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• First JPADS airdrop over Iraq a success AFPN 19 Feb 2007 -- Eight aircrew members from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing's 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron used the joint precision airdrop system for the first time over Iraq Feb. 16 to deliver six 1,200-pound bundles.
• UN mission in Afghanistan expands presence to foster stability - envoy UN News Centre 19 Feb 2007 -- Responding to Afghanistan's need for greater stability, the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA) has established new offices in the provinces, its chief said today.
• CVW-7 Continues OEF Missions over Afghanistan Navy NewsStand 19 Feb 2007 -- Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike), continues to provide close air support for International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops in Afghanistan participating in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF).
• Conflicting Reports Of Taliban Capture Of Remote Town RFE/RL 19 Feb 2007 -- There are conflicting reports about the Taliban's reported seizure of a small town in Afghanistan's western Farah Province.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Raptors arrive at Kadena AFPN 19 Feb 2007 -- Ten F-22 Raptors arrived here Feb. 17 and 18 for the first overseas deployment of the Air Force's newest air supremacy aircraft.
• Surface Force Ships, Crews Earn Battle "E" Navy NewsStand 19 Feb 2007 -- Twenty-nine ships and six crews were announced as winners of the 2006 Battle Efficiency, or Battle "E," award Feb. 16.
• BHR Conducts EPW Drill Navy NewsStand 19 Feb 2007 -- Sailors and Marines aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) (BHR) conducted an Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) handling drill, Feb. 18.
• Exercise Eagle Salute Increases Interoperability with Egyptian Maritime Forces Navy NewsStand 19 Feb 2007 -- Exercise Eagle Salute 07, a bilateral exercise between U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and Egyptian maritime forces, was held Feb. 3-8 in the Red Sea.
• Polish, Czech Leaders Discuss Missile-Defense Plan RFE/RL 19 Feb 2007 -- The prime ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic say they are likely to accept a U.S. proposal to host elements of an antimissile system on their territories.
• German FM Criticizes US Preparations for Missile Defense System in Europe VOA 19 Feb 2007 -- Germany's foreign minister has criticized the United States for failing to include Russia in discussions about a proposed missile defense system in Europe.

Defense Industry

• Indian Hawks UK Build Programme a Quarter Complete BAE Systems 19 Feb 2007 -- The sixth Hawk for the Indian Air Force (IAF) has been delivered from BAE Systems' Brough plant to the Company's Warton site.
• ATK Composite and Propulsion Technologies Help Launch NASA THEMIS Satellite ATK 19 Feb 2007 -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) propulsion and composite technologies supported Saturday's successful launch of the United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) satellites
• Boeing's New CH-47F Chinook Helicopter Begins Operational Test Flights with U.S. Army Boeing 19 Feb 2007 -- The Boeing Company's [NYSE: BA] first production CH-47F Chinook helicopter for the U.S. Army has moved into Operational Testing (OT) at Ft. Campbell, Ky.
• EADS CASA puts back on wheels the first Royal Australian Air Force's A330 MRTT Multi-Role Tanker Transport EADS 19 Feb 2007 -- The first Royal Australian Air Force's A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport has been put back on wheels
• Northrop Grumman Wins Department of Defense Management Information System Contract Northrop Grumman 19 Feb 2007 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a follow-on contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to enhance the agency's management information system that provides federal government and U.S. Department of Defense users access to unclassified documents.
• Raytheon Awarded $56 Million in Two U.S. Navy Contracts for Airborne Low Frequency Sonar Raytheon 19 Feb 2007 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $50.8 million U.S. Navy contract for the Airborne Low Frequency Sonar system. Designated the AN/AQS-22, the system is the primary undersea warfare sensor for the U.S. Navy's MH-60R multi-mission helicopter.

Other Conflicts

• Rice Calls Meeting with Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Productive Washington File 19 Feb 2007 -- A three-way meeting in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was "useful and productive" in paving the way for further efforts toward an Israeli-Palestinian peace, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says.
• SOMALIA: Violence out of control, say Mogadishu residents IRIN 19 Feb 2007 -- Days before an African peacekeeping force is deployed in Somalia, violence has spiralled in the capital, Mogadishu, forcing hundreds of families to flee the city and set up temporary camps on the outskirts.
• DRC: Army-rebel standoff stops returnees IRIN 19 Feb 2007 -- Growing fears of a showdown between government troops and Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have halted the return of tens of thousands of displaced persons to their homes in western Rutshuru and northern Masisi territories, a humanitarian official said on Monday.
• DRC: Child soldier recruitment continues IRIN 19 Feb 2007 -- The recruitment of child soldiers has continued in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), despite the government's efforts to integrate former militia into the army, a local human rights official has said.
• Rice Holds Talks With Olmert, Abbas RFE/RL 19 Feb 2007 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has held three-way talks in Jerusalem with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a bid to help revive the Middle East peace process.

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