Trump Clinton

So began the homestretch to Election Day, as both candidates on Tuesday put national security squarely at the center of the 2016 campaign in the belief that it gives them the advantage. Trump began by unveiling a list of 88 retired military leaders endorsing his candidacy, including four four-star generals and 14 three-star flag officers.

Brown touts accountability for sheriff’s office

If elected Bulloch County's next sheriff, Noel Brown says, accountability and accessibility will be words that govern how he does the job. Brown, currently a sergeant who heads the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office civil and warrants section, would also seek increased pay and benefits for the department's employees, especially road deputies, to attract and keep them, he said in an interview this week.

SpaceX Rocket Blast Destroys Satellite for Facebook Project

A SpaceX rocket blew up on a launchpad in Florida, marking the second loss of a spacecraft by Elon Musk's venture in a little more than a year and hobbling a Facebook Inc. initiative to spread internet access across Africa. The accident occurred Thursday at Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 40 as SpaceX held a dress rehearsal for Saturday's planned launch of an Israeli communications satellite.

Explosion rocks SpaceX launch pad in Florida during test27 minutes ago

A massive explosion erupted at a SpaceX launch pad Thursday during a routine rocket test for a planned launch of a communications satellite. The mishap dealt a severe blow to SpaceX, still scrambling to catch up with satellite deliveries following a launch accident last year.

Shirley Louise Wentworth Shipley

Shirley Louise Wentworth Shipley, 56, of Bloomington passed away peacefully Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2016, at IU Bloomington Hospital Hospice House with her loving family at her side. Born March 31, 1960, in Seymour, she was the daughter of William Breckenridge Wentworth, who preceded her in death, and Phyllis Wentworth McNeal-Handley, who survives.

Air Force’s KC-135 pilots enjoy thrill of refueling at 39,000 feet

The brown, craggy terrain of the Rockies, bluish rivers and the green of trees seem so close, and then a massive B-52 bomber comes into view, flying directly at you. Sure, your enjoyment of the view is hampered slightly by the fact that you're lying flat on your stomach and you have about a foot of room on any side, but it's still awe-inspiring to see such power gliding through the sky, seemingly effortlessly.

Worry: What do we gain by that?

"Pack up your troubles in an old kit bag, and smile, smile, smile...what's the sense in worrying it never was worthwhile; so pack up your troubles in an old kit bag and smile, smile, smile!" Recently I read a headlined article in the Air Force Times newspaper entitled, "The Me, Entitlement Generation; they Demand Praise..." The article was most ... (more)

Nigeria kills a top terrorist, and the world shrugs

When the Nigerian air force claimed Tuesday that it had "fatally wounded" the leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, the report was met with skepticism and little fanfare. Partly, that's because Nigeria's military has claimed to have killed Abubakar Shekau before - only to have the mastermind behind the kidnapping of nearly 300 schoolgirls in 2014 resurface in one of his signature videos.

Hillary Clinton’s 1995 Beijing speech was a – transformative’ moment…

Flying across the Pacific on an Air Force jet bound for Beijing, first lady Hillary Clinton huddled deep into the night with a few aides and advisers, honing her speech for the UN Fourth World Conference on Women. It was 1995, and it had been a bruising first few years in the White House: Troopergate, Travelgate, Whitewater.

Cascade Aerospace recognizes suppliers for outstanding performance in …

Cascade Aerospace today celebrated with suppliers who over the past year have been pivotal in successfully supporting the company in its domestic and international contracts with particular focus on the Royal Canadian Air Force's CC-130H and CC-130J Hercules fleets. The six winners of the 2016 Supplier Awards were honored today at the Aerospace, Defence and Security Expo taking place this week in Abbotsford, BC.

One picture captures the might of the US Air Force’s bomber…

Deborah Lee James , the Secretary of the US Air Force tweeted a single picture on Wednesday that sums up the US's airborne leg of the nuclear triad . The B-52, the B-1, and the B-2 simultaneously sit on runways at Andersen Air Force base in Guam, where the planes and their respective squadrons are currently carrying out operation Constant Bomber Presence in the Pacific.