For the second time in a week, the Italian Coast Guard has taken control of a vessel carrying refugees from Syria in Italian waters after the crew has abandoned the wheelhouse after setting course for the Italian mainland. On Friday the Italian Coast Guard reported that it had landed a helicopter aboard the Ezadeen, a 50-year-old livestock […]
The Moldavian-flagged vessel that had issued a distress signal earlier today has been taken under control by Italian officials, that country reports. The vessel was earlier suspected to have been commandeered by traffickers bringing illegal aliens to Croatia. The Italian responders took control of the vessel after finding that the crew of the vessel had abandoned […]
The country of Greece sent a navy frigate as well as a helicopter to a location off of the Greek island of Corfu after a distress signal was received earlier today. The Blue Sky M, a Moldavian-flagged cargo ship is reported to be carrying as many as 700 immigrants, the vessel was sailing from Korfez, […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Bringing an appropriate end to Veterans’ Day here, thirty-two men and women of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing returned to their homes after a month-long deployment to Europe, Nov. 11-12. The Guardsmen from the Wing’s 144th Airlift Squadron, along with support personnel from the Wing’s Maintenance Group and […]