Six Royal Air Force Typhoon super-jets will fly to eastern Europe in a bid to deter Russian president Vladimir Putin who has sent troops to the Ukrainian border.
Last night UK defence chiefs confirmed the RAF deployment to Romania to police the skies around the Black Sea.
The Typhoons will be supported by troops from the RAF s No 1 Expeditionary Logistics Squadron and No 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron. They are deploying from bases in the UK this week.
Six Royal Air Force Typhoon super-jets will fly to eastern Europe in a bid to deter Russian president Vladimir Putin who has sent troops to the Ukrainian border (file image)
PHOTO BY MAX SCHULTE The RPD s Tactical Unit insignia featuring double lightning bolts and the number 8 had some protesters accusing officers of wearing neo-Nazi symbols. Within hours of demonstrators taking to the streets Tuesday to protest that Daniel Prude s arresting officers would not face criminal charges, social media posts alleging that some officers at the demonstration were wearing neo-Nazi symbols on their uniforms began to circulate. Over the next two days, they would gain traction, particularly in Rochester s social activist circles. The posts, accompanied by photos, mainly focused on an insignia emblazoned on neck gaiters worn by some officers at the protest. The insignia depicted an armored gloved hand, known as a gauntlet, clutching lightning bolts. The number 8 appears prominently on the wrist of the glo
By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 19, 2021 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – The commander of the largest U.S. military base in Tokyo has moved to assure residents they are safe after the body of a man who had been missing for 16 days was found in his own apartment building on the installation. “Over the past 12 months our base has experienced the deaths of six members,” Col. Andrew Campbell, who leads Yokota’s 374th Airlift Wing, said in a video message posted on the base’s official Facebook page Thursday evening. The most recent reported death was that of Trevor Balint, 34, of Hubbard, Ohio. Balint, the spouse of Defense Department computer programmer and analyst Britni Balint, disappeared Feb. 1, prompting a search of the base from the ground and the air. His body was found Tuesday morning in the eastside housing tower where the couple lived.
2005 Masters of Science, Graduate Engineering Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2006 BDE, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2011 IDE, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2020 SDE, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
2. November 2002 – August 2003: Chief, Housing Facilities, 325th Civil Engineer Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
3. August 2003 – April 2005: Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. April 2005 – April 2006: Chief, Requirements, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea
5. April 2006 – August 2007: Chief, Maintenance Engineering, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron, Osan AB, ROK
6. August 2007 – April 2008: Chief, Asset Management, Directorate of Installations & Mission Support, Headquarters 7th Air Force, Osan AB, ROK