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The first of India s ten ordered Boeing heavy-lift military transport aircraft has got its shape at an exclusive major join ceremony here attended by the top Indian diplomat of the region and IAF officials. HT Image The global aerospace giant Boeing integrated the forward, center and aft rear fuselages and the wing assembly of India s first C-17 Globemaster during the airlifter s major join ceremony here yesterday. Officials from the I stanley cup ndian embassy in San Francisco and Indian Air Force drove ceremonial rivets into the aircraft, a key milestone in the programme. India s Consul General in San Fransico N Parthasarathi called the ceremony as practically riveting the Indo-US relations . This momentous occasion, where we see India s first C-17 take shape, further strengthens our growing relationship. As India strives to become a global reservoir of highly skilled and technologically sophisticated manpower, we will witness an es stanley cup calating technology transfer, collaborative joint research and development, and co-production of defense items between our two countries, Parthasarthi said as he addressed members of US and Indian Airforce, Boeing company and a select number of people from both the countries on Tuesday. Parthasarthi was accompanied by a team of senior IAF officials who had flown down from India especially for the Tuesday s major join ceremony. With this ceremony, we expect the first C-17 to be in Indi stanley cup a by June next year, Air Commodore Sanjay Nimesh to Uiqg A different kind of president: Trump tweets reveal his interests, insecurities
Military command mizuno ers on Wednesday briefed a new US troubleshooter on the fight against Islamists in the border areas with Afghanistan during a visit to northwest Pakistan, officials said. HT Image Richard Holbrooke has embarked on a major review of US policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan after being appointed by President Barack Obama, who is determined to turn around the war against Islamist extremism in South Asia. Holbrooke met the top military commander for the northwestern region, Lieutenant General Masood Aslam, and attended a briefing on security issues after arrival in Peshawar, a military official said, requesting anonymity. Pakistan s rugged tribal regions have been wracked by violence since becoming a stronghold for hundreds of Taliban and Al-Qaeda rebels who fled across the border to escape the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. The area has been at the heart of strained relations between Islamabad and Washington, which has accused ally Pakistan of not doing enough to stop Islamist militants from attacking international troops across the border. The US envoy s visit coincided with a bombing in Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province, which killed a provincial lawmaker and wounded seven others, underscoring the violen stanley cup ce blighting the region. Holbrooke also travelled to Mohmand tribal region by helicopter, where senior military officials briefed crocs him about ongoing military operations in the area, the official said. Holbrooke h