The North Korean Army crossed into South Korea on June 25, 1950. The resulting drive forced South Korean and United States troops into a small corner of the Korean Peninsula that became known as the Pusan Perimeter. The United Nations responded to the attack and appointed the US as the organizing nation under General Douglas MacArthur.
L’armée nord-coréenne est entrée en Corée du Sud le 25 juin 1950. La campagne qui s’ensuivit a forcé les troupes sud-coréennes et américaines à se replier dans un petit coin de la péninsule coréenne, qui est maintenant connu sous le nom de « périmètre de Pusan ». Les Nations Unies ont répondu à l’attaque et ont désigné les États-Unis comme nation organisatrice sous la direction du général Douglas MacArthur.
The remains of four of the six Canadian Armed Forces members killed when a Cyclone helicopter crashed into the Ionian Sea off Greece in late April have been identified. In a news release, the Department of National Defence (DND) says the remains were positively identified Thursday by the Chief Coroner for Ontario.
The Canadian Forces is pushing ahead with rebranding the role of its Challenger jets by claiming they are mainly used for military purposes even as the air force points out their primary job is to transport VIPs such as the prime minister. The rebranding effort came as the Canadian Forces announced June 6 it was spending $105 million on purchasing two new Challenger jets. No competition was held and the contract was awarded directly to Bombardier.
Military investigators have revealed the sequence of events that led the Royal Canadian Air Force plane normally used by the prime minister to run into a tow tractor and hangar wall and suffer severe damage. The crash at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Ontario occurred last October and left the Airbus CC-150 Polaris known as "01" with structural damage to the nose and right engine that is still being repaired.
The RAF Benevolent Fund has today launched a major new campaign in its centenary year. We are urging the public to help us repay the debt we all owe to our RAF veterans and their families who are in need of help. In particular, we need to reach out to the National Service and World War Two veterans, before it's too late. They put on the uniform of our country when we needed them to, the least we can do is be there for them when they themselves need our help.
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