By AgustaWestland on Thursday, November 7th, 2013

The Pentagon plans to cut back the united states Army by greater than an eighth to its lowest level since before World War II, signaling a shift after greater than a decade of ground wars. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recommended shrinking US forces from 520,000 active duty troops to between 440,000 and 450,000. In a speech outlining the proposed defense budget Monday, he said that once Iraq and Afghanistan, military leaders not plan to “conduct long and big stability operations.” If approved by Congress, the move would scale back the military to its lowest levels since 1940, before the yank... Read More »

Pakistani fighter jets on Sunday launched air strikes on militant hideouts inside the northwest, killing at the very least 38 people, in step with officials, inside the latest retaliation for attacks by the insurgents which have derailed peace talks. The early morning strikes made on militant hideouts within the Tirah valley of the Khyber tribal district were the third within the series of raids by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) since February 20. They follow the execution of 23 Pakistan soldiers by the Taliban last week, which cast doubts over dialogue initiated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on January 29.... Read More »

Calling Israel’s self-defense capabilities and its qualitative military edge “central to both Israel and U.S. security interests,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced tonight that Israel will buy six V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft for its air force. Hagel made the announcement during his keynote address on the 1200th annual Anti-Defamation League meeting in Big apple. “Israel gets six V-22s out of the subsequent order to head at the assembly line, and they’re going to be compatible with other [Israeli military] capabilities,” he said. “The Israeli and American defense relationship is stronger than ever.” With Afghanistan — the second one of America’s... Read More »

The F-35 Lightning II executed its first live-fire launch of a guided air-to-air missile over an army test range off the California coast on Oct. 30. The AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) was fired from an F-35A (AF-6) conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) variant fighter operating from the F-35 Integrated Test Facility at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The test pilot, Air Force Captain Capt. Logan Lamping employed the purpose-120 radar-seeking missile from the F-35′s internal weapons bay against an aerial drone target in restricted military sea test range airspace. Test data and observers confirmed the F-35 identified... Read More »