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US Air Force News

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3 hrs ago | Air Force Times

Mechanical failure, error caused Talon crashes

The reasons a pair of T-38C Talons crashed less than two weeks apart, killing both sets of instructor pilots and students, were released Wednesday by Air Education and Training Command.

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Related Topix: US Military, Sheppard Air Force Base, Columbus Air Force Base

8 hrs ago | Kazinform

Russia to conduct military exercises in Indian Ocean this fall

MOSCOW. August 6. KAZINFORM Russian Tu-160 Blackjack and Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers will join the Russian navy in a series of exercises in the Indian Ocean, the Air Force commander said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Military, Vladimir Putin

12 hrs ago | International Herald Tribune

Sri Lanka: air force destroys rebel boats

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka : Sri Lankan forces attacked a Tamil Tiger rebel defense line at seven locations Wednesday in the island's north, killing five insurgents hours before air force jets bombed a rebel sea base ...

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Related Topix: US Military, Sri Lanka, World News, Asia, Business News

16 hrs ago | JewishTucson

Rescue Service: Plane Crashes In Haifa, 3 Killed

A small private plane crashed in the northern Israeli port of Haifa Thursday afternoon, killing three people and critically wounding another, rescue workers and police said.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Israel, World News, Middle East, US Military

Thu Aug 07, 2008

North County Times

Remote-control warriors suffer war stress

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. - The Air National Guardsmen who operate Predator drones over Iraq via remote control, launching deadly missile attacks from the safety of Southern California 7,000 miles away, ...

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Related Topix: US Military, March Air Reserve Base, Psychology, Science, Creech Air Force Base

The Globe and Mail

MacKay announces air support for Afghan mission

Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Public Works Minister Christain Paradis formally announced Thursday that Canada will buy six used CH-47D Chinooks from the Americans for $292-million. The plan is virtually ...

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Related Topix: Canada, US Military, US Army, Peter Mackay, World News, Asia, Afghanistan

Air Force Times

Report: Pilot error blamed in fatal Talon crash

Pilot error is to blame in a military jet crash that killed an instructor and student pilot at Sheppard Air Force Base three months ago, according to a report released Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, US Military, Randolph Air Force Base, Sheppard Air Force Base

St. Petersburg Times

Let Gates sort out intelligence mess

Defense Secretary Bob Gates has been talking recently about how to rebuild America's national security architecture so that it fits the 21st century.

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Related Topix: US Military, Opinion

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Pacific Air Forces breaking in new F-22s on Guam

The U.S. Air Force has been breaking in its new fleet of F-22s - the world's most advanced fighter jet - this summer by sending five of the planes from cool and dry Alaska to hot and humid Guam for the first ...

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Related Topix: Holloman Air Force Base, US Military, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Langley Air Force Base, Hickam Air Force Base

Wed Aug 06, 2008

Times-News

Israel mulls military option for Iran nukes

YAHOO! Story published at magicvalley.com on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 Last modified on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 7:45 PM MDT In this Thursday, Dec.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, US Military, Middle East

RedOrbit

Bin Laden's Driver Convicted

A U.S. military jury Wednesday convicted Osama bin Laden's driver of war crimes - making him the first war-on-terror captive convicted by contested tribunal at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Related Topix: Guantanamo Bay, US Military, US Marine Corps, US Navy, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

Charlotte.com

Copter crash-lands after turned away from AF base

DENVER A small civilian helicopter crash-landed Wednesday after the pilot was denied permission to refuel at an Air Force base.

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Related Topix: US Military, Buckley Air Force Base

EDGEchicago.com Travel Feed

US Air Force spending terrorist funds for luxury VIP Travel?

Did millions of dollars appropriated for the war on terrorism end up being diverted to build luxury air accommodations for VIPs to travel the world? So says The Washington Post, which reported on its Web site ...

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News Observer

Thai air force helicopter crashes; 6 officers dead

A Thai military helicopter crashed while transporting officers to a base in the country's restive south Wednesday, killing all ten on board, an air force spokesman said.

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Defence Talk

Airpower: F-15 Strike Eagles soar

SOUTHWEST ASIA: Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations August 2, according to Combined Air and ...

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Related Topix: US Air Force, US Military, US News, US Navy

Tue Aug 05, 2008

York Dispatch

DIA's new mission adds to intel arsenal

The Defense Intelligence Agency, long a home for intelligence analysis, is joining the spy vs.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy

CourierPostOnline

Saxton: Budget contains $179.1M for base work

A joint military facility that includes Fort Dix and McGuire Air Force Base would receive $179.1 million for 10 construction projects under a defense budget approved Friday, a legislator said.

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Related Topix: US Military, US News, US Air Force, Fort Dix, NJ, McGuire Air Force Base, Jim Saxton, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives

WFMY 2 Greensboro

NC-Bound Air Force Officer Diverted To Alaska

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC -- An Air Force colonel who was preparing to take over as commander of the fighter wing at a North Carolina base has been sent to command a unit in Alaska after its commander ...

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Related Topix: US Military, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, NC, Goldsboro Metro

McClatchy DC

Case of bin Laden's driver about to go to military jury

A military judge Monday instructed a jury of six U.S. military officers that four of them need to agree on a single charge to convict Osama bin Laden's driver at the first war crimes tribunal since World War ...

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Related Topix: Terrorism, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, US Military, US Marine Corps, US Navy

WLNS-TV Lansing

New air, marine branch planned for Selfridge

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is opening a new air and marine branch this week at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County.

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Related Topix: US Military, Macomb County, MI

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