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Two commanders in the military unit in which leak suspect Jack Teixeira worked have been suspended, the Air Force said Wednesday. The commander of the 102nd Intelligence Support Squadron and a detachment commander were suspended, Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said. They were suspended “pending further investigation into the unauthorized…

Key PointsNearly 70 Australians have been evacuated from Sudan as the conflict between army and paramilitary group continues.The more than 100 Australians still in Sudan have been told to "consider leaving as soon as possible".More than 500 people have died in the conflict since fighting broke out earlier in April.Nearly…

The landing of a royal family from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at an airborne infantry unit base in Bulembu has sparked off controversy similar to the landing of the Gupta family at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria in 2013. The controversy has now led to the DA…

NAIROBI — Shelling and gunfire in the capital shattered a fourth attempted cease-fire in Sudan, residents said on Tuesday, although some neighborhoods were quiet enough in the early morning for families to scurry through the bombed-out streets seeking safety. Amid the constant failed efforts to stem the fighting, Sudanese and…

NEW DELHI: Two Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft are currently on standby in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah and INS Sumedha has reached Port Sudan, the external affairs ministry said on Sunday while giving details of preparations to evacuate Indians from conflict-hit Sudan. "The government is making all out efforts to ensure…

A FAB-500 with a crude wing kit. Via social media It’s no secret that, after 14 months of hard fighting, Ukrainian forces are running low on surface-to-air missiles. For the Russians, this is an opportunity. For more than a year, Ukraine’s air-defense batteries have held off the Russian air force’s…

Russia's military acknowledged that a bomb accidentally dropped by one of its warplanes caused a powerful blast in a Russian city not far from Ukraine's border, injuring two and scaring local residents. Belgorod, a city of 340,000 located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of the Russia-Ukraine border, has faced…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s military ruled out negotiations with a rival paramilitary force on Thursday, saying it would only accept its surrender as the two sides continued to battle in central Khartoum and other parts of the country, threatening to wreck international attempts to broker a longer cease-fire. A…

COLORADO SPRINGS — Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall earlier this month submitted a legislative proposal to allow selected programs in the Pentagon’s budget to get started before Congress passes the final appropriations bill.  Speaking April 19 at the Space Symposium, Kendall said it is “troubling” that the U.S.…

Efforts by the Indian Air Force and the Forest Department ground staff attained fruition during the late hours of Tuesday, as a week-long forest blaze was extinguished in the Madukkarai region in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. According to the state's forest minister, the week-long blaze had claimed nearly 200 hectares of…