Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’
NATO held a four month air policing mission in Estonia as part of Operation Azotize, which featured RAF Typhoon aircraft. The RAF Typhoons took part in the air policing deployment alongside NATO for Operation Azotize. In response to a request from the Estonian government, UK forces performed 21 interceptions in the ...
Defence Minister Mark Lancaster has reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to the Gulf whilst visiting Iraq, Bahrain and Oman. As part of the five-day visit, the minister also officially opened the UK-Oman joint exercise, Saif Sareea 3, alongside Oman’s Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs, His Excellency Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harub ...
Sallyport Global has been awarded a new foreign military sales (FMS) contract through the US Air Force to support Iraq’s F-16 mission at Balad Air Base worth $400 million. Under the contract, Sallyport will deliver comprehensive life and logistics support, security, construction, and base operation support services at the largest Iraqi ...
The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has made his first visit to Iraq and took the opportunity to praise UK service personnel as British airstrikes continue to wipe out Daesh. RAF aircraft carried out operations against the terrorist group every day over the Christmas period, striking terrorist compounds, trucks, mortars and pockets ...
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