South African President and VP to get new VIP jets

by Sunday Times

Sun, Nov 06, 2011

THE South African state is to spend R1.6-billion on two new long-range jets for President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe after technical problems on VIP flights put the lives of both men in danger.

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US quietly assumes military posture in Africa

by AP

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

By the time U.S. military forces left Somalia in 1994 after entering the lawless nation more than a year earlier to stop a famine, 44 Army soldiers, Marines and airmen had been killed and dozens more wounded. Thus ended America's last large-scale military intervention in Africa.

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Boeing Delivers 4 More Super Hornets to Australia Ahead of Schedule

Sat, Jan 08, 2011

AMBERLEY, Queensland, -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered four new F/A-18F Super Hornets to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley in December, expanding the RAAF's fleet of the advanced multirole fighters to 15. The delivery enabled the RAAF's achievement of Initial Operating Capability (IOC) with its first Super Hornet squadron, the Amberley-based No. 1.

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