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On September 9, the U.S. Government donated four Textron C-208EX aircraft to the Tunisian Air Force during a ceremony at Al Aouina Air Base in Tunis. The event was attended by high-ranking officials from both countries, including Tunisian Minister of Defense Khaled Sehili, U.S. Ambassador Joey Hood, Chief of Staff of the Tunisian Air Force […]
Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Spain’s Interior Minister, indicated Monday October 16 the country’s civil guard will step up surveillance operations on the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania in view of curbing illegal migrations from the two African countries. Grande-Marlaska made the announcement following a meeting held in Canary Islands, a Spanish autonomous territory facing waves of arrivals […]
The State Department has approved the sale to Morocco of Ground Command and Control and related equipment for an estimated cost of $141.1 million. According to the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the North African Kingdom has requested to buy six Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems (MIDS-JTRS) and additional secure communications, cryptographic […]