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General Officer Assignments (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 13 May 2016
The chief of staff, Air Force announced the following assignments. ... Cook, director, public affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, services, Deputy Chief Of Staff, Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia....

PLA shifts bombers to flight-training role

Edit China Daily 13 May 2016
The Chinese Air Force has begun to use H-6 bombers to train flight crews, a move experts say indicates the People's Liberation Army is steadily strengthening its bomber force by putting newer versions into service and moving older ones to flight schools. Starting in early April, students at the PLA Air Force Harbin Flight Academy have been using the H-6 for bomber training....

South Sudan Cease-fire Panel Accuses President's Forces of Violations

Edit Voa News 13 May 2016
Two weeks after the former warring parties in South Sudan's conflict formed the Transitional Government of National Unity, cease-fire monitors say President Salva Kiir's forces are still not cooperating with security monitors in implementing security arrangements, as set forth in the peace agreement ... still face resistance from government forces....

Aptel quashes tariff relief for Adani units

Edit Yahoo Daily News 13 May 2016
However, the tribunal has given the company some breathing room by stating in its order that the bench had not expressed an opinion on whether the events warranting compensation could be classified as “change in law” or force majeure ... * Tribunal said tariff hike valid only under ‘force majeure’ and ‘change in law’ ... * Leaves room for seeking relief under ‘force majeure’ and ‘change in law’....

Arts funding shock: Malcolm Turnbull has 'seriously let down the arts community'

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 13 May 2016
Michael Lynch, the former head of the Australia Council, Sydney Opera House and Sydney Theatre Company, described the decision to de-fund the dance company Force Majeure as "outrageous". "This is an outrageous decision to de-fund Force Majeure," he said ... Force Majeure is one of the victims in the latest round of Australia Council funding announced on Friday....

US establishes Libyan outposts with eye toward Islamic State offensive

Edit Stars and Stripes 13 May 2016
The activities of the American "contact teams," as they are known, take place in parallel to those of elite allied forces from France and other European nations in the same areas, U.S ... Officials hope the special operators will ultimately have an outsize impact on the effectiveness of local forces ... The Misuratan forces recognize the unity government in Tripoli; those loyal to Hifter do not....

Rebels seize Alawite village in Syria

Edit Dawn 13 May 2016
Government forces and their allies were still fighting the rebels nearby after the capture of Al Zara, which lies close to a main highway linking the western cities of Homs and Hama, the British-based monitoring group said ... Government forces and their allies have battled militants ......

Daines, Zinke Introduce Measures Demanding Answers to Secure Nuclear Missiles (Steve Daines)

Edit Public Technologies 13 May 2016
Zinke introduced a similar bill as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that aims to address the security shortfalls of the UH-1Ns by requiring the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to approve the requests for forces to meet security requirements at land-based nuclear forces ... 'I've been working with the Air Force and the House ......

F-16s ready to roar at joint base's 2-day air show

Edit NJ dot com 13 May 2016
Air Force Capt. Nick Eberling explained Thursday, standing next to the F-16 he'll fly for the Thunderbirds this weekend. The Thunderbirds, the Air Force's famed demonstration squadron, are a featured act in this weekend's joint base Air Show and Open House, called Power in the Pines ... His father was an Air Force fighter pilot and his mother an Air Force flight nurse....

Police could lose public funds if officers aren't trained to best avoid shootings

Edit The Guardian 13 May 2016
Announcing her proposal, Moore said that “too many mothers have been forced to bury their children” due to unjustified deadly incidents involving police ... The bill calls for mandatory training in the use of non-lethal force alternatives along with “verbal and physical tactics to minimize the need for the use of force, with an emphasis on communication, negotiation [and] de-escalation techniques”....

Hurricane Hunters, NOAA embark on Gulf Coast awareness tour (Dobbins Air Reserve Base)

Edit Public Technologies 13 May 2016
Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron will participate in NOAA's Gulf Coast Awareness Tour May 16-20 ... Air Force Reserve WC-130J hurricane hunter aircraft and the NOAA G-IV aircraft, both of which are used in hurricane forecasting ... Air Force Reserve from the 53rd WRS, a unit in the 403rd Wing, located at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi ... Air Force Reserve....

Can Assad keep crossing the chemical ‘red line’?

Edit Stars and Stripes 13 May 2016
President Barack Obama’s decision not to retaliate against Assad’s use of chemical weapons in 2013 has become an emblem for his larger foreign policy, which critics argue hasn’t been forceful enough in Syria and other places ... The group said that in 2015, there were 69 chemical weapons attacks in Syria, mostly chlorine bombs dropped by Assad’s air force....

Islamic State kills 17 Iraqi soldiers with suicide truck bombs

Edit China Daily 13 May 2016
BAGHDAD - Islamic State insurgents killed at least 17 Iraqi soldiers with suicide truck bombs on Thursday in a major attack on government forces that recaptured the western city of Ramadi in December, military officials said ... government forces to regain control of the supply route....
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