Air Force

DOD readies service-by-service plan for women in combat

Leaders from each service branch and U.S. Special Operations Command laid out road maps Tuesday to begin moving female troops toward the front lines of combat, but said the process would proceed deliberately over the course of years, and be accompanied by a host of studies.
16:24 June 18, 2013
Pratt & Whitney says it will pay for F-35B’s grounding

United Technologies Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney unit and its subcontractors will pay the entire cost of grounding the Pentagon’s F-35B fighters in January because of a propulsion-system flaw, the unit’s top official said.
08:41 June 18, 2013
Some hope for F-35 at former Plattsburgh Air Force Base

As the South Burlington community continues to haggle over whether it wants F-35 fighter jets to be stationed there, some North Country officials are still ready to play host.
23:25 June 16, 2013
Father's Day gift: Flight revisits World War II memories
Crews battling Colo. wildfire hold flames in check
Careful paint job key to military aircraft maintenance
Colonel stepping down after leading F-35 training program
RAF Mildenhall takes time to relax
Jean Blassie dies; her missing son was in the Tomb of the Unknowns
NY Air Guard unit accused of promoting sexual abusers
Troubled F-35 jet struggles to get in fighting shape
Airman didn't want to shoot charging Denali moose, but felt he had to
Military making significant contributions to Colorado firefighting efforts
Dayton area leaders fear budget cuts at Air Force tech school
Wilkerson had affair that produced a child, Air Force confirms

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Barack Obama’s first 100 days included three bold mandates for Eric Shinseki: end the benefits backlog, end veterans homelessness, and enable seamless sharing of medical records between the defense and veterans affairs departments. Today, 1,600 days into Obama’s presidency, none of those promises has been fulfilled.
Sharing WWII lessons in 140 characters (or less)

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For years, Hal Miller wouldn’t talk about landing on Utah Beach and the subsequent D-Day invasion. How, with his twin by his side in Normandy on June 6, 1944, he witnessed history. But now — thanks to the social networking platform Twitter — his story is being shared to remind younger generations of the sacrifices and horrors of World War II.
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