Targeted Killings

After 18 years of illegal warfare, corruption, and untold numbers of innocent people killed or made into refugees, the U.S. combat mission in Iraq will be declared finished—for the third time. Sort of. This week, President Joe Biden said that the United States is “not going to be, by the…

United States lawmakers are stalling a proposed sale of attack helicopters to Nigeria amid mounting concerns about the Nigerian government’s human rights record as its military grapples with multiple security crises at once, Foreign Policy magazine reports. The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have delayed…

The Senate has confirmed Frank Kendall as Secretary of the Air Force by unanimous consent following a three-month delay. Kendall, who previously served in key Department of Defense (DoD) roles during the administration of former President Barack Obama, was nominated as Air Force Secretary by President Joe Biden in April.…

Pushing the envelope and constantly innovating and reinventing the space of entertainment, RSVP and Baweja Studios are all set to revisit one of the most successful rescue operations in history with Captain India. Helmed by National award laureate Hansal Mehta, and Produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Harman Baweja, this inspiring…

An American applied economist at John Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States, Steve H Hanke, has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari over the spike in insecurity challenges in the country.Hanke who is a critic of Buhari’s administration, condemned the president while reacting to the recent attack on a Nigeria Air Force jet…

Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The fighter jet was attacked in the Zamfara state.The plane was returning from an air interdiction mission when it came under fire.The pilot managed to evade the bandits and sought refuge in nearby settlements.Heavily-armed criminals have shot down a fighter jet in Nigeria's northwest Zamfara state,…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has stated that it has no information on the reported crash of another military plane in Kaduna State on Sunday.NAF made the disclosure in a reaction to earlier reports of another military plane crash said to have involved one of its fighter jets on Sunday…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has denied social media reports that one of its aircraft crashed on Sunday. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, while reacting to reports of a NAF fighter jet crash in Kaduna, told LEADERSHIP that, “No crash in Kaduna.” He…

by Sandra Erwin — July 16, 2021 Andrew Hunter, senior fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS. Credit: @GovMattersTV Hunter, director of the defense industrial initiatives group at the Center for Strategic and International…

by Debra Werner — July 16, 2021 Umbra announced July 14 that its first synthetic aperture radar satellite's antenna successfully deployed in orbit. The patented antenna is comprised of a series of ribs attached to a central hub that opens to deploy the reflector. Cedit: Umbra SAN FRANCISCO – The…