US ambassador highlights links between airbase and community

The outgoing US ambassador urged people to focus on today's "inspiring" links between airbases such as RAF Lakenheath and their communities as he highlighted their important role in the UK's relationship with his country. Matthew Barzun, who was speaking to journalists just over five weeks before he returns to the US following the election of Donald Trump, highlighted the community bonds between US men and women in uniform and the communities they live in.

U.S. Blames Human Error For Mistaken Syria Airstrikes

A handout picture made available by the US Department of Defense on 29 September 2014 shows a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle flying over northern Iraq early in the morning of 23 September 2014, after conducting airstrikes in Syria. The U.S. military blamed human error for a September airstrike in Syria that reportedly killed dozens of Syrian soldiers, but said there was no violation of international laws of war.

Veteran helms program protecting servicemembers, other veterans

A Fayetteville native turned Air Force veteran is at the helm of a new Department of Justice program aimed at protecting the rights of troops and their families. The DOJ's Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Enforcement Support Pilot Program, launched earlier this month, will provide dedicated legal support to five military communities across the country.

Donald Trump’s national security appointments stoke Muslim fears of an anti-Islamic White House

Washington: News of President-elect Donald Trump's national security picks set off fresh tremors across the Islamic world on Friday as Middle Eastern allies and Muslim American groups prepared to face advisers and potential Cabinet members noted for harshly anti-Muslim rhetoric. The naming of Trump's picks for attorney-general, CIA director and national security adviser drew public condemnations from Muslim civil rights groups as well as private expressions of concern from several Arab states that cooperate closely with the United States in the fight against the Islamic State and other terrorist groups.

The strange tale of a congressmana s fight to build a U.S. listening post in the Azores

A powerful California congressman of Portuguese descent has pushed for years for the installation of a costly U.S. intelligence facility in the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic. On Thursday, Rep. Devin Nunes of Visalia, the Republican chair of the House intelligence committee, kept at his campaign, confronting two senior Pentagon officials and the top U.S. intelligence chief over why they favored a site in England.

It’s no decoy: ‘Duck Dynasty’ to wrap after 11 seasons

Prosecutors say that when Philando Castile was pulled over in July, he calmly told the officer he had a gun and was licensed to carry it. Prosecutors say that when Philando Castile was pulled over in July, he calmly told the officer he had a gun and was licensed to carry it.

GOES-R: Monitoring Space Weather

R will be game changer for forecasting across the United States, but did you know Earth's weather is not the only weather the satellite will monitor? In today's digital world, space weather is no joke. Geomagnetic storms, caused by eruptions on the surface of the sun, can interfere with communications and navigation systems on Earth, threaten power utilities, damage satellites, and cause risk to astronauts.

September 11, 2001: Military Facility Takes Control of the…

The Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia, takes control of the three F-16 fighter jets launched from Langley Air Force Base September 11, 2001 ), even though, according to air traffic controllers at the facility, it should not be communicating with the fighters. The Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility, known as "Giant Killer," is the Navy air traffic control agency that handles all over-water military operations.

Tonight’s Movie: Strategic Air Command (1955) – An Olive Films Blu-ray Review

I've seen all of the eight films James Stewart made with director Anthony Mann , and STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND is a personal favorite. I'm thus happy to report that it's now available on Blu-ray and DVD from Olive Films .

Defending Clinton, Obama draws contrast with FBI’s Comey

Obama is heading back to North Carolina to help turn out the vote for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Cl... WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama staunchly defended Hillary Clinton's use of private email as an "honest mistake," suggesting Wednesday that voters should discount innuendo-filled revelations that the FBI is looking into more emails just ahead of Election Day. Obama walked a careful line in his first public comments about FBI Director James Comey's decision to publicly disclose the emails' existence, which has roiled the campaign.

Congressional candidates weigh in on top priorities, issues

In the 1st Congressional District, which covers eastern New Hampshire and the city of Manchester, Republican Rep. Frank Guinta is trying to hold his seat against former Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter and Independent candidate Shawn O'Connor. The 2nd congressional district includes eastern and northern New Hampshire and the cities of Nashua and Concord.

India prepared to buy 200 foreign combat jets if they’re ‘Made-in-India’

A deal to buy high-end Rafale planes from France's Dassault was scaled back to just 36 jets last month. India is offering to buy hundreds of fighter planes from foreign manufacturers - as long as the jets are made in India and with a local partner, air force officials say.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: AP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the market for 200 foreign combat jets, but there's a catch: they have to be made in India Indian Air Force is desperately trying to speed up other acquisitions and arrest a fall in operational strength - now a third less than required to simultaneously fight China and Pakistan India is offering to buy hundreds of fighter planes from foreign manufacturers - as long as the jets are made in India and with a local partner, air force officials say.