Tag: Air Force

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (right) and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry share one trait that sets them apart from the other candidates storming the early primary states: They have military experience. (AP Photos)

Presidential candidates with military experience are becoming a rarity

Ryan Lovelace · June 3, 2015 6:48 pm

World War II veteran Air Vice-Marshall William "Paddy" Harbison, hold his Royal Air Force (RAF) log book while attending an Arsenal of Democracy Flyover press briefing at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum on Tuesday, March 31. 2015. Harbison flew the P-51 Mustang, the Supermarine Spitfire, and later flew combat missions in Korea. (Graeme Jennings/WEX)

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Inside old log book, memories of heroism

Tara Copp · May 25, 2015 9:00 am

Warbirds help vets get ‘rid of a few ghosts’

Tara Copp · May 4, 2015 9:00 am

A Capitol Police officer flashes a thumbs up after inspecting the small helicopter a man landed on the West Lawn of the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Pilot as surprised as any he made it to the Capitol

Sean Higgins · April 19, 2015 11:23 pm

U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State at a glance

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U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State at a glance

Tara Copp · April 15, 2015 9:00 am

"We have to fix this before we break the force," saidÂ Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh. (AP Photo)Â

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Air Force copes with strain on drone pilot force

Tara Copp · April 11, 2015 9:00 am

If This Be Treason …

If This Be Treason …

Geoffrey Norman · April 10, 2015 3:31 pm

Maj. Gen. James N. Post was speaking to a group of about 300 airmen at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada in January when he began to talk about the ongoing budget battle in Congress and how the Air Force would need to divest the A-10 in order to move forward on some of its other airframes. (U.S Air Force)

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Air Force general who warned of ‘treason’ for A-10 comments is removed

Tara Copp · April 10, 2015 2:04 pm

A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II lands at Nellis Air Force Base while participating in the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2006 (JEFX 06) April 25, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. JEFX is a biannual test of new systems and technologies by every branch of the military in an attempt to speed their introduction into the modern battlefield. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Congress likely to protect A-10s in 2016 defense budget

Tara Copp · April 8, 2015 9:47 pm

The Pentagon announced Monday that U.S. refueling support for Saudi air operations in Yemen will go forward, but would be allowed only outside of Yemeni airspace. (Getty Images)

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U.S. increases role in Yemen with refueling help

Tara Copp · April 6, 2015 5:52 pm

Defender of the Warthog

Defender of the Warthog

Geoffrey Norman · March 24, 2015 6:10 pm

A French military plane takes off from the flight deck of the French Navy aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle Tuesday, March 17, 2015, in the Persian Gulf. Aircraft aboard the French carrier are flying bombing and reconnaissance missions as part of a U.S.-led coalition targeting Islamic State militants in Iraq. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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Air Force vet arrested after trying to join Islamic State

Kelly Cohen · March 17, 2015 5:47 pm