The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) and boats from the Dominican Republic conduct a bilateral maritime interdiction exercise, May 5, 2022, in the Carbbean Sea.
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Air Force Lt. Col. Jamie Humphries returns the ceremonial first salute to a formation of airmen on June 11, 2020, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Humphries was relieved as commander of the 1st …
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Dunn asked a federal court in California to block the Air Force from relieving him of his command, but the court rejected his request. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit did the same.
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Mar 20, 2024YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan The dining facility at this airlift hub in western Tokyo is the first to take the Air Force’s highest award for food service excellence four years in a row.
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The guided-missile destroyer was sent to challenge Vietnam’s “excessive maritime claims” in the Con Dao Islands, about 150 miles south of Ho Chi Minh City, the 7th Fleet said in a statement …
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Capt. Tinashe Machona, a spokeswoman for the D.C. National Guard, said the troops were purposefully positioned that way to ensure the new president’s safety.
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Jul 2, 2023A Ford Focus was wrecked in an accident near Vilseck, Germany, on June 30, 2023. One U.S. soldier died and two others were injured after the car slid off a wet roadway and collided with a tree.
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Nov 4, 2022A 21-year-old Fort Riley soldier is facing a murder charge in the stabbing death of another soldier at the Army base in Kansas, according to Army court documents and local police. Spc.
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Feb 28, 2023The Kansas City Star February 28, 2023 Jeremy Stover, CEO of Freedom Hospice in Hiawatha, Kansas, has been arrested on allegations that he was promoting the sale of sexual relations. (LinkedIn)
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Feb 3, 2023Air Force Brig. Gen. James Brantingham, the deputy chief of chaplains, gives an invocation at a March 2022 event at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. Brantingham, who had been in the post for about a …
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The department has bought over 700 out of 2,470 F-35s it plans to acquire. Recent contracts for jets delivered through 2023 put the cost of an F-35 at under $80 million, according to the office.
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Sep 8, 2023The most challenging part of being a DJ is programming an entire event, he said. The Air Force Ball, for example, unfolds in stages, like the social hour, dinner and dancing, which require …
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Oct 31, 2024Findings by the Defense Department Inspector General reveal a series of procurement missteps that allowed defense giant Boeing to overcharge the U.S. Air Force for various components of the C-17 …
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Oct 21, 2024Tire problems plagued two Air Force stealth fighters on the same afternoon last week at Kadena Air Base, where one Raptor lost two tires while landing and another lost one prior to takeoff.
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KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – A new course is giving Japanese base workers a voice in reporting inefficiencies and improving how their offices function at the home of the 18th Wing.
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The system is also hampered by out-of-date provider lists, access issues and repeated Tricare rejection of routine claims, including emergency care, according to some among the 8,000 retirees and …
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The U.S. military must prepare to fight decisively if China challenges America, its allies or partners, the new commander of Andersen Air Force Base on Guam told troops moments after stepping into …
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KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany A 36-year-old service member assigned to Ramstein Air Base died from his injuries following a motorcycle crash over the weekend, military officials and German police said.
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Ledet and Cooper were former co-workers, according to the police report. There were no signs of forced entry into Cooper’s off-campus apartment, which was in a gated, luxury community, Brock …
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The bases receiving the upgrades are Hickam Communities at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; Tierra Vista Communities at Los Angeles Air Force Base, San Pedro, Calif.; Tierra Vista at …
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