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The dead dude was a Putin enemy who tried to unseat Putin with a coup attempt back in July.
You're not paying attention. Ukraine didn't do this, Putin did. This is a political assassination.
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You're not paying attention. Ukraine didn't do this, Putin did. This is a political assassination.
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Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder held a press briefing.
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As it relates to Ukrainian pilot F-16 training in the U.S., we are prepared to support a training effort here in the continental United States if capacity is reached in Europe. I don't have any specifics to provide right now in terms of which bases that training could occur at.
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Putin now saying the dead dude "made a lot of mistakes in life" and I just had to have a belly laugh, Big Daddy Vladdy just wasted the dude and eight of his lieutenants.
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Ryder said the U.S. decided to join European allies in the training to avoid bottlenecks in bringing Ukrainian pilots up to speed.
The U.S. training would accommodate “several” Ukrainian fighter pilots and dozens of maintenance people for the jets, he said.
For experienced pilots, training can range around five months, Ryder said. He sketched out courses covering the basics. In addition to flying the advanced craft, they include formation flying, operating weapons, air combat and suppressing air defense systems, on top of centrifuge training on the ground to help pilots withstand the g-forces of an F-16 cockpit.
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The U.S. training would accommodate “several” Ukrainian fighter pilots and dozens of maintenance people for the jets, he said.
For experienced pilots, training can range around five months, Ryder said. He sketched out courses covering the basics. In addition to flying the advanced craft, they include formation flying, operating weapons, air combat and suppressing air defense systems, on top of centrifuge training on the ground to help pilots withstand the g-forces of an F-16 cockpit.
US will start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s at air base in Arizona
The U.S. is joining NATO allies in hosting training for Ukrainian pilots on U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, beginning at an Arizona Air National Guard base in October.
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U.S. military officials stress it takes years of training to be able to field F-16 squadrons, limiting the impact the aircraft will have on Ukraine’s defense for the near future.
“This is about the long-term support to Ukraine,” the Pentagon spokesman, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, told reporters in Washington. “This is not about the counteroffensive that they’re conducting right now.”
The training will take place at Morris Air National Guard base in Tucson, Arizona. The pilots will first undergo English instruction at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, to bring their fluency up to the level needed to operate the aircraft, starting next month, Ryder said.
“This is about the long-term support to Ukraine,” the Pentagon spokesman, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, told reporters in Washington. “This is not about the counteroffensive that they’re conducting right now.”
The training will take place at Morris Air National Guard base in Tucson, Arizona. The pilots will first undergo English instruction at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, to bring their fluency up to the level needed to operate the aircraft, starting next month, Ryder said.
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We need to invade Mexico (yet Again...) and take control of the Mexican ports where the shipments of Fentanyl come in from China. Maybe our Military can't/won't be bribed by the Cartels...
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GOP talk of military action in Mexico sparks dire warnings
Rising GOP support for the U.S. taking unilateral military action in Mexico against drug cartels is increasingly rattling people on both sides of the border who worry talk of an attack is getting n…
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Friends at any price: China seeks allies, arms markets in West Africa as French influence wanes
China’s expansion into the West African arms market is a shift in strategy for a country that has typically focussed its weapons sales on other African regions. But Beijing is not just competing for…
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China’s largest weapons producer, Norinco – the seventh-largest military equipment supplier globally – has opened a new sales office in Senegal, according to a South China Morning Post report published August 21.The company already has offices in Nigeria, Angola and South Africa.
Beijing also plans to set up offices in Mali and the Ivory Coast – where it already sells arms – with a physical presence for maintenance, repair and overhauls of vehicles and military equipment, specialist news site Military Africa reported on August 1.
The arrival of the weapons giant on Senegalese soil has also been reported in Chinese media, where it has been heralded as an advance for Chinese influence in West Africa and a challenge to the existing influence of Russia and France.
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I watched the video "Modern Conflicts: The Battle of Bakhmut" on the Nebula Channel. It was posted originally on August 18, 2023. It's part of the Real Life Lore Series. Some Real Life Lore videos appear on YouTube, But others, like The Battle of Bakhmut do not, for various reasons.
Here is a description of the video: For over a year, the Russian and Ukrainian armies threw just about everything they had into a massive battle for control over the small city of Bakhmut in the east of Ukraine. The fight for the city gradually evolved into the most significant and most catastrophic battle fought in Europe since the Second World War, with tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks committed by both sides.
This is the link where I watched the video:
https://nebula.tv/videos/reallifelore-modern-conflicts-the-battle-of-bakhmut
Here is a description of the video: For over a year, the Russian and Ukrainian armies threw just about everything they had into a massive battle for control over the small city of Bakhmut in the east of Ukraine. The fight for the city gradually evolved into the most significant and most catastrophic battle fought in Europe since the Second World War, with tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks committed by both sides.
This is the link where I watched the video:
https://nebula.tv/videos/reallifelore-modern-conflicts-the-battle-of-bakhmut
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No new grain deal until West meets Russia’s demands, says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow's demands to facilitate Russian…
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that defence minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced this week with Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar lawmaker.
Zelensky made the announcement on his official Telegram account, writing that new leadership was needed. Later in his nightly address, Zelensky said he believes “that the Ministry needs new approaches and different formats of interaction both with the military and with society".
Resnikov’s removal comes after a scandal around the ministry of defence’s procurement of military jackets. In August, Ukrainian investigative journalists reported that the materials were purchased at a price three times higher than normal and that instead of winter jackets, summer ones were ordered.
In the customs documents from the supplier, the jackets were priced at $29 per unit, but the ministry of defence paid $86 per unit. Reznikov denied the allegations during a news conference last week.
Umerov, 41, a politician with the opposition Holos party, has served as head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine since September 2022. He was involved in the exchange of prisoners of war, political prisoners, children and civilians, as well as the evacuation of civilians from occupied territories and was part of the Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with Russia over the UN-backed grain deal.
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Putin says he won't renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has
Russian President Vladimir Putin says a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow’s demands on its own agricultural exports.
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He also said that Russia is close to finalizing an agreement to provide free grain to six African countries. The Russian leader added that Russia will ship 1 million metric tons (1.1 million tons) of cheap grain to Turkey for processing and delivery to poor countries.
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The two evils are meeting this week.
Kim is meeting w/Putin about a deal for ammunition. Korea has many missiles. If Russia gets a hold of them, I truly believe WW3 is not far off. Meanwhile, Biden "is putting another package together for Kiev" according to CBS news. This country is a mess. Biden shouldn't have sent all that $/machinery to Ukraine.
Have always wondered, had Trump won the 2nd term would there even be a war being Putin waited till Trump lost? Trump said many times he wouldn't support Ukraine. Biden needs to go!
Kim is meeting w/Putin about a deal for ammunition. Korea has many missiles. If Russia gets a hold of them, I truly believe WW3 is not far off. Meanwhile, Biden "is putting another package together for Kiev" according to CBS news. This country is a mess. Biden shouldn't have sent all that $/machinery to Ukraine.
Have always wondered, had Trump won the 2nd term would there even be a war being Putin waited till Trump lost? Trump said many times he wouldn't support Ukraine. Biden needs to go!
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I really wish Isreal would just wipe these people off the face of the earth.
Sadly, the Biden Regime and the corrupt UN will beg and plead with Isreal to minimize whatever response they have and will insist that appeasing the slime of humanity will be the better way to peace.
By the way, Biden response today......crickets...probably still asleep
Trump response below.
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Sadly, the Biden Regime and the corrupt UN will beg and plead with Isreal to minimize whatever response they have and will insist that appeasing the slime of humanity will be the better way to peace.
By the way, Biden response today......crickets...probably still asleep
Trump response below.
At least 100 dead as Hamas launches unprecedented attack on Israel, Netanyahu says nation is 'at war'
At least 100 were killed and hundreds more wounded as Israel was impacted by rocket barrages launched from the Gaza Strip on Saturday in an attack claimed by the Islamist movement Hamas.
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