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1 hr ago | Today's TMJ4

128th Refueling Wing plane has in-air emergency

The plane involves a KC-135, with the fleet from the 128th Refueling Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard.

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5 hrs ago | The Macon Telegraph

Warner Robins to honor Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve

Actress and singer Bobbie Eakes sang with the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve for the first time when she was a student at Warner Robins High School.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US News, Pop/Rock, Warner Robins, GA, The Band, Robins Air Force Base

9 hrs ago | The Gazette

Air Force stops all moves to Colorado Springs

The Air Force discovered the Black Forest fire Tuesday, a week after it swept across thousands of acres, gutting hundreds of homes.

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Related Topix: US Military, US News, US Air Force, Colorado Springs, CO, Black Forest, CO, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

11 hrs ago | Air Force Times

Retirement credits add up for some Guard, Reserve

Members of the 129th Rescue Wing from the California Air National Guard earn day-to-day credits toward early retirement for up to 90 days deployed within a fiscal year.

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Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military, US News, US Air Force

15 hrs ago | Aerotech News And Review

Lockheed Martin UK bids For Polish air force aircrew training requirement

London-based Lockheed Martin UK is bidding to create a new state-of-the-art Polish Air Force pilot and aircrew training center in Deblin, Poland.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US News, World News, Poland

19 hrs ago | Journal Gazette

Bill to bar military base closings advances

Yearly defense authorization bills in the House and Senate also would keep the Starbase education program under the Pentagon's jurisdiction.

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Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military, Fort Wayne, IN, US News, US Air Force, US Politics, Representative Joe Donnelly, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Defence Industry Daily

AGM-158 JASSM: Lockheed's Family of Stealthy Cruise Missiles

The 2,000 pound AGM-158 JASSM is intended to be a stealthy, inexpensive GPS/IIR guided cruise missile.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, US Military, US News, US Air Force, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Aircraft, Military Aircraft

Air Force Times

Military funeral procession changes

An Air Force honor guard team from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., participates in a burial ceremony.

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Related Topix: US Military, US News, US Air Force, US National Guard

Foster's Daily Democrat

Flight surgeon's talk in Rochester

Col. Nathan Jorgensen will be the featured military career speaker at 6 pm on June 20 at the meeting of the Civil Air Patrol Highlanders Cadet Squadron.

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Related Topix: Rochester, NH, US National Guard, US Military, US Air Force, US Navy, US News, Medicine, Anesthesiology

Merced Sun-Star

Air Guard in Fresno begins upgrade to F-15 fighter jets

California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno will receive its first F-15 Eagle fighter jet Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, US Military, US News, US Air Force

The Decatur Daily

Arnold

Rochelle Arnold, Jr. and the former Emma Catherine Chambers were married May 6, 1963 in Shelbyville, Ky.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Birmingham, AL, US Military, US News, US Air Force, Knoxville College

MarketWatch

Investing lessons from Ponzi and Madoff

George Sisti, CFP, is a certified financial planner practitioner and the founder of On Course Financial Planning, a fee-only Registered Investment Advisor firm.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, US Military, US News, US Air Force, Personal Finance, Retirement

Sys-Con Media

Raytheon exceeds AMRAAM delivery requirements of US Air Force

In 2010, Raytheon and Nammo began development and qualification of an alternative rocket motor for the AIM-120 AMRAAM.

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Related Topix: Raytheon, Aerospace-Defense, US Military, US News, US Air Force

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Sunherald.com

Gulfport Guard unit helps protect Southwest Asia

US AIR FORCE PHOTO/MASTER SGT. SEATON HIXSONMembers of the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron fold and dismount a radar in Southwest Asia on May 29 to relocate the antennae to a newly constructed 55 foot tower.

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Related Topix: US Military, US News, US Air Force, US National Guard, US Army

TrekEarth

Quick Flight To The Moon

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force .

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Related Topix: General Dynamics Aircraft, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Aircraft, Military Aircraft, US Military, US News, US Air Force

KCRG

Anti-Drone Activists Marching Across Eastern Iowa

Peace activists are marching across eastern Iowa to protest a plan to fly unmanned aircraft from an air base in Des Moines.

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FOX23

Tech Valley High sends graduates off to higher learning

Twenty-nine students from Tech Valley High School closed one chapter of their learning careers Saturday, but for each of them the next chapter of learning is right around the corner.

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The Motley Fool

Boeing's Cheap Play Could Cost It $700 Million

Considering that Boeing is looking at absorbing an estimated $700 million in cost overruns thanks to the fixed-price nature of the contract, the fact that the project is on schedule is a welcome sign.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, Boeing 767, US Military, US News, US Air Force, Manufacturing, Northrop Grumman, Aerospace-Defense

Freshnews

Raytheon achieves industry-first milestone: delivers more than 500 tactical AESA radars

Raytheon Company announced today it has delivered more than 500 tactical active electronically scanned array radars for multiple platforms worldwide -- an industry first.

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Observer

Melvin J. LeBar

Persia Town Supervisor GOWANDA - Mel LeBar, age 70, of Broadway Road passed away Friday June 14, 2013 at the Hospice Buffalo Palliative Care Facility in Cheektowaga surrounded by family.

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Related Topix: Gowanda, NY, Cheektowaga, NY, Olean, NY, US Military, US News, US Air Force