US European Command hosted a Russian delegation of officers from the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Russian General Staff at its Stuttgart, Germany, headquarters recently. It was the first of four scheduled meetings this year. This first of four such meetings to be held this year produced an outline for military cooperation through 2009, according to EUCOM officials. The Russian delegation also visited the US Air Forces in Europe headquarters at Ramstein Air Base to pursue expanding the collaboration of US and Russian Air Forces.
The Space Force may establish a combatant component in Japan soon, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Saltzman said in a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 25. According to multiple media reports, Saltzman said setting up a new unit in Japan represents the "next phase" in joint initiatives aimed at…