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Footage take at Almamzar Beach in Dubai has show a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force F-16E/F fighter in hot pursuit of an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Shahed 136 single use attack drone. The F-16 carried two AIM-120 air-to-air missiles, but appeared to be closing in to attempt to achieve a gun kill. The outcome of the engagement is unknown. Iran has launched large scale missile and drone attacks targeting bases across the Persian Gulf region hosting U.S.

The Ukrainian Air Force on March 9 reported the death of one of the country’s most experienced airmen, Colonel Alexander Dovgach, the commander of the 39th Fighter Aviation Brigade, during a combat sortie. “In the eastern direction, in the conditions of a significant advantage of the air enemy and powerful counteraction of hostile air defence systems, Colonel Alexander Dovgach was killed,” the Air Force announced. Dovgach carried out combat missions in the Kiev, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions, and also carried out strikes on Snake Island in the spring of 2022.

As the Islamic Republic weathers U.S. and Israeli missile strikes on its infrastructure and the killing of key political figures, China remains on the sidelines, offering words and technical expertise rather than arms to its closest partner in the Middle East.

To be sure, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has strongly condemned the U.S.-Israeli intervention in Iran, calling it “unacceptable” for Washington to launch attacks amid ongoing negotiations with Tehran, “still less to blatantly attack and kill a leader of a sovereign country and instigate government change.

In mid-February, WESH TV news (NBC channel 2) reported that stolen military explosive devices were found in a home at The Villages, Florida, northwest of Orlando.
The county’s bomb squad unit responded to the scene. According to WESH, it was confirmed that the explosives were stolen from the military.
News reporter Luana Muñoz said that neighbors didn’t want to go on camera out of fear of retribution.
Neighbors needed to evacuate for three hours as a safety precaution.
Authorities confirmed that all explosives were removed.

For several years, veterans groups have been pushing for legislation that would allow those wounded in combat to receive both disability benefits and retirement pay. However, a bill intended to do just that — the Major Richard Star Act — recently stalled in the Senate.
Named for an Army reserve major who died of lung cancer linked to burn pit exposure, the legislation took aim at a federal rule against “double-dipping” — one that veterans’ advocates argue has wrongly been applied to two different federal benefits.

Facing a $150 billion infrastructure backlog and congressional appropriation caps, the Army is looking to make private industry an interesting offer: co-invest in its priorities and get a return that isn’t solely reliant on the service itself.
Dubbed the “Strategic Capital Initiative,” the Army is asking industry to help come up with ideas for new public-private partnership structures, operating models and contracting processes that can quickly tackle some of its most pressing demands, according to service leaders and a request for information.

Thirty-eight minutes.
The Anglo-Zanzibar War on August 27, 1896, was fought in less time than it takes to watch the much-discussed combat scene from “Lone Survivor.” It was the shortest war in world history, which spans, you know, a bunch of years, so that is saying something.
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British warships fired upon the royal palace shortly after 9 a.m.

AeroVironment will develop and deliver the Generative Environment for the Next Era of Spectral Imaging Stimulators, known as GENESIS.

A U.K.-based unmanned aerial system manufacturer claimed the top spot in the first round of the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance competition, reaping delivery orders from the Defense Department.
Skycutter, headquartered in London, was one of more than two dozen drone makers selected to participate in the first “Gauntlet” for the Drone Dominance Program, part of an initiative launched by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year to boost the American military’s UAS arsenal.

Troops taking part in the war with Iran are “writing history” and showcasing their “wartime readiness,” the acting commander of the Air National Guard told his forces.
A letter to National Guard troops, dated March 5, was sent out by the National Guard Bureau and signed by Maj. Gen. Duke Pirak, the acting director of the Air National Guard, and Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Moore, command chief for the Air National Guard.
“In the opening hours and days of OPERATION EPIC FURY, we have already demonstrated our formidable wartime readiness,” reads the National Guard Bureau letter.