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New setback in Japan`s bid to relocate US air base

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 23:39

Efforts to relocate a US base on Japan`s Okinawa appeared to suffer a new setback on Sunday, 17 years after they began, with the reported electoral victory of an opponent of the project.

Air Chief reviews proposed first base for Tejas LCA

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 23:49

Outgoing IAF chief NAK Browne on Wednesday reviewed the progress of the Sulur air base where the force is to deploy its first squadron of the indigenously- developed LCA, Tejas.

Joe Biden in South Korea for last stop on Asia tour

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 20:00

Vice President Joe Biden is in South Korea on the final leg of a three-nation tour of Asia.

Improvised weapons fired near US military base in Japan

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 10:36

Two improvised rocket launchers were fired near a US military base near Tokyo, police said Friday, adding no-one had been hurt.

Three PAF staff chargesheeted for laxity in duty

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 13:36

Three Pakistan Air Force personnel have been chargesheeted in connection with a major terror attack on a key airbase in Punjab province.

US secures airbase in Romania, begins pull out from Kyrgyzstan

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 11:20

The US will use a Romanian airbase on the Black Sea as a transit point for its troops leaving Afghanistan as it winds up operations at another base in Kyrgyzstan, the Pentagon said on Saturday.

India to buy 6 more C-130J `Super Hercules` aircraft

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 20:23

The Defence Ministry on Friday gave its nod for purchase of six more C-130J "Super Hercules" aircraft from the US in a deal worth over Rs 4,000 crore.

Nehru permitted CIA spy planes to use Indian air base

Last Updated: Friday, August 16, 2013, 13:01

India allowed the US to use one of its air bases for refuelling CIA`s U-2 spy planes to target Chinese territories after its defeat in the 1962 war.

Syrian rebels capture northern air base: Activists

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 18:08

Syrian rebels captured a major air base in the north of the country today after months of fighting, depriving President Bashar Assad`s forces of one of their main posts near the border with Turkey, activists said.

Kyrgyzstan votes to close US base in 2014

Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 00:29

Kyrgyzstan`s parliament voted not to renew the lease of its Manas airbase from 2014 to United States, which uses it to ferry troops and equipment for the coalition military campaign in Afghanistan.

Syria Army pounds Aleppo airbase: NGO

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 13:06

Syria`s Army launched multiple attacks on rebel positions on Tuesday in the northern province of Aleppo, including insurgent-held areas of a key airbase, a monitoring group said.

Syria rebels converge on Aleppo airbase as US mulls support

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 09:03

Syrian rebels converged on a military airport in Aleppo, where troops massed for a threatened assault, as the United States said it was considering "all possible options" to help the opposition.