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In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a C-2A Greyhound assigned to the Providers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a C-2A Greyhound assigned to the Providers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron The U.S. Navy has located a transport aircraft deep on the Pacific Ocean floor where it crashed in November, killing three sailors on board. The C-2A "Greyhound" aircraft, which was traveling to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan when it crashed the day before Thanksgiving in the Philippine Sea, rests at a depth of about 18,500 feet , the Japan-based 7th Fleet said in a statement Saturday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents had a busy holiday season patrolling the Caribbean, intercepting more than 4,700 pounds of cocaine they estimate to have a wholesale value of almost $62 million. The Customs crews are based both in Miami and the Caribbean and used "sophisticated maritime surveillance equipment to detect multiple drug-smuggling vessels as part of multi-agency operations around the holidays," the agency said in a statement.
A terrorist organization or nefarious nation state decides to derail the global internet by faulting the undersea fiber optic cables that connect the world. These cables, which run along the ocean floor, carry almost all transoceanic digital communication, allowing you to send a Facebook message to a friend in Dubai, or receive an email from your cousin in Australia.
North American Aerospace Defense Command had earlier launched fighter aircraft based in Texas and Louisiana to make visual contact with the single-engine plane that had failed to land in Texas after having taken off from Oklahoma City earlier in the day. "A Cirrus S22T left Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City this afternoon and the pilot filed a flight plan to Georgetown, Texas" the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
A freighter is helped down the Maumee River and through the ice by a pair of tug boats in 2013. Three Toledo-bound lake freighters were among several vessels assisted in recent days by Coast Guard icebreakers operating in western Lake Erie.
A 25-year-old Los Angeles has waived extradition proceedings in California and will face a Kansas charge that he made a hoax emergency call that led to the fatal police shooting of a Wichita resident. A 25-year-old Los Angeles has waived extradition proceedings in California and will face a Kansas charge that he made a hoax emergency call that led to the fatal police shooting of a Wichita resident.
The Red Cros... A 25-year-old Los Angeles has waived extradition proceedings in California and will face a Kansas charge that he made a hoax emergency call that led to the fatal police shooting of a Wichita resident. A 25-year-old Los Angeles has waived extradition proceedings in California and will face a Kansas charge that he made a hoax emergency call that led to the fatal police shooting of a Wichita resident.
Each year Dispatches From the Edge gives awards to individuals, companies and governments that make reading the news a daily adventure. Here are the awards for 2017.
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claim to have seized an U.S. underwater surveillance drone operating off the Yemeni coastline, posting video on Tuesday of rebel fighters pulling the unmanned system from the Gulf of Aden. Rebel forces detected and seized the REMUS 600 autonomous mini-submarine, designed to carry out anti-mine operations and conduct long-range maritime surveillance, on Monday according to reports on Houthi-controlled media outlets in Yemen.
We've been watching this particular hush-hush DARPA project for more than two years now. In a nutshell, it calls for the creation of a new class of small, reusable drones that can be launched midair from a C-130 air transport, disperse to surveil targets as much as 300 miles away, then return to their flying airbase to dock for refueling and rearming.
A slew of letters have been published by The Brownsville Herald stating that liquefied natural gas terminals, to be built at the Port of Brownsville, will bring lots of jobs. We are forgetting that those jobs will be mainly jobs during construction, and then they will need janitors.
The US Coast Guard says the Coast Guard Cutter Marlin's crew saw an 89-year-old man's car go into the water at a marina in Panama City, Florida on Saturday. The crew immediately launched a rescue boat, broke a car window and pulled the man out.
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First lady Melania Trump looks on as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after arriving for a New Year's Eve gala at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. First lady Melania Trump looks on as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after arriving for a New Year's Eve gala at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla.
President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with members of the U.S. Coast Guard, who he invited to play golf, at Trump International Golf Club, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Fla. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with members of the U.S. Coast Guard, who he invited to play golf, at Trump International Golf Club, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Chennai: The year has been a time for a lot of developments on the defence front in Tamilnadu. While 2017 is about to bid goodbye to all of us, it is time for us to recollect the happenings of the year.
The New Year is all about new beginnings, and at least one Humboldt County resident will be heading out on a new adventure in 2018. Denise Gillette of Eureka - who recently retired from the U.S. Navy Seabees after 20 years of service - has traveled the world during her military career.
A Marine from Elverta was stabbed to death Friday while trying to break up a fight, according to the man's family. Ryan Evan Harris' grandparents say their 21-year-old grandson was stationed at Camp Pendleton, working with heavy machinery.