Archive for: air-force

Kyrgyzstan extends US lease on Manas air base

Kyrgyzstan’s interim government says it will extend the US lease on a key air base, a day after the ousted president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, left the country....

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Russia conducts strategic bombers efficiency drill

Russia has carried out a series of efficiency drills for Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers, an Air Force spokesman has said. Lt. Col. Vladimir Drik said the flights...

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KC-X Tanker request has more than 230 changes, keeps basic form

Air Force and Pentagon officials made more than 230 changes from the draft to final request for proposals for new aerial refueling tankers but kept the approach...

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A stronger alliance

United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates made some provocative remarks at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee last Wednesday. He said that...

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Cross Placed at Air Force Pagan Circle Prompts Probe ("Like putting a pentagram in a church")

“They don’t lead morally and politically anymore. The world has no leadership,” he continued. “The United States was always the last resort...

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Vladimir Putin praises Russian stealth fighter (PAKFA T-50)

Russia successfully tested a highly secretive stealth fighter for the first time on Friday as a multi-billion rearmament programme cranks into gear even as it pledges...

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Save the SEALs: A serious nation doesn’t prosecute its heroes

The fact that this case has come this far shows an astonishing lack of perspective. While these three patriotic young men stand before a military judge to answer...

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Russian military cargo plane crashes on takeoff, killing all 11 crew members on board

Russian military plane crashes, 11 dead MOSCOW — A Russian heavy-lift military cargo plane crashed on takeoff Sunday in Siberia, killing all 11 crew members on...

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