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Ali Jawwad reports that the US has just given Iraq four more F-16 jets. This is apparently part of a bribe from the White House to secure armed forces attacking Mosul in time for the reported "October surprise" Barack Obama has planned to throw the election to Hillary Clinton.
History will be made at the 2016 Abbotsford International Airshow when the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II will appear in Canada for the very first time. The aircraft is set to arrive at Abbotsford International Airport on Thursday, Aug.11 and will be on public display at the airshow starting Friday, Aug. 12 through Sunday, Aug.14.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has spent the past week engaged in an argument with the parents of a Muslim-American soldier killed while serving in the Iraq War. The clash began when the parents, Khizr and Ghazala, condemned Trump at the Democratic National Convention for his call for a ban on Muslim foreigners entering the United States.
When the veterans who fought and sacrificed for this nation return home, they sometimes face a difficult transition back to civilian life. Since 2003, Wounded Warrior Project has worked tirelessly to help these warriors live successful, independent, and healthy lives.
The mysterious all-white plane doing touch-and-goes at Syracuse Hancock International Airport on Wednesday belongs to a secretive Air National Guard squadron whose missions are classified. The C-32, a modified Boeing 757-200 passenger airliner, belongs to the 150th Special Operations Squadron of the 108th Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, said Lt.
A U.S. airman guides a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone as it taxis to the runway at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, March 9, 2016. The White House has released an edited version of President Barack Obama's once-secret policy on using drone aircraft to combat terrorists around the world, the American Civil Liberties Union said Saturday.
PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- First flown in the 1970s, the Air Force's aging F-15 Eagle could potentially fly into the 2040s, according to a top Air Force official in charge of fighters and bombers. It's another sign that the Air Force may have to keep planes in the air years longer than originally planned while it flies the smallest and oldest fleet in its history.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple today appointed Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Robert Becklund to the position of deputy adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard.
Chennai: The probability of finding the missing AN-32 aircraft of Indian Air Force or its debris in the search area of 5,000km is 50%, according to Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services that is providing coordinates for the search and rescue operation. Once extended the search to 9,000km, the probability goes down to 20%, an officer told TOI.
From left: Susanne Joan Gamber, an activist and Veteran of the United States Air Force; Jeremiah Allen, a Queer, Trans African-American and Indigenous tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Lakota Sioux tribe; Nathaniel Rhysnburger, group leader with West Sound Transbrella; and Mitchell C. Hunter, a transman activist, leader, and spokesman in the transgender community. BREMERTON - On Friday, July 15, members of the public and the Kitsap County Council for Human Rights gathered for a forum discussing the transgender experience, intersectionality and implicit bias in our community.
For the fourth night in a row, hundreds of demonstrators have taken to Turkey's squares in a new show of support for the government after a failed coup attempt. First called for by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the night of the coup, the "democracy meetings" have been held in all of Turkey's major cities every night for the past four nights.
Rather than toppling Turkey's strongman president, a failed military coup that left more than 250 dead appears to have bolstered Recep Tayyip Erdogan's immediate grip on power and boosted his popularity. Tens of thousands marched through the streets in half a dozen Turkish cities late Saturday, waving flags and singing songs in an emotional outpouring of support for the long-time leader as security forces rounded up military personnel it branded coup supporters and launched a purge of judges seen as government opponents.
A Rand Corp. study has found the Air Force could lose more pilots in coming years amid a hiring surge and salary increases by the nation's largest airlines. Military pilots are a likely target as American, Delta and United all boost pilot hiring during the next 20 years to replace their aging workforces, the California-based military issues think tank said in a study released Tuesday.
Turkey's prime minister says a group within Turkey's military has enga... . Turkish soldiers secure the area as supporters of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan protest in Istanbul's Taksim square, early Saturday, July 16, 2016.
Turkey's president declared he is in control of the country early Saturday as loyal military and police forces quashed a coup attempt during a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire that left dozens dead. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who flew home early Saturday, said coup supporters "will pay a heavy price for their treason to Turkey."
The Coast Guard rescued a man and woman in the ocean off Hawaii on Friday, nearly a day after the plane they were in disappeared from radar. "What a way to celebrate aloha Friday," Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle said of the relief in finding the two alive.