1,000 soldiers from 12 Allied forces parachuted from USAF C-130s and other Allied aircraft during NATO's largest technical Airborne exercise, "Falcon Leap," which took place across Belgium 🇧🇪 and the Netherlands 🇳🇱 earlier this month.

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URGENT – Pakistan: Pilot killed after Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Cessna T-37 plane crashed near Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday morning.

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CHINA – The J-16D electronic warfare variant will debut at Airshow China next week. This indicates that the aircraft is in PLA service & will have jamming capability.

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Indians are in uproar after Turkish president Erdogan urges the UN to resolve Kashmir.

In response, Hindu nationalists plan on holding protests in front the Turkish and Azerbaijani embassies in India.

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IRAN – The Commander-in-Chief of the Army said: The Air Force of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran is in a position that can respond decisively to any threat.

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🇺🇸⚓ U.S. Navy Amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17), front right, and amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) transit the Suez Canal, Sept. 20.

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🇺🇸 Northrop Grumman's (UAV) unmanned system legacy.

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SYRIA – Today the Baath Party Secretary (Government Party) of Um Mayatheen was shot dead by insurgents in the town located in the E. Daraa countryside.

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YEMEN – Marib: Uncharacteristically active movement of cars and vehicles in the city’s streets, and citizens say they saw, before sunset, “military crews and vehicles on their way out of the city.

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Iran's new catamaran 'stealth' missile boats -- New Warship At IRGC's Expanded Shipyard On The Strait Of Hormuz

Iran has been expanding the little-known Qeshm Madkandaloo Shipbuilding Cooperative Co yard. The site, on Qeshm Island in the strait of Hormuz is constructing one of the three new catamaran missile corvettes for the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps). 

The type was first revealed in Naval News on March 23, 2021. Since then 3 of the ships have been located and confirmed in commercial satellite imagery.

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🇺🇸 U.S. General CQ Brown, Jr., 22nd Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force published on Twitter:

— "Impossible ends with you."

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Israeli Navy accelerates preparation of new Sa'ar 6 warships for active duty, fits vessels with top-notch MF-STAR radar; system can track numerous targets, counter wide range of threats including low-altitude anti-ship missiles & UAVs.

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The Iranian military showed the work of its Shahed UAV-129 reconnaissance UAV, which the IRGC is actively using in Syria.

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BREAKING – Saudi-led Arab Coalition intercepts, destroys two booby-trapped boats of the Houthi militia in Salif

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Turkish warship 'warns Greek research vessel' to 'stop entering territorial waters'

The Nautical Geo survey ship was confronted by the Orucreis frigate as it attempted to enter Turkey’s continental shelf, NTV said.

The Turkish ship issued a radio message warning it would intervene if the survey vessel continued its course.

🤷‍♂️ Maritime tracking services showed the Maltese-flagged Nautical Geo docked Wednesday at Heraklion port on the Greek island of Crete.

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