19 June 2000 Military News

Boeing JSF Flies 100 Missions During Fourth Full-Mission Simulation Boeing 19 Jun 2000 -- Boeing successfully completed the fourth full-mission simulation of its Joint Strike Fighter operational concept with pilots from the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and the U.K. Royal Navy flying approximately 100 simulated air-to-air and air-to ground missions during a seven-day period.
ORBITAL RECEIVES PRODUCTION CONTRACT FOR ITS NEW AIRBORNE VIDEO SOLID-STATE RECORDER Orbital Sciences Corp. 19 Jun 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that its Fairchild Defense division, a leading supplier of sophisticated avionics systems for high-performance military aircraft, has received a production contract for its new Airborne Video Solid-State Recorder (AVSRTM) from Teletronics Technology Corporation (TTC).

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 19 Jun 2000

NGO Director Targets Sudan Genocide By Corrie A. White Washington File 19 June 2000 -- -- U.S. aid to Sudan surpasses that of "all other donor nations," but such assistance must not be used as a "political weapon" against the African nation, says Nina Shea, director of the Center for Religious Freedom (a branch of the non-governmental organization Freedom House).
LEBANON / UNITED NATIONS Voice of America 19 June 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council has (Sunday) formally endorsed U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan's finding that Israel has withdrawn its forces from southern Lebanon.
ERITREA / REPATRIATIONS Voice of America 19 June 2000 -- Eritrea has begun the process of repatriating Ethiopians displaced by war.
U-N / CONGO KINSHASA Voice of America 19 June 2000 -- A senior U-N official confirms that all Rwandan and Ugandan soldiers have left the Congolese city of Kisangani.

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