Defence in the Media: 25 June 2015
...say on the NATO returns. Foreign Aid The Sun splashed with claims that taxpayers' cash is being spent on projects such as finding mates for tropical fish off Africa as...
...say on the NATO returns. Foreign Aid The Sun splashed with claims that taxpayers' cash is being spent on projects such as finding mates for tropical fish off Africa as...
...have deployed to Sierra Leone as part of a new Africa mission to stop the migrant flow to Europe at its source. The piece also states that UK troops are...
...that widows of servicemen killed in the Falklands conflict have been asked to pay more than £2,200 to take flights to the South Atlantic which are not full. The piece...
...HMS Albion in South China Sea The Times, The Telegraph and The Guardian all report on HMS Albion’s passage through the South China Sea and focus on the response from...
...have taken the roads to the west, south and east of the town, which is home to the beleaguered Yazidi minority. The MOD said a Reaper drone destroyed a terrorist-held...
...Korean peninsula as part of a United Nations Force after the North Koreans invaded the South in June 1950. They fought for peace alongside servicemen from the United States of...
Items of interest to Defence in today’s news include promotion of tonight’s Panorama programme on reporter Tom Martienssen’s experience after being trapped with a team of British Army Gukhas halfway...
...sea mission. The rescue is taking place in-between Italy and North Africa. Two Merlin Mk2 helicopters of 814 Naval Air Squadron, currently based at Sigonella air base near Catania, conduct...
...prepare for forthcoming operational deployments to Africa and the Middle East. Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Graeme Wearmouth is quoted saying “It’s a chance to put everything that we’ve learnt, everything...
...Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford, presented the former fighter pilot and prisoner of war Mr Clark with the Africa Star, 1939-45 Star and the...