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U.S air force personnel stand by an U.S. A-10 aircraft, one of a squadron that arrived at the Kandahar air base The US is sending a squadron of 12 A-10 Warthogs back to Afghanistan for the first time since 2012. US Air Force Maj.
The U.K. Royal Navy's fourth Astute class submarine, Audacious, has completed its first ever dive, marking a milestone on the path toward full sea trials later in 2018. The trim and basin dive took place over two days in early January in Devonshire Dock, at builder BAE Systems's site in Barrow-in-Furness.
The U.S. Coast Guard is warning people in southeastern Michigan and northwestern Ohio to avoid ice-covered waters as mild weather makes them increasingly unstable. Personnel with the Guard's Detroit Sector have rescued 18 people who have fallen through ice in the past week.
The Navy's oldest warship has completed a 19-month dry dock period designed to extend its life another 20 years. The USS Blue Ridge, which serves as the flagship of the Yokosuka-based 7th Fleet, returned pier side this week at Yokosuka after an extended dry-dock selected restricted availability maintenance period, a Navy statement said.
Some military families took a breath of cautionary relief Monday when a deal appeared to have been reached in the Senate to end a short government shutdown. "When this filibuster started we thought, 'oh, no, it's happening all over again,'" said Emily Erickson, the wife of an Air Force staff sergeant stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, a sprawling installation outside Las Vegas.
The Air National Guard's 122nd Fighter Wing said that exempt federal technicians and active-duty personnel would continue to carry out essential operations at the base today but that non-exempt technicians would be furloughed.
Vice President Mike Pence is making his fourth visit to Israel, returning to a region he's visited "a million times" in his heart. An evangelical Christian with strong ties to the Holy Land, Pence this time comes packing two key policy decisions in his bags that have long been top priorities for him: designating Jerusalem as Israel's capital and curtailing aid for Palestinians.
Vice President Mike Pence is making his fourth visit to Israel, returning to a region he's visited "a million times" in his heart. An evangelical Christian with strong ties to the Holy Land, Pence this time comes packing two key policy decisions in his bags that have long been top priorities for him: designating Jerusalem as Israel's capital and curtailing aid for Palestinians.
It was July 1st, 1952 when Look magazine carried this story: "Flying Saucers - The Hunt Goes On" with the byline: "Fearful of danger from the skies, the United States Air Force is launching a secret search to discover once-and-for-all what is the mysterious, unbelievable thing Americans keep sighting overhead." At the time, the Air Force confirmed more than 800 sightings of flying saucers with reports from outposts all across the country, including "our vital atomic installation sites."
AmeriCorps VISTA members Kyllie Harris, left, and Alyss Smith weigh food donations. The chief of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees AmeriCorps, has resigned following controversial comments as an Internet radio host.
Conor Lamb, the Democrat running to represent this district in Congress, was wrapping up an interview with a reporter last week when Ted Skowvron, a 93-year-old veteran in a World War II cap, walked over to shake his hand. Skowvron informed Lamb that was he was a ball gunner on a B-17 in the European theater.
We launch rockets, we claim Kate Upton as one of our own, and all those bikini billboards on I-95 lead you to the world-famous Ron Jon Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach. Kuma, the 10-year-old black lab, became the first and only "ambassadog" in the nation at the Orlando Melbourne International Airport.
Dr. Terry James Watermolen, 71, passed away Monday, Jan. 8, 2018. Born Dec. 19, 1946 in Green Bay, to the late Leland and Lorraine Watermolen, he attended St. Matthew's School and graduated from Abbot Pennings High School in 1965.
Cardin, who has served two terms in the U.S. S... . This frame from video released by the Chelsea Manning Senate campaign on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018 shows Chelsea Manning in a campaign video.
'We appreciate her courage': Girl, 17, so starved that she looked like a ten-year-old escaped California house of horrors through a window so she could save her shackled siblings by showing photos of their 'foul and horrific' living conditions to police Trump is officially overweight with BMI of 29.9, takes daily anti-baldness pills and needs to change his diet but is 'healthy overall' reveals first medical exam Bannon got a SUBPOENA from Mueller to appear before a grand jury after calling Trump Tower meeting with Russians 'treasonous' - and collects MORE subpoenas while getting grilled by the House Intelligence Committee Trump has NO dementia: White House doctor says president had a perfect score on cognitive screening test and he only did one because he ASKED Dozens evacuated as Washington state braces for landslide expected to spill four million cubic yards of rock and dirt by early ... (more)
About 50 North Dakota Air National Guard airmen are coming home this week after six months of duty in southwest Asia. The group of Happy Hooligans from the Fargo-based 119th Wing were returning home Monday.
Historian John Kuehn has written a new book on the US Navy's General Board, America's First General Staff . The Board came into existence in 1901, after the Spanish-American War had exposed problems in USN planning and procurement.
The search for survivors of the deadly mudslides in parts of California's scenic Santa Barbara County continued Sunday even as hopes dwindled to find anyone else alive, officials said. "We're still in rescue mode and we still hope to find someone alive, although the chances of that are becoming slim," said Justin Cooper, a spokesperson for the multi-agency response team.
One woman is dead and 50 people were rescued near Port Richey, Florida when a casino boat caught fire. Many passengers jumped to the water below to save their own lives.