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Canada's fighter jet tender competition (finally) takes off next month
The politically charged competition to replace Canada�s aging fleet of fighter jets will rocket forward at the end of May as the federal government releases a long-anticipated, full-fledged tender call. Former British sailor acquitted in N.S. gang rape case wants accuser charged | CTV NewsMilitary | 207693 hits | 12:34 AM on Sunday | posted by Freakinoldguy
A former British sailor acquitted of sexually assaulting a woman at a military base near Halifax is trying to have his accuser charged with lying in the case, according to reports.Dems replace POW/MIA flags with transgender pride flags
Multiple Democratic lawmakers this week replaced POW/MIA flags outside their Capitol Hill offices with a Transgender Equality flag to commemorate �Trans Visibility Week,� photos show.
Military | 207751 hits | 10:03 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Multiple Democratic lawmakers this week replaced POW/MIA flags outside their Capitol Hill offices with a Transgender Equality flag to commemorate �Trans Visibility Week,� photos show. Military | 207632 hits | 2:44 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Nearly 20 years ago, when Veterans Affairs Canada documented the "discrimination and outright fraud" perpetrated against the country's Indigenous war veterans, it deliberately excluded former M�tis�soldiers. Now it's moving to reverse that injustice ISIS caliphate has crumbled and last stronghold liberated
The caliphate has crumbled, and the final offensive is over. While the official announcement hasn�t yet been made � Fox News has been told that this village, the last ISIS stronghold, is liberated.
Military | 207428 hits | 5:46 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The caliphate has crumbled, and the final offensive is over. While the official announcement hasn�t yet been made � Fox News has been told that this village, the last ISIS stronghold, is liberated. Germany says it will abandon its NATO spending commitments
Berlin's budget plans will see defence spending drop well below the two per cent of GDP expected from NATO members in what U.S. envoy Richard Grenell (pictured) called a 'worrisome signal'. Condo board wants soldier's Canadian flag to come down
A member of the Canadian military is being told the Canadian flag attached to his home has to come down because it runs afoul of condo board rules. As Russian Military Moves into Thawing Arctic, U.S. Strategy Shifts
Climate change is causing the U.S. military to alter its plans in the Arctic as Russia takes advantage of a warming world to deploy radar and personnel in thawing regions, two generals told a Senate panel yesterday. Canadian Forces looking at recruiting elite, special-forces soldiers right off the street
Traditionally, special-forces soldiers need to spend several years in the military. But times are changing. Feds to invest billions less in new military equipment, may fall short on NATO spending target
The federal government will invest billions of dollars less in new military equipment than promised this year, raising concerns about the readiness of the Canadian Forces and the prospect that Canada will fall short on another NATO spending target.'This is soul-destroying': Families of captured Ukrainian sailors fear the world has forgotten them
To Russia, they�re criminals, but to their families, 24 young Ukrainian sailors are hostages and pawns in Russia�s latest confrontation with the West.
To Russia, they�re criminals, but to their families, 24 young Ukrainian sailors are hostages and pawns in Russia�s latest confrontation with the West. RCAF welcomes first 2 used Australian F-18 jets
The Royal Canadian Air Force marked the arrival of two used Australian fighter jets with a ceremony on Sunday in Cold Lake, Alta. 
Wounded and injured soldiers � both serving and retired � have been given the option of postponing the filing of disability claims until after the Liberal government�s pension-for-life plan is implemented on April 1, CBC News has learned. Coast guard's $227M ships rock 'like crazy,' making crews seasick, unable to work
Canada's $227-million fleet of mid-shore coast guard vessels are rolling "like crazy" at sea, making crews seasick and keeping some ships in port during weather conditions where they should be able to operate, CBC News has learned. Clock ticking as Air Force looks to stop hemorrhaging experienced pilots
A shortage of experienced pilots is forcing the Royal Canadian Air Force to walk a delicate line between keeping enough seasoned aviators available to train new recruits and lead missions in the air. Ottawa makes its $60B frigate project official, even as rival's court challenge goes forward
A long-awaited contract to design the Canadian navy�s next generation of warships � the kickoff to a $60-billion project � was formalized in Halifax today, even as a challenge of the contract process goes forward in Federal Court and critics question how Armed Drones to Patrol Canadian Airspace in FutureMilitary | 207296 hits | 1:37 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
OTTAWA � The Royal Canadian Air Force is hoping to pull the trigger on the purchase of new armed drones within six years after spending nearly two decades weighing different options. 
Canada has pitched in more than half-a-billion dollars over the last 20 years, including $54 million last year Mark Norman's defence accuses military of using aliases to conceal documents
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's lawyers have released a list of elaborate codenames they claim defence officials used in an attempt to bury documents sought by the defence in relation to his breach-of-trust case. Codename 'Kracken': Two probes launched into claims that military blocked information requests in Norman case
There are now at least two investigations underway into allegations Department of National Defence officials intentionally tried to subvert the federal access to information system in the breach-of-trust case involving the military's former second-in-comm Canadian jets intercept 2 Russian bombers near North American coastline: NORAD
The North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) says two F-22 and two CF-18 fighter jets identified two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers that were entering an area patrolled by the Royal Canadian Air Force on Saturday morning. DND blames clerk for internal failures, even as documents show senior officers discussed withholding recordsMilitary | 207311 hits | 3:03 AM on Thursday | posted by Freakinoldguy
CF-18 fighter pilot fined after pleading guilty to flying too low during Alberta mission 
A fighter pilot has been fined $2,000 after pleading guilty at a court martial to flying his CF-18 jet too low during a training mission in which his wingman died in a crash. Tens of millions paid out due to bungled Canadian Forces procurement, but government says details are secret
The case dates back to 2016 when the Canadian International Trade Tribunal ruled that the process which awarded a truck contact to Mack Defense of the U.S. was flawedHero SAS soldier and US Navy Seals 'helped battle Islamist terrorists attacking Kenyan hotel'
The British SAS soldier was in Nairobi to train Kenyan Special Forces when five Islamist terrorists attacked a luxury hotel complex in the city, killing 14 people, and he stepped in to help.
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The British SAS soldier was in Nairobi to train Kenyan Special Forces when five Islamist terrorists attacked a luxury hotel complex in the city, killing 14 people, and he stepped in to help. Military | 207043 hits | 1:01 PM on Tuesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
The Trudeau government can't afford to buy ultra-modern warships and advanced warplanes at the same time within its current funding envelope, a new research paper argues. The slow death of the duct tape militaryMilitary | 207147 hits | 10:31 PM on Monday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Guardsman to resign in disgust after his picture was used in a controversial recruitment campaign
Guardsman Stephen McWhirter, 28, based at Wellington Barracks in London, expressed his fury on Facebook in a discussion with other troops dismayed about the �1.5 million campaign.
Military | 207151 hits | 11:52 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Guardsman Stephen McWhirter, 28, based at Wellington Barracks in London, expressed his fury on Facebook in a discussion with other troops dismayed about the �1.5 million campaign.First mixed male-female boot camp for US Marine recruits
A test group of about 50 women enlisting in the US Marine Corps will go through grueling boot camp training alongside male recruits, rather than separately, for the first time ever beginning January 5.
Military | 207081 hits | 11:57 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A test group of about 50 women enlisting in the US Marine Corps will go through grueling boot camp training alongside male recruits, rather than separately, for the first time ever beginning January 5. Deal to buy used Australian fighter jets finalized, with Canadian Forces set to be flying them by summer
Eighteen of the Australian F-18 aircraft will eventually be flying for the Canadian Forces, while another seven will be used for testing and spare partsAfrican soldier sues as army 'failed to protect him' from UK winter
Michael Asiamah said the army exposed him to the cold on Salisbury Plain, despite knowing people of black Caribbean and African origin are more susceptible to cold injuries.
Military | 207927 hits | 11:28 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Michael Asiamah said the army exposed him to the cold on Salisbury Plain, despite knowing people of black Caribbean and African origin are more susceptible to cold injuries. Family of World War II Lancaster bomber reunited with his braceletMilitary | 207771 hits | 1:14 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In the late evening of July 28, 1944, an air armada of 494 RAF Lancaster bombers took off from eastern England to attack enemy targets on the continent. Canadian surveillance plane buzzed by Chinese off North Korea, DND reveals
A Canadian military surveillance aircraft monitoring United Nations sanctions was harassed in international airspace off North Korea by the Chinese military � part of �a pattern of behaviour that�s inappropriate,� Canada�s top military commander said Wedn Probe of soldier's suicide reveals hazing, harassment, fight club at Winnipeg armoury
A Winnipeg reservist who the military said died during training last November in fact stepped away from other soldiers on that exercise and killed himself a year after telling his superiors he was being bullied and harassed. Canadian warship HMCS Calgary witnesses potential violations of North Korea sanctions
HMCS Calgary is the first Canadian military vessel to deploy to the region to help enforce sanctions against North Korea in response to the country's continued nuclear and ballistic missile tests. Canadian special ops helping Iraqis roll up remaining ISIS opposition, says Vance
Canadian special operations troops have been accompanying Iraqi forces on security operations as the last pockets of Islamic State resistance are mopped up, Canada's top military commander said today. Ukraine asks Canada to renew training mission as crisis with Russia heats up
Canada is being asked to renew its military training mission to Ukraine � a proposal that�s taking on a whole new level of urgency as border tension ramps up with Russia. Frigate design decision faces another delay after latest challenge
The federal government's plan to award to a group of companies led by Lockheed Martin Canada the contract to design and support the construction of the navy's new frigates was dealt another setback late Tuesday by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal WW II sailor denied spot at Halifax veterans hospital finally gets a bed
Gordon Smith initially applied for a bed in May, but was denied because he wasn't a Canadian when he served in the Second World War. The 91-year-old was with the British navy at the time, but immigrated to Canada after the war and served in the Royal Cana Frigate design decision challenged in Federal Court, putting $60B program in limbo
One of the losing bidders in the competition to design the navy�s next generation of warships has asked the Federal Court to overturn the recent decision to award the deal to a group of companies led by Lockheed Martin Canada. Auditor general trashes Liberal plan to keep CF-18s flying until 2032
Canada�s auditor general has shot down the Liberal government�s handling of the air force�s aging CF-18s in a blistering report that raises national security and even long-term safety questions about the viability of the country�s frontline fighter jets. Canada's defence spending questioned at NATO parliamentary meetingMilitary | 207177 hits | 1:14 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The deputy minister of national defence has told a NATO meeting in Halifax that Canada is satisfied it is spending what it requires to meet its alliance and other military commitments.Norwegian Navy frigate sinks into fjord after it was rammed by tanker
Built in Spain in 2009, the frigate was part of a NATO fleet in the Atlantic, and had recently taken part in the vast Trident Juncture NATO military drill in Norway
Built in Spain in 2009, the frigate was part of a NATO fleet in the Atlantic, and had recently taken part in the vast Trident Juncture NATO military drill in Norway Ottawa on track to invest less on new military kit than promised for second year
For the second year in a row, the federal government is expected to spend billions of dollars less on new military equipment than promised because of a combination of good and bad news: cost savings on some projects and delays in others. Mom who fought for son's military honours after his suicide will lay wreath at National War Memorial
A Winnipeg mother who fought for her son to have full military honours after his death by suicide will lay a wreath at the base of the National War Memorial this Remembrance Day, on behalf of all military mothers who have lost a child to war.Reykjavik drunk dry by 7,000 US troops who descended on the Icelandic capital after NATO exercise
A significant number of the bars were forced to make emergency beer runs after the U.S. soldiers left their mark on the capital after the largest NATO military exercise since the Cold War.
Military | 208166 hits | 6:03 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A significant number of the bars were forced to make emergency beer runs after the U.S. soldiers left their mark on the capital after the largest NATO military exercise since the Cold War. Canada installs Chinese underwater monitoring devices next to US nuclear submarine baseMilitary | 207642 hits | 10:18 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ocean Network Canada confirms addition of hi-tech sensors built by Chinese scientists to its marine observatories in Pacific OceanUS state department has �nothing to say� on matterBack to Canada News
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