DefenceTalkGermany’s military is preparing to pull out from a Turkish airbase as a row between the two NATO partners escalates, Der Spiegel magazine reported Thursday. Germany in December agreed to send Tornado surveillance jets and tanker aircraft to the Incirlik base in southern Turkey to aid the multinational coalition fighting the jihadist Islamic State group […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-mulling-pullout-from-turkish-airbase-report-68060/

DefenceTalkUS special forces and experts are setting up an airbase in northeast Syria as part of the battle against the Islamic State group, Syrian military and security sources said Saturday. They told AFP work was underway to expand an airfield in Rmeilan, in Hasakeh province, from where aircraft used to take off to spray pesticides […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-forces-setting-up-airbase-in-northeast-syria-66536/

DefenceTalkA fresh gunbattle erupted Sunday at the Indian air force base attacked by suspected Islamic militants a day earlier with the loss of 11 lives, police said. Officers said they believe up to two gunmen were still hiding inside the base. Seven soldiers including a senior officer and four attackers have so far been confirmed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fresh-gunfire-at-indian-air-force-base-in-punjab-police-66231/

DefenceTalkPATHANKOT: An operation to secure a militant-hit Indian air base near the Pakistan border ended on Saturday with at least four suspected gunmen killed, police said, after an assault that threatens to undermine the two countries’ fragile peace process. At least four gunmen alleged to be from Jaish-i-Mohammed group dressed in army uniforms infiltrated the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iaf-men-killed-gunmen-attack-indian-air-force-base-pakistan-66196/

DefenceTalkMOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his ministers to agree a deal with Belarus so that Moscow can establish an air base in the ex-Soviet country, as Kremlin’s ties with the West remain at a post-Cold War low over the Ukraine crisis. The creation of a Russian military air base on the doorstep of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-putin-air-base-belarus-65448/

DefenceTalkRAF Lakenheath in Suffolk will become home to the first 2 US F-35 fighter jet squadrons in Europe. The US Department of Defense has announced that RAF Lakenheath will become home to the first 2 US F-35 squadrons in Europe with the first aircraft due to arrive in 2020. The announcement is part of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-announces-first-f-35-in-europe-to-be-based-in-the-uk-61343/

DefenceTalkPentagon chief Chuck Hagel on Friday praised a decision by Japanese officials to allow the relocation of a US air base in Okinawa, calling it a “milestone” for relations with Tokyo. Hagel welcomed the approval of the long-delayed move of the US Marine Corps base, which he said would permit a redeployment of American forces […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-welcomes-deal-on-relocating-air-base-in-japan-49992/

DefenceTalkThe United States agreed a deal Friday with Romania allowing use of an air base on the Black Sea as a transit point for American troops departing Afghanistan, officials said. The agreement allows the US to shift its flight operations to Romania’s Mihail Kogalniceanu air base from an airport in Kyrgyzstan, which charged steep rental […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-secures-romanian-air-base-for-afghan-pullout-49435/