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18:53 [ Trinidad Express ]

Resisted by Grenada, radar spotted in Tobago: As 4th US aircraft flies in

Yet another US Marine aircraft was detected overnight heading into Tobago, the fourth of its kind over the course of the past week, as imagery on the island appeared to depict a powerful air defence US radar system at the ANR Robinson international Airport.

The sightings come after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday confirmed the US military presence on the sister isle, backtracking on previous claims that previous military aircraft sighted on the island were only there to help the country with a “roadway.”

18:24 [ CNC3.co.tt ]

Prime Minister defends silence on US Marines in Tobago ‘I withheld work on radar details to protect national security’

On Wednesday, when a C-17 Globemaster with the words Air Force emblazoned on its side was spotted at Tobago’s airport, a picture of the aeroplane was circulated widely on social media, with several citizens questioning its purpose.

Later that day, outside the Red House, the Prime Minister explained that the aircraft had brought in US marines to assist in constructing a roadway. At the time, she said that, to her knowledge, there were no longer any marines in the country. However, US marines were later seen at a popular hotel in Tobago. The day after, the Prime Minister clarified that following further inquiries, she had been informed that marines were still in Tobago and were assisting with work on the runway, roadway, and radar system at Tobago’s airport.

07.10.2025 - 02:55 [ Matt Kennard / Palestine Deep Dive / Stubstack ]

Revealed: Trump is using Egyptian airport to spy on Gaza under guise of peacekeeping

The airport, called El Gora, is usually largely inactive but used by the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), the peacekeeping organisation that monitors the security provisions of the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in the Sinai. It is the closest airport to Gaza outside of Israel.

A U.S. Air Force Beech C-12V Huron plane arrived in Egypt on 23 August and has been flying daily flights in the region since. A Black Hawk helicopter also started flying from the airport on 9 September. It is believed that the planes are operating under the MFO mandate, which does not include the war in Gaza, because their callsign includes that acronym.

But Deep Dive has found evidence the planes are being used by the Trump administration to spy close to, and possibly over, Gaza.

The US Beech C-12V flew its first mission on 31 August and transponder data shows it spent an hour circling just 10 miles off northern Gaza after taking off from Hatzor military base in Israel, which has been used to gather intelligence over the Palestinian territory.

05.09.2025 - 19:25 [ Al Jazeera ]

Corbyn-led tribunal accuses UK of complicity in Gaza genocide

On June 4, Corbyn tabled a bill in the House of Commons calling for an independent inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Israeli military operations in Gaza, including the supply of weapons, surveillance aircraft and the use of Royal Air Force bases. That bill, backed by dozens of MPs and supported by more than 20 aid groups, was ultimately blocked by the ruling Labour Party.

“If the government won’t organise a public open inquiry, if Parliament won’t effectively inquire into what’s going on, it remains for us to do it,” said Corbyn. “This [event] will strengthen our arguments both in Parliament and outside … An awful lot of what’s going on is completely illegal and shouldn’t be hidden from.”

04.09.2025 - 18:46 [ TheGazaTribunal.uk ]

The Gaza Tribunal: Inquiry into British Complicity

Find out more about the inquiry into Britain‘s role in Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

11.05.2025 - 18:25 [ New York Times ]

Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

But the most significant causes for concern came late Friday, when explosions hit the Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, the garrison city adjacent to Islamabad.

The base is a key installation, one of the central transport hubs for Pakistan’s military and the home to the air refueling capability that would keep Pakistani fighters aloft. But it is also just a short distance from the headquarters of Pakistan’s Strategic Plans Division, which oversees and protects the country’s nuclear arsenal, now believed to include about 170 or more warheads. The warheads themselves are presumed to be spread around the country.

29.01.2025 - 22:53 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Syrien-Krieg: Ist Russland ein Lakai der N.A.T.O.? Will es noch ein Blutbad in Asien?

(December 13, 2012)

Die neuesten Äußerungen von Sergej Lawrows Stellvertreter, Mikhail Bogdanov, sind ein weiteres, unleugbares Anzeichen dafür, dass die derzeitige Regierung in Moskau, wenn nicht sogar Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin, bei der laufenden Invasion und Zerschlagung Syriens durch Proxy-Armeen einfallender Militärmächte – namentlich der Türkei, Frankreich, U.S.A., Großbritannien, sowie diverser asiatischer Kirchenstaaten und Monarchien – aktiv oder passiv kollaboriert.

29.01.2025 - 22:40 [ ABC News ]

Russian government delegation makes first official visit to Syria since Assad‘s fall

Following Assad’s downfall, Russia relocated its troops and assets from all over Syria to its main hub at the Hmeimim air base near Latakia. There has been no indication that Moscow was preparing to evacuate the Hmeimim base or the naval facility in Tartus altogether.

15.12.2024 - 09:11 [ Reuters ]

Exclusive: Russia pulling back but not out of Syria, sources say

The bases in Syria are an integral part of Russia‘s global military presence: the Tartous naval base is Russia‘s only Mediterranean repair and resupply hub, with Hmeimim a major staging post for military and mercenary activity in Africa.
Russia also has eavesdropping posts in Syria which were run alongside Syrian signals stations, according to Syrian military and Western intelligence sources.

10.12.2024 - 21:38 [ theIns.ru ]

“We were screwed over”: Russian propagandists fume over downfall of Assad regime in Syria

„I would ask myself the same question: do we even have intelligence services, do they work? And if they do, who’s ‘processing’ the results of their work? If this is some ‘masterstroke,’ a planned maneuver, then what’s happening with our troops in fallen Damascus, and what about the embassy?”

10.12.2024 - 21:32 [ Reuters ]

Syria‘s Assad is in Moscow after deal on military bases: Russian state media

(December 9, 2024)

Syrian opposition leaders had agreed to guarantee the safety of Russian military bases and diplomatic institutions in Syria, the source told news agencies.

29.09.2023 - 05:44 [ AirAndSpaceForces.com ]

US Has Resumed Drone Operations Out of Niger, Top General Says

(Sept. 13, 2023)

The Biden administration has not officially declared the removal of President Mohammad Bazoum a coup, a legal move that would require the U.S. to cut off military assistance under U.S. law.

Since the coup, current and former U.S. officials have stressed that there might still be some hope the U.S. could reach an agreement to resume counterterrorism efforts.

06.06.2023 - 08:47 [ Thomas C. Theiner / threadreaderapp.com ]

Here is a photo of Poland‘s RAT-31DL FADR radar at Łabunie. This radar is 40 km from Przewodów, where the missiles exploded. That radar is barely 10 years old and has a 11×7 m antenna. It is one of the best radars NATO has. And it feeds directly into the Polish Air Force‘s

Air Operations Centre in Pyry. The Poles see in real time EVERYTHING that flies towards their country from the East for 500 km.

Poland knows EXACTLY where those missiles came from.

AND Pyry feeds directly into NATO‘s Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem.

03.06.2023 - 08:13 [ Informationsstelle Militarisierung ]

Air Defender 2023: Luftwaffenmanöver der Superlative im Juni über Deutschland

(15. Mai 2023)

Die Pläne für Air Defender 2023 stammen noch aus der Zeit vor der russischen Invasion in der Ukraine im Februar 2022. Der aktuelle Krieg in der Ukraine ist damit nicht ursächlich für die bevorstehenden massiven Luftkriegsspiele. Neben dem gestiegenen Umfang – die Zahl der Teilnehmerstaaten wurde im letzten Jahr von 18 auf 24 aufgestockt – lässt sich auch die Wirkung des Manövers allerdings nicht ohne die Betrachtung der prekären Sicherheitslage in Europa bemessen.

17.04.2023 - 09:24 [ Al Jazeera ]

Egyptian soldiers captured in Sudan to be returned, says RSF

Egypt has confirmed that a group of its soldiers has been captured in Sudan as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has said it would cooperate in returning them.

The RSF, now embroiled in deadly armed conflict with the country’s army for a second day, on Saturday afternoon released a video showing Egyptian troops that it said had “surrendered” themselves in Merowe, located between the Sudanese capital Khartoum and the border with Egypt.

17.04.2023 - 08:30 [ Martin Plaut / Nitter ]

One aspect of the current Sudan conflict between the RSF and the army is intriguing. Why did the RSF surround the Egyptian troops at the airport in Merowe? What were the Egyptians doing there? And did they have a role in the Tigray war?

(15.04.2023)

17.04.2023 - 07:48 [ Sudan Tribune ]

SRF arrest Egyptian military in northern Sudan air base

Numerous reports have been circulating about the Egyptian military’s presence at the Marawi Airport, which served for joint military exercises for the two armies.

The RSF explained that they deployed its troops in Merowe to prevent the Egyptian armed forces from holding the airport and eventually striking its forces.

04.08.2022 - 21:33 [ John Menadue ]

The US lectures us about a ‘rules based international order’ but ignores rules when it suits – think Diego Garcia

– In 2017 the UN General Assembly voted by a large majority(94-15) to refer the request for an advisory opinion on Diego Garcia to the International Court if Justice.
– In September 2018, 13 of the 14 judges of the ICJ concluded that the Chagos Islands, including Diego Garcia were illegally separated from Mauritius.
– In May 2019 the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly(116-6) to endorse the Court’s opinion that the Chagos Islands, including Diego Garcia, belonged to Mauritius. Apart from the US and the UK only four countries AUSTRALIA, Hungary, Israel and the Maldives voted in favour of the British neo-colonial claim.
– In November 2019, Britain refused to abide by the ICJ opinion and for the US to leave Chagos/Diego Garcia.
– In 2020 the UN published a map showing Chagos/Diego Garcia as part of Mauritius.

Despite all this, the US sits tight on its key military base of Diego Garcia which is thousands of kilometres from its mainland. In contrast, China’s building of islands in the South China Sea is adjacent to its own territory.

29.06.2022 - 19:04 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

Europe‘s new Iron Curtain: The defences designed to keep Putin out as Biden announces a new permanent base in Poland – while Sweden and Finland are formally invited into alliance and Russia blasts ‚destabilising‘ move

Joe Biden, speaking at a NATO summit in Madrid today, announced the creation of a new base for the US Fifth Army Corps in Poland – the first permanent American base in the country – along with 3,000 extra soldiers to be sent to Romania and ‚enhanced‘ troop rotations for the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Two more squadrons of F-35 fighters will be deployed to the UK, Biden added, along with additional air defence systems for Germany and Italy, and another two destroyers which will be stationed at Rota Naval Station in Spain, bringing the total to six.

21.08.2021 - 18:32 [ Lebenshaus Schwäbische Alb ]

Anti-Atomwaffen-Kampagne ruft auf zu Menschenkette am Fliegerhorst Büchel

Die Kampagne „Büchel ist überall! atomwaffenfrei.jetzt“ ruft auf zu einer Menschenkette gegen Atomwaffen am 5. September am Fliegerhorst Büchel in der Eifel. Mit der Menschenkette am letzten Stationierungsort von US-Atomwaffen in Deutschland bringt die Kampagne das Thema Atomwaffen und nukleare Abrüstung in den Wahlkampf ein. Die Debatte der letzten Jahre um die Fortführung der nuklearen Teilhabe und das Inkrafttreten des Atomwaffenverbotsvertrags (AVV) bestärkt die atomwaffenfrei-Kampagne darin, den Druck auf die Parteien gerade jetzt im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl zu erhöhen.

18.07.2021 - 19:30 [ Rick Rozoff / Global Research ]

Pentagon Gains Two New Air Bases in Hungary

With the acquisition of the two Hungarian bases the U.S, and NATO (they’re truly indistinguishable) have now moved into several air bases in former Warsaw Pact countries since the first round of post-Cold War NATO expansion in 1999.

They include:

25.06.2021 - 17:11 [ Marius Pletsch / Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) ]

Sigonella – Ausgangspunkt für die Augen der NATO

Für die AGS-Entscheidung der NATO dürfte gerade die gute Lage als digitaler Hub entscheidend gewesen sein. Seit dem ersten Testflug Mitte 2020 waren die Drohnen Richtung Libyen und an den Grenzen des NATO-Bündnisgebiets Richtung Osten am Schwarzen Meer unterwegs. Auch kann ein Flugkorridor über Deutschland hin zur Ostsee genutzt werden, den auch schon die RQ-4B der US Air Force nutzen.

30.03.2021 - 22:29 [ Haaretz ]

China Is Involved in a Sensitive Israeli Project. Israeli Government Claims It Didn‘t Know

According to sources who spoke with Haaretz, the Prime Minister’s Office and the National Security Council did not know of the Chinese corporation’s involvement, and claimed that the matter is under the purview of the Defense Ministry.

03.03.2021 - 11:26 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

Civilian contractor dies as rockets slam into US airbase in Iraq days after Joe Biden‘s first airstrike ‚killed 22‘ in attack on Iranian-backed militants

– Multiple rockets hit Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq‘s Anbar province on Wednesday
– Attack was launched from a site around five miles from the base, sources said
– It is the latest in a series of attacks on US forces in Iraq, and comes after Joe Biden launched his administration‘s first strike on Iran-backed militants in Syria
– Attack also comes just two days before Pope Francis is due to visit the country

28.02.2021 - 10:52 [ Haaretz ]

U.S. Firm That Provided Israeli Nuke Facility Imagery Photographed Another Highly Sensitive Site

The area it photographed, located west of Beit Shemesh, appears on ordinary Israeli maps as open space and on civilian flight maps as an off-limits area. But according to numerous foreign reports, this area is home to the Kanaf 2 Israel Air Force base. The website of GlobalSecurity.org says that three squadrons of Jericho surface-to-surface missiles are stationed at this base.

21.10.2020 - 05:52 [ junge Welt ]

Genosse Killerdrohne

Sozialdemokratische Schauspielkunst: Die SPD stellt Bedingungen für die Beschaffung von Kampfmaschinen, die ohnehin erfüllt werden

06.10.2020 - 06:21 [ Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) ]

Infrastruktur, Raumproduktion und militärische Logistik: Das Beispiel Sahel

Diesen Strategischen Lufttransport (aus afrikanischen Staaten nach Mali) unterstützte die deutsche Luftwaffe umfangreich und richtete hierfür eine temporäre Basis am Flughafen von Dakar, Senegal, ein. Mit großer Geschwindigkeit baute die EU im damals noch sicheren Süden des Landes eine Trainingsmission auf, um malische Soldaten auszubilden.

01.10.2020 - 23:38 [ Antikrieg.com ]

Israel schickt Waffen nach Aserbaidschan, während der Kampf mit Armenien weitergeht

Laut Haaretz landeten am vergangenen Donnerstag, nur wenige Tage vor Ausbruch der Kämpfe, zwei aserbaidschanische Frachtflugzeuge vom Typ Iljuschin Il-76 auf dem Stützpunkt. Zwei weitere Frachter kamen am Dienstag und Mittwoch an, was bedeutet, dass die aserbaidschanischen Streitkräfte ihre Waffenbestände weiter aufstocken konnten.

13.09.2020 - 16:26 [ Belgian Air Force / Twitter ]

Arrival of the first troops at the German-led Camp Sonic in Jordan.

10.Sept. 2020 – 60 personnel of the Field Accomodation Unit, Engineering units and @BeAirForce are preparing the deployment of 4 #F16 and 130 airmen and women in the framework of the Global Coalition against Daesh.

01.09.2020 - 00:49 [ Flight Global ]

Taiwan F-16 MRO centre to boost fleet availability

“The inauguration of this F-16 maintenance centre today will help strengthen our air force combat capabilities, and is also an important milestone in developing our national defense industries, spurring the internationalisation of Taiwan’s aerospace industries,” said Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen at a ceremony to mark the centre’s opening.

29.08.2020 - 23:57 [ Andersen Air Force Base ]

U.S. Secretary of Defense hosts Japanese Defense Minister

Secretary Esper and Minister Kono agreed to continue efforts to support interoperability and to enhance Alliance capabilities, particularly for integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) and for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) functions. They also agreed on the importance of secure networks and of strengthening information security to protect advanced defense technologies.

06.07.2020 - 09:17 [ ORF ]

US-Truppen in Deutschland kommen beiden Seiten teuer

Über Ramstein in Rheinland-Pfalz läuft die Versorgung der US-Einsätze im Irak und in Afghanistan, im benachbarten Landstuhl steht das größte US-Militärkrankenhaus außerhalb der USA, in Stuttgart befinden sich die Kommandozentralen für die US-Streitkräfte in Europa und in Afrika, das hessischen Wiesbaden beherbergt die Zentrale der US-Army in Europa, und im bayrischen Grafenwöhr gibt es einen der größten Truppenübungsplätze Europas.

06.07.2020 - 01:04 [ Asia Times ]

US preps for Pacific conflict with Wake Island expansion

Just last year, B-2 Spirits used the airfield for the first time as a forward re-arming and refueling point, with their sorties beginning at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii, not Guam.