Tag: Air Force

—œWhy would we want to classify that we are doing what every nation in the world should be able to do?" John McCain asked Ash Carter. (AP Photo)

National Security

McCain to Carter: U.S. military maneuvers should be ‘magnified’ not ‘classified’

Jamie McIntyre · April 28, 2016 4:21 pm

House lawmakers early Thursday approved a defense policy bill that would, among other things, allow the U.S. to use more Russian rockets for national security-related space launches. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Lawmakers OK more Russian rockets for U.S. space launches

Jacqueline Klimas · April 28, 2016 8:49 am

The U.S. estimates it has destroyed more than $500 million of the the Islamic State's cash reserves, which is severely hampering its ability to pay its fighters and maintain morale. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

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‘Knock op’: How the U.S. is trying to avoid bombing civilians

Jamie McIntyre · April 26, 2016 6:22 pm

Face to Face with Lisa Boothe: Rep. Martha McSally’s flight path

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Face to Face with Lisa Boothe: Rep. Martha McSally’s flight path

Lisa Boothe · April 26, 2016 10:00 am

Mac Thornberry shot down the idea of developing a new commercial launch system to get to space in his draft of the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. (AP Photo)

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Thornberry shoots down Air Force space launch plan

Jacqueline Klimas · April 25, 2016 8:26 pm

In briefing reporters at the Pentagon on a recent mission, a U.S. military spokesman used the words "legendary" and "iconic" to describe the U.S. B-52 Stratofortress bomber. (AP Photo/Pacific Daily News, Ron Soliman)

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B-52 deployment sends more than one message

Jamie McIntyre · April 22, 2016 4:01 am

WATCH: B-52s shred Islamic State targets in Iraq

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WATCH: B-52s shred Islamic State targets in Iraq

David Brown · April 21, 2016 5:35 pm

Production of the F-22s by Lockheed Martin ended in 2009 after the military bought 187 planes, far short of the initial planned buy of 749 aircraft. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)

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Congress asking Air Force to look at restarting F-22 production line

Jacqueline Klimas · April 19, 2016 8:32 pm

A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft makes a low altitude pass by the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea. (U.S. Navy via AP)

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Russian fighter jet buzzes U.S reconnaissance plane

Kelly Cohen · April 18, 2016 1:23 pm

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James stressed that each of the countries she visited, from Chile to Colombia to Paraguay, was interested in a different military sales system. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Air Force secretary works to speed up sales to foreign militaries

Jacqueline Klimas · April 15, 2016 5:23 pm

B-52 bombers return to Middle East to ‘eliminate’ Islamic State

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B-52 bombers return to Middle East to ‘eliminate’ Islamic State

Daniel Chaitin · April 10, 2016 5:04 pm

Two dead in apparent murder-suicide at Lackland Air Force Base

Two dead in apparent murder-suicide at Lackland Air Force Base

Ariel Cohen · April 8, 2016 2:48 pm