Author: Michael

Michael Alexander was a 20-year-old light infantry officer when he decided to join the British Commando and Special Boat Service during World War II. In 1942, he was sent to join his commando brethren in Alexandria, Egypt, where the British forces were facing a combined German-Italian Axis Force in North Africa. 
Harold Alexander was a famous British General who had distinguished himself on World War I’s Western Front, earning the British Military Cross, Distinguished Service Order, and the French Legion d’Honneur, among other awards.

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Many children of famous writers, actors and celebrities have led interesting lives while others have lived a quiet life outside of the press. These sons of successful American icons such as John Steinbeck, Gregory Peck and Errol Flynn chose to go into the heart of danger with the Vietnam War. Some served in the military while another was a photo journalist. Nonetheless, they led impactful lives outside of the norm for people having known the comforts of stardom, wealth and success.
Here is a list of children of literary icons and Hollywood stars who spent time in Vietnam
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The Italian Air Force will fit its C-27J fleet with modernised avionics, upgraded systems, and a new self-protection suite. (Leonardo)
Italy has launched an upgrade programme for its fleet of C-27J Spartan tactical airlifters, with Leonardo and the Italian Defence Ministry’s Air Force Armament and Airworthiness Directorate (Armaereo) signing a contract on 7 March.
Under this contract, the Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana: AMI) will fit its fleet with modernised avionics, upgraded systems, and a new self-protection suite.

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AURORA, Colo. — The Air Force’s new Next Generation Air-refueling System (NGAS) program is designed to ensure that future tankers will be able to survive and thrive in the most contested warfare environments, according to the service’s acquisition executive Andrew Hunter.
Upon reaching the determination that the “kind of KC-X, -Y, -Z strategy that was established in the 2009-2010 timeframe” will no longer be fit to fulfill the needs of the U.S.

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Seen in Afghan Air Force service before the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in 2021, the MD 530F Cayuse Warrior will be the basis of MD Helicopters’ future sales campaign for new military customers. (US Air Force)
MD Helicopters (MDH) is to consolidate the different platforms it had previously marketed to military customers, focusing instead on upgraded MD 500 and new-build MD 530 airframes only.

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Denmark has awarded contracts to Elbit Systems for eight PULS MRLs (pictured) and 19 ATMOS SPHs. (Elbit Systems)
Denmark has awarded contracts to Elbit Systems for 155 mm/52 calibre Autonomous Truck Mounted howitzer System (ATMOS) self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) and Precise and Universal Launching System (PULS) multiple rocket launcher (MRL) artillery systems, a spokesperson for the Danish Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) confirmed to Janes on 6 March.

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A Philippine Coast Guard boat sails past a China Coast Guard vessel during a 2019 encounter in the South China Sea. The PCG has recently reported the large presence of Chinese militia vessels in waters claimed by Manila. (TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images)
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has reported the presence of 42 Chinese maritime militia vessels in the vicinity of Thitu Island.
The vessels are accompanied by a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel with pennant number 5302, and what is purportedly a People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessel, said the PCG in a 4 March statement.

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An Ashwin AAD interceptor launched from Wheeler Island. (Government of India Press Information Bureau)
South Asia has traditionally been protected from neighbouring territorial conquests by a geological ‘Maginot Line’ consisting of the Himalayas in its north and northeast and the Hindu Kush mountain range in the northwest.
In recent years, the vulnerability of the region – especially northern India – has been highlighted by tensions over territory and China’s military modernisation.

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