7 billion C-17 engine sustainment contract

Fergus Kelly -
Pratt & Whitney was awarded a $2.7 billion contract for engine sustainment support for the C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft
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Africa

Nigerien troop, 3 US special forces killed in ambush near Mali border

Fergus Kelly -
Five Nigerian troops and three U.S. Army special forces were killed on Wednesday, October 5 after they were ambushed in Niger while on a routine patrol
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Land

Iraqi forces recapture Hawija from ISIS

Joanne Stocker -
Iraqi forces recaptured the town of Hawija from Islamic State militants, less than two weeks after the offensive began, the army reported on Thursday.
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Asia Pacific

US State Department approves $113 million medium-range missile sale to Japan

Anna Varfolomeeva -
The U.S. State Department approved $113 million sale of 56 AIM 120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) to Japan.
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Cyber

NATO official says alliance faces ‘hybrid challenges’ after reports of Russian smartphone attack

Anna Varfolomeeva -
NATO troops in the Baltic states and Poland face hybrid challenges and sophisticated attacks to undermine them, a NATO official told The Defense Post
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Europe

Two arrested after mustard gas canisters found in eastern England

Fergus Kelly -
Two people have been arrested after WW2-era mustard gas canisters were discovered in woods near what was previously an RAF base in eastern England
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Africa

Dutch defense minister resigns over deaths of Mali peacekeepers

Fergus Kelly -
Both the Dutch defence minister and the chief of its military resigned over the deaths of two soldiers on a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali in 2016
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Air

Russia claims al-Qaeda leader Julani seriously injured in Syria airstrike

Fergus Kelly -
Russia's defense ministry claimed an airstrike seriously injured Abu Muhammad al-Julani, leader of Syria's Al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
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Air

Coalition strikes target 16 ISIS ‘tactical units’ near Raqqa – CJTF-OIR

Joanne Stocker -
U.S.-led Coalition strikes in Iraq engaged 16 ISIS tactical units and 14 fighting positions near the Syrian city of Raqqa on Tuesday, Operation Inherent Resolve said.
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Europe

Motorbike explodes outside Jordanian defense mission in Paris

Joanne Stocker -
A motorbike exploded outside the Jordanian military mission in the French capital early on Wednesday morning. Jordan's Petra news agency reported that no one was injured in the explosion, which...
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Air

Mattis details new ‘R4+S’ strategy for Afghanistan

Anna Varfolomeeva -
U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis provided some details on Tuesday on the new American strategy in Afghanistan, unveiling the Pentagon's newest acronym, "R4+S."
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Americas

Mattis: Pentagon supports Tillerson’s diplomatic efforts with North Korea

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U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis told a Senate panel on Tuesday that the Pentagon supports Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's talks with North Korean officials.
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Air

Coalition strikes destroy ISIS positions near Raqqa and Kirkuk – CJTF-OIR

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U.S.-led Coalition strikes in Iraq destroyed Islamic State fighting positions near Raqqa in Syria and the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Monday, Operation Inherent Resolve said
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Pentagon confirms US MQ-9 drone shot down in western Yemen

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A US MQ-9 Reaper, an armed, medium-altitude surveillance drone, was shot down in Yemen on Sunday, Pentagon spokesman Major Adrian J.T. Rankine-Galloway told The Defense Post. "We assess that an...
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Air

Coalition strikes destroy car bomb factory near Hawija – CJTF-OIR

Joanne Stocker -
US-led Coalition strikes in Iraq destroyed an ISIS car bomb factory near Hawija, Operation Inherent Resolve said.
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Land

US-Led Coalition service member killed by IED in Iraq

Joanne Stocker -
A member of the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State was killed by an IED during operations in Iraq, Operation Inherent Resolve said
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