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News story: UK’s global role reinforced in new International Defence Engagement Strategy
Launching an ambitious framework for the UK’s defence engagement overseas, Sir Michael Fallon and Boris Johnson committed to increasing cooperation with partners across the globe to keep Britain safe.
For the first time, defence engagement was made a core defence task in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015. As...Read More »
News story: UK urges Coalition to maintain momentum against Daesh
With Daesh losing in both Iraq and Syria, Ministers considered the Coalition campaign plan for 2017. This included plans for the operation to liberate Western Mosul, which the Defence Secretary reviewed with the Iraqi Prime Minister and Defence Minister during his visit to Iraq last weekend. With eastern Mosul...Read More »
News story: NATO must improve agility and spend, Defence Secretary urges
Sir Michael Fallon is pressing NATO members to step up defence spending during a two-day defence ministerial at NATO’s HQ in Brussels, following his first meeting with US Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Reflecting the strength of the UK-US Defence relationship, Sir Michael was the first minister Secretary Mattis called after...Read More »
News story: Defence Secretary to attend NATO meeting of Defence Ministers
This week’s NATO Defence Ministerial is the first of the year and the first chance for Allies, including our Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, to meet collectively with the new US Defence Secretary Mattis.
Secretary Mattis knows NATO well from his time as Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation, a post he...Read More »
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge Joins RAF Air Cadets on Camp
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The Duchess of Cambridge Joins RAF Air Cadets on Camp
The Duchess of Cambridge today (Feb 14th 2017) joined
young air cadets at RAF Wittering taking part in their first camp.
As the Honorary Air Commandant of the RAF Air Cadets she
attended Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Wing’s Skill Development Camp...Read More »