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Bahrain’s Commander-in-Chief Receives New Zealand’s Air Force Chief
2021-09-01 Read More...
Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received Air Vice-Marshal Tony Davies, Chief of New Zealand’s Air Force

Bahrain’s Commander-in-Chief Visits Royal Bahrain Air Force
2021-08-30 Read More...
Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa visited the Royal Bahrain Air Force

Bahrain’s Royal Guard Special Force Commander Visits British Naval Support Facility
2021-08-26 Read More...
Bahrain’s Royal Guard Special Force Commander Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa paid a visit Tuesday to the British Naval Support facility at Mina Salman Brigadier Edward

Bahrain’s Chief-of-Staff Receives Commander of GCC Unified Military Command
2021-08-12 Read More...
Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant General Theyab bin Saqr Al Nuaimi received Tuesday the Commander of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Unified Military Command Lieutenant-General Eid bin Awad Al-Shalawi

Bahrain Defence Chief Visits UK’s Defence Ministry
2021-07-30 Read More...
Commander-in-Chief of Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, visited Wednesday the UK’s Ministry of Defence where he was received by Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas

Bahrain’s King Chairs Supreme Defense Council Meeting
2021-07-29 Read More...
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s Supreme Commander and President of the Supreme Defense Council (SDC), chaired the meeting of the SDC, attended by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown

Bahrain’s King Receives Royal Guard Team
2021-06-24 Read More...
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Supreme Commander received Tuesday, at Al Safriya Palace, National Security Advisor and Royal Guard Commander Major-General His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al

Bahrain’s Chief of Staff Attends Graduation Ceremony
2021-06-23 Read More...
Bahrain’s King, His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Supreme Commander, deputised the Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, to attend the graduation ceremony of the 13th

UK’s Defence Senior Advisor to Middle East Visits Bahrain
2021-06-10 Read More...
Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received in Manama Tuesday, British Defence Senior Advisor to the Middle East Lieutenant-General Martin Sampson

Bahrain Welcomes Newly-Appointed US 5th Fleet Commander & British Defense Attaché
2021-05-28 Read More...
Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received Wednesday Vice-Admiral Charles Bradford Cooper (photo), the newly-appointed Commander of United States Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT),

UK’s First Sea Lord & Chief of Naval Staff Receives Bahrain’s Crown Prince
2021-05-17 Read More...
His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, met Friday with the United Kingdom’s First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Tony Radakin CB

Navantia Opens the Navantia Training Centre (NTC) in Spain
2021-05-14 Read More...
Navantia has opened in the city of San Fernando (Cádiz) its Navantia Training Centre (NTC), which will be a key asset for the company in its pursuit of excellence and a leading training centre in the naval

Bahrain Crown Prince’s Son Tours French Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle
2021-04-23 Read More...
His Highness Sheikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa toured Wednesday the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, at the Khalifa bin Salman Port, on the occasion of the aircraft carrier’s visit to the Kingdom of

Saudi-Bahraini Interior Ministers Co-Chair First Meeting of Security & Military Committee
2021-04-21 Read More...
Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Bahraini Minister of Interior, co-chaired in Manama, the first meeting of the Saudi-Bahraini

Joint US-Bahrain Naval Drill ‘Neon Defender 21’ Concludes
2021-04-12 Read More...
“Neon Defender 21” joint drill, which was conducted by Bahrain Defence Force, the Interior Ministry and the US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), concluded

Bahrain’s Royal Guard Commander Attends Military Parade in Serbia
2021-04-08 Read More...
HH Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Commander of Bahrain’s Royal Guard and Head of Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, arrived in Serbia on an official visit Monday.He was received by Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić and other

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