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Day: February 22, 2016

Osprey under the rainbow

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160219-N-GR718-063 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 19, 2016) Sailors aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) prepare to move an MV-22 Osprey on the flight deck. More than 4,500 Sailors and Marines from Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) are transiting the Pacific Ocean to the 5th and 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chelsea D. Daily/Released)
160219-N-GR718-063
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 19, 2016) Sailors aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) prepare to move an MV-22 Osprey on the flight deck. More than 4,500 Sailors and Marines from Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) are transiting the Pacific Ocean to the 5th and 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chelsea D. Daily/Released)

Saudi favors arming Syrian rebels with MANPADS

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In an interview with Germany’s Spiegel Magazine, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told the publication that his country is prepared to arm forces fighting the Syrian government with Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS).

9S935 automate complex for MANPADS squad from Barnaul-T AA system at Engineering Technologies 2012
By Mike1979 Russia (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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