President Joe Biden on Friday told G7 leaders the United States will support an effort to train Ukrainian pilots on advanced aircraft, including F-16s, a […]
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US signals it won’t block export of F-16 jets to Ukraine from allies
The Biden administration has signaled to European allies that the US would allow them to export F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, sources familiar with the […]
Continue readingRetired general on why Bakhmut could be a symbolic defeat for Russia
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) discusses the latest developments in Ukraine following strikes by Russia targeting Kyiv and the American Patriot […]
Continue readingWagner chief backtracks on threat to Putin’s military leaders. Hear why
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russian mercenary group Wagner, says he will reverse course on a previous promise to pull his troops out of the battle […]
Continue readingRetired colonel says Putin is ‘making a stand’ with extensive trench network
CNN military analyst Col. Cedric Leighton (ret.) reacts to a UK intelligence report that says Russia has constructed a sprawling network of defensive trenches in […]
Continue readingThis is why evacuating Americans from Sudan is so complicated
Retired Col. Cedric Leighton explains the challenges in orchestrating an evacuation of US personnel from Sudan amidst fighting that has broken out between the Sudan […]
Continue readingSee ret. colonel’s reaction to Russian jet dropping an explosive on a Russian city
A Russian Su-34 aircraft, a twin-engine fighter-bomber, was performing a flight over the city of Belgorod, 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) north of the border with […]
Continue readingUS launches retaliatory airstrike after deadly drone attack in Syria
The Pentagon announced the US has launched a retaliatory strike after a suspected Iranian-affiliated drone struck a facility housing US personnel in northeast Syria. #CNN […]
Continue readingCNN reporter explains why it was ‘important’ the US released Russian drone video
CNN Pentagon Correspondent Oren Liebermann and Retired Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton share remarks on the latest on the release of the Russian drone video. […]
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