Airmen from Belgium, Japan, South Korea and the United States participated in a recently concluded multinational flight operations exercise to improve interoperability and ensure combat readiness. Held for two weeks at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, the Red Flag-Alaska 25-2 military exercise involved over 1,500 service members and about 70 aircraft. Throughout the training, warfighters and jets conducted integrated...
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IBM Appoints Alex Abi Khaled as Defense, Public Sector CTO for Europe
IBM has appointed Alexandre Abi Khaled as the chief technology officer for the defense and public sector in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, the executive shared in a social media post over the weekend. According to his LinkedIn profile, Abi Khaled is transitioning to the new role after serving as the company’s CTO and pre-sales leader in the Netherlands. In...
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