Iran announced that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is set to carry out a two-day live-fire naval exercise in the Strait of Hormuz beginning Sunday.
Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) will conduct a multi-day readiness exercise across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to demonstrate its ability to deploy, disperse, and sustain combat airpower.
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has entered the Middle East after being redirected from its Indo-Pacific deployment amid rising tensions with Iran.
CENTCOM said the system “counters drone threats with precision,” describing EAGLS as an adaptable and cost-effective counter-UAS capability designed to protect forward-deployed U.S. troops. The system uses a 70mm rocket launcher firing laser-guided munitions, including the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, to defeat small and slow-moving aerial threats. The Electronic Advanced Ground Launcher
U.S. Central Command conducted a strike in northwest Syria on 16 January that killed a leader affiliated with Al-Qaeda with direct ties to an ISIS terrorist responsible for a deadly ambush.
U.S. Central Command and regional partners have opened a new coordination cell at Al Udeid Air Base to strengthen integrated air and missile defence.
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United States Central Command has launched Operation Hawkeye Strike against ISIS in Syria following an attack on U.S. and partner forces last Saturday.
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U.S. Central Command has launched Task Force Scorpion Strike, a new formation built to operate the U.S. military’s first one-way-attack drone squadron in the Middle East.
U.S. and Saudi forces have led the Middle East’s largest live-fire counter-unmanned aerial system exercise, focusing on the detection, tracking and elimination of drone threats.
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The U.S. Army’s 101st Combat Aviation Brigade has successfully carried out the first live-fire test of a Spike NLOS missile by a conventional Army aviation unit within the U.S. Central Command area of operations.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) marked a transition in leadership as U.S. Army Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla relinquished command to U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper during a ceremony at the Tampa Convention Center.
The United States has introduced the Coyote Block 2C interceptor drone as part of its air defence strategy in the Middle East.
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