JAPAN – C-130J belonging to Yokota Air Base participated in joint training Northern Edge. Practice rapid and agile force deployment (ACE). After leaving Yokota Air Base, Hark loaded up supplies at the Air Self-Defense Force Hyakuri Air Base and flew to the U.S. Air Force Kadena Air Base for an airlift mission of personnel and supplies.

🔗 Yokota Air Base

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BREAKING – Pentagon: US Secretary of Defense Austin will discuss in Australia strengthening the US military presence, including bombers and fighters

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2 giant Russian Aframax-class oil tankers are en route to China through the Northern Sea Route. 30% shorter path than going through the Suez Canal. Each tanker has about 730,000 barrels of oil on board.

🔗 Igor Suskho

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AUSTRALIA – Watch the New Zealand Army contingent how they perform the traditional haka Tū to their battle group to commence Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 in Australia.

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UKRAINE – Eco-Anarchist fighters of the territorial defense forces.

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Syrian - Israeli border, Golan Heights: The IDF shelled the countryside of Quneitra from the Golan Heights, on July 25.

Artillery strikes hit positions of Syrian forces near Qahtaniya.

Israel said, Hezbollah is working to establish a network of cells in the region.

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BREAKING – Libyan Parliament: An armed group stormed the headquarters of the Supreme Judicial Council in Tripoli today

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Azerbaijani military sources claim that Indian-made military equipment was
recently transferred to Armenia through Iran.

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Nato’s secretary general has said this week’s Madrid summit will agree the alliance’s most significant transformation for a generation, putting 300,000 troops at high readiness in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Jens Stoltenberg said the military alliance’s forces in the Baltic states and five other frontline countries would be increased “up to brigade levels” – doubled or trebled to between 3,000 and 5,000 troops.

🔗 The Guardian

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NATO is stepping up intelligence in the Black Sea area amid the termination of the grain deal.

This decision was made following a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council.

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IRAQ – PKK fighters publish a video clip targeting a barracks of the Turkish occupation army in Matina, north of Dohuk Governorate, with a guided missile, in which they confirm the killing of 3 Turks and the wounding of another soldier.

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POLAND – The Operational Commander visited elements of combat groups supporting the protection of the state border in the Polish airspace.

On Tuesday, July 25, Lieutenant General Tomasz Piotrowski met with Col. Ulrich Schmidt, commander of the Air and Missile Defence Task Force in Poland, to thank you for the professional service and constant readiness of the Patriot systems belonging to the German Bundeswehr, which strengthen the Polish air defense and contribute to the protection of the eastern flank of NATO.

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BREAKING – Training of Ukrainian pilots to pilot F-16 will begin "soon" - White House

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🔥🚀 This Warship Wednesday our Surface Warriors aboard USS Rafael Peralta execute a live-fire exercise for Talisman Sabre ⚓🇺🇸

Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States, advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific.

🔗 Naval Surface Forces

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