“The incident occurred over friendly territory in Western Iraq while the crew was on a combat mission, and, again, was not the result … of hostile or friendly fire,” Gen. Dan Caine said today.
“Turkey is a very good choice for MRO, so we’re talking to them, and we are introducing our capability,” ASFAT CEO Mustafa Ilbas told Breaking Defense.
The challenge for Western democratic institutions is not a lack of capability — it is a structural one.
The new year brings much instability, and opportunity, to the region.
Experts told Breaking Defense their eyes were on key flashpoints that could affect the balance of power in the region for years to come, from the fate of Russian military bases in Syria to the potential collapse of an Iranian weapons pipeline to the Lebanese group Hezbollah.
"Any general that was involved ... in any of the DEI woke shit has got to go," Trump's pick for SecDef said in a recent podcast.
"The United States and Iraq have decided on a two phase transition plan for operations in Iraq," a senior administration official told reporters today.
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Iraq's defense chief said he considered the deal a “qualitative strategic breakthrough for [the country’s] air defense as it covers all Iraqi airspace and achieves the regional balance of the country.”
Though he didn't expect a US drawdown to be imminent, analyst Ryan Bohl said that the "idea ... certainly adds urgency to the interest, especially as these helicopters are key parts of a comprehensive anti-terrorism fight."
After years of fighting in the MENA, Southwest Asian regions, NATO’s priorities clearly lie elsewhere, experts told Breaking Defense.
Amid Iranian criticism, "Jordanian leaders have been very clear to portray their action as defensive and in protection of their own sovereignty rather than any act in support of Israel, and this is sincere," an analyst told Breaking Defense.
In this new analysis, Jonathan Lord of the Center for a New American Security says this week should provide a starting point to reassess US military funding for Iraq.
"For Iraq's military... these are prestige items more than a security necessity," CSIS's Daniel Byman told Breaking Defense of the fighter jet rumors, saying Baghdad has "less glamorous" priorities.
The drill won't include US naval assets, but American trainers are on hand to advise the Lebanon-led exercise series.
The government in Baghdad has announced new contracts for US-made weapons, but it's not clear if the system will ever come to fruition.