Defence in the Media: 16 September 2015

...scale search and rescue. The Today Programme also reports on comments made by the Chief of the Defence Staff at Chatham House last night, that parliamentary and public reluctance to...
...scale search and rescue. The Today Programme also reports on comments made by the Chief of the Defence Staff at Chatham House last night, that parliamentary and public reluctance to...
...senior Government source said they were “cautiously optimistic” the votes of Labour MPs in the House of Commons would outweigh those of Conservative rebels, who helped defeat David Cameron on...
...working with Gabon Park Rangers at a military training centre at Mokekou. Their contribution includes sharing operational experience and training, including surveillance and analysis, as well as collection and use...
...because they’re too big. Spitfires are ok, but what I loved was the Dakotas. More than 15,000 of us volunteered. They wanted me to be a rear gunner. But my...
...can be clear that the MOD, like other government departments, rewards performance through the use of one-off payments. They are non-pensionable and have to be earned against stringent objectives each...
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has hosted a visit by the US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in London. At a press conference at Lancaster House, Mr Fallon and Mr Carter...
...committed to promoting Afghanistan’s stability and prosperity through our financial, political and military assistance, which includes contributing to the development of future Afghan leaders at the officer academy in Kabul...
...entirely different from the issue of bombing Assad’s chemical warfare facilities, for instance. Those people from the extreme left influencing these decisions are doing it because of their own internal...
...writes that a dozen C-130s that were due to come out of service will have their use extended under SDSR. An SAS source said they are breathing a sigh of...
...visited Paris yesterday. Daily Express writes that Mr Cameron offered France use of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus for its strikes on ISIL in Syria. The paper goes on to say...