a Doca wins Pentagon approval to use McConnell Air Force Base runway

The Department of Defense has given permission for "Doc," the Wichita-built B-29 bomber, to use a runway at McConnell Air Force Base for ground testing, essentially clearing a path for its first flight. The nonprofit group, Doc's Friends, has been restoring the vintage bomber since it came to Wichita in pieces in 2000.

Ailing Mariner Medevaced off Alaska

An ailing crewmember aboard the fishing vessel Seafreeze Alaska was medevaced approximately 195 miles north of Cold Bay, Alaska, Thursday. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, deployed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, hoisted the 21-year-old man, who reportedly lost consciousness for 45 minutes, and transferred him to awaiting Guardian Flight emergency medical personnel in Cold Bay.

GM shares fuel cell research to US Navy to develop unmanned undersea vehicles

General Motors, the Office of Naval Research and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory announce Thursday, June 23, 2016, they are cooperating to incorporate automotive hydrogen fuel cell systems into a next-generation of Navy unmanned undersea vehicles, or UUVs. Hydrogen fuel cells convert high-energy hydrogen efficiently into electricity, resulting in vehicles with greater range and endurance than those powered with batteries.

Marines say man misidentified in Iwo Jima photo

Following an investigation, the U.S. Marine Corps announced Thursday that it had misidentified one of the six men in the famous 1945 World War II photo of the flag raising in Iwo Jima. After 70 years, a Pulitzer Prize, a bestselling book and a feature film on the photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal, the identity of one of the flag-raisers was called into question.

Correcting History

There is something quite predictable about The New York Times article which presents a new twist on one of the most iconic images in history--Joe Rosenthal's 1945 photograph of Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima. Here's the lede from reporter Michael S. Schmidt, who has covered military topics for many years, and quite frankly, should know better: "An internal investigation by the Marine Corps has concluded that for more than 70 years it wrongly identified one of the men in the iconic photograph of the flag being raised over Iwo Jima during one of the bloodiest battles of World War II ."

No July 4 fireworks at US bases in Japan after Okinawa rape

July 4 fireworks at US bases in Japan are CANCELLED after former Marine was accused of raping and murdering a local Okinawa woman There will be no Fourth of July fireworks for American troops in Japan this year because of restrictions imposed after a former U.S. Marine was accused of raping and murdering a woman on Okinawa. U.S. Forces in Japan said Thursday that 'no U.S. installations in Japan will celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with fireworks displays or concerts' to demonstrate respect for Okinawan residents.

The Latest: Coast Guard spot possible flare in family search

This photo made available by the U.S. Coast Guard shows personal items that were recovered within a debris field off the coast of Sanibel, Fla., Wednesday, June 22, 2016. The personal items are believed to belong to a father and his three teenage children who were reported missing while they were aboard a sailboat in the Gulf of Mexico.

Chinese shadow US aircraft carrier on South China Sea patrol

" A look at some recent key developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential gas and oil reserves: EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a weekly look at the latest key developments in the South China Sea, home to several territorial conflicts that have raised tensions in the region. At least one Chinese ship tailed the USS John C. Stennis daily during its recent cruise through the South China Sea, although no hostile incidents were reported, the commander of the carrier strike group said last week.