In a reorganization, the Air Force Security Assistance Center has activated the 555th International Group to oversee the Air Force’s $100 billion security assistance budget and foreign military sales to more than 100 countries. AFSAC is part of Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
The U.S. and Sweden signed a bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement on Dec. 5 that will strengthen military ties between them and likely lead to U.S. troops and prepositioned gear on Swedish soil. Swedish Defense minister Pal Jonson said the war in Ukraine prompted Sweden's joining NATO and he laid out…