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Navy identifies pilot killed in A-29 Super Tucano crash at White Sands
Lt. Christopher Carey Short, from Canandaigua, New York died June 22nd when the A-29 aircraft he was piloting crashed while on a mission over the Red Rio Bombing Range, part of White Sands Missile Range, north of Holloman Air Force Base.<br>U.S. Air Force photo
Lt. Christopher Carey Short, from Canandaigua, New York died June 22nd when the A-29 aircraft he was piloting crashed while on a mission over the Red Rio Bombing Range, part of White Sands Missile Range, north of Holloman Air Force Base.<br>U.S. Air Force photo

One of two aircrew on an A-29 Super Tucano light-attack aircraft died when the plane crashed at Red Rio Bombing Range in New Mexico Friday morning, the Navy reported Saturday.

Lt. Col. Daniel McGuire, 57th Wing fighter pilot, sits in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet assigned to the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 27, 2018. A Government Accountability Office report says the military needs to get a better handle on how many pilots are leaving the service for the commercial airlines.<br>Andrew D. Sarver/U.S. Air Force
Lt. Col. Daniel McGuire, 57th Wing fighter pilot, sits in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet assigned to the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 27, 2018. A Government Accountability Office report says the military needs to get a better handle on how many pilots are leaving the service for the commercial airlines.<br>Andrew D. Sarver/U.S. Air Force

GAO report says military must learn why pilots leave for commercial airlines

The military needs to get a better handle on why pilots are leaving the military and how many are leaving for jobs with commercial airlines, a new Government Accountability Office report said.

Senior Master Sgt. Billy Brown, left, and Maj. Brandon Ray of Ramstein Air Base's 86th Maintenance Squadron patch up the the C-54 Skymaster at the Berlin Airlift Memorial near Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, June 23, 2018. <br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES
Senior Master Sgt. Billy Brown, left, and Maj. Brandon Ray of Ramstein Air Base's 86th Maintenance Squadron patch up the the C-54 Skymaster at the Berlin Airlift Memorial near Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, June 23, 2018. <br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES

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Ramstein airmen patch up Berlin Airlift Memorial planes ahead of 70th anniversary

Ten airmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, volunteered their Saturday to do some extra repair work. Their mission: spruce up two vintage airplanes at the Berlin Airlift Memorial.

Haruko Arakaki, 74, attends the annual Irei no Hi ceremony at Okinawa Peace Memorial Park every year to "speak" to her father, who was lost during the Battle of Okinawa. The ceremony, held Saturday, June 23, 2018, marked the 73rd anniversary of the battle.<br>Aya Ichihashi/Stars and Stripes
Haruko Arakaki, 74, attends the annual Irei no Hi ceremony at Okinawa Peace Memorial Park every year to "speak" to her father, who was lost during the Battle of Okinawa. The ceremony, held Saturday, June 23, 2018, marked the 73rd anniversary of the battle.<br>Aya Ichihashi/Stars and Stripes

‘I only know my father through story’: Thousands gather to remember lives lost in Battle of Okinawa

Out of the ashes of the Battle of Okinawa grew “one of the strongest alliances in the history of alliances,” between the United States and Japan, Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson told U.S. Marines attending the memorial.

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Armed alleged Taliban watch a convoy Army National Army pass through in Logar province during unprecedented mutual cease-fires between the Taliban and the Afghan government over the weekend. Soldiers of the Afghan National Army's 203rd Corps ventured peacefully to a Taliban stronghold after armed Taliban walked past military checkpoints without firing Friday. <br>J.p. Lawrence/Stars and Stripes
Armed alleged Taliban watch a convoy Army National Army pass through in Logar province during unprecedented mutual cease-fires between the Taliban and the Afghan government over the weekend. Soldiers of the Afghan National Army's 203rd Corps ventured peacefully to a Taliban stronghold after armed Taliban walked past military checkpoints without firing Friday. <br>J.p. Lawrence/Stars and Stripes

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Brief cease-fire with Taliban could be watershed moment in Afghan War

For three extraordinary days this month, the 17-year Afghan conflict took its first formal break, generating a spontaneous outpouring of emotion on all sides and leaving indelible images of Taliban fighters eating at ice cream stands, hugging tearful Afghan soldiers and praying alongside their longtime enemies. Now, the insurgents have returned to the fight.

FILE- In this May 14, 1999, file photo, U.N. honor guards carry a coffin containing the remains of the American soldiers after it was returned from North Korea at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. South Korean media reported that the U.S. military plans to send 215 caskets to North Korea through a border village on Saturday, June 23, 2018, so that the North could begin the process of returning the remains of U.S. soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)<br>AP
FILE- In this May 14, 1999, file photo, U.N. honor guards carry a coffin containing the remains of the American soldiers after it was returned from North Korea at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. South Korean media reported that the U.S. military plans to send 215 caskets to North Korea through a border village on Saturday, June 23, 2018, so that the North could begin the process of returning the remains of U.S. soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)<br>AP

US sends coffins to border with N. Korea to prepare for return of war dead remains

The U.S. military sent 100 wooden coffins to the truce village on the border with North Korea on Saturday as it steps up preparations for the return of the remains of American soldiers killed in the 1950-53 war, according to the U.N. command.

Bikers touring through an Alpine Valley during the Ride the Alps event, near Eng, Austria, Saturday, June 23, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
Bikers touring through an Alpine Valley during the Ride the Alps event, near Eng, Austria, Saturday, June 23, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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US veterans join 'brotherhood' of bikers on ride through the Alps

More than 250 veterans, servicemembers and families rode their motorcycles through the jagged, gray peaks that mark the highest points in Germany as part of the annual Ride the Alps biker event this weekend.

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Senior Master Sgt. Billy Brown, left, and Maj. Brandon Ray of Ramstein Air Base's 86th Maintenance Squadron patch up the the C-54 Skymaster at the Berlin Airlift Memorial near Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, June 23, 2018. <br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES

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Ramstein airmen patch up Berlin Airlift Memorial planes ahead of 70th anniversary

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The TAPI natural gas pipeline, named for the four nations partnering in the project, has been hailed as the great economic hope of the region, a 1,127-mile pipeline transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan through western Afghanistan to energy-hungry Pakistan and India.<br>J.P. Lawrence/Stars and Stripes

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Smoke fills the stage following an explosion at a Zanu pf rally in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, June, 23, 2018. An explosion rocked a stadium where Zimbabwe's president was addressing a campaign rally on Saturday, with state media calling it an assassination attempt but saying he was not hurt and was evacuated from the scene. Witnesses said several people were injured, including a vice president.<br>AP

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Boeing Co.’s Echo Voyager has headed back to sea for a second round of testing, as the aerospace company looks to demonstrate the underwater drone’s more sophisticated capabilities for a U.S. Navy contract competition.<br>Boeing

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In this Wednesday, June 20, 2018, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, center, steps away after speaking with the media at the Pentagon. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who has accused China of "intimidation and coercion" in the South China Sea, is visiting Beijing as the countries increasingly spar over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and Beijing's expanding military presence overseas.<br>Alex Brandon/AP Photo, File

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Senior Master Sgt. Billy Brown, left, and Maj. Brandon Ray of Ramstein Air Base's 86th Maintenance Squadron patch up the the C-54 Skymaster at the Berlin Airlift Memorial near Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, June 23, 2018. <br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES

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Ramstein airmen patch up Berlin Airlift Memorial planes ahead of 70th anniversary

Ten airmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, volunteered their Saturday to do some extra repair work. Their mission: spruce up two vintage airplanes at the Berlin Airlift Memorial.

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The TAPI natural gas pipeline, named for the four nations partnering in the project, has been hailed as the great economic hope of the region, a 1,127-mile pipeline transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan through western Afghanistan to energy-hungry Pakistan and India.<br>J.P. Lawrence/Stars and Stripes

Can the Taliban be trusted to protect Afghanistan’s big bet on a gas pipeline?

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Smoke fills the stage following an explosion at a Zanu pf rally in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, June, 23, 2018. An explosion rocked a stadium where Zimbabwe's president was addressing a campaign rally on Saturday, with state media calling it an assassination attempt but saying he was not hurt and was evacuated from the scene. Witnesses said several people were injured, including a vice president.<br>AP

Zimbabwe leader calls assassination attempt ‘cowardly act’

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Bikers touring through an Alpine Valley during the Ride the Alps event, near Eng, Austria, Saturday, June 23, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
Bikers touring through an Alpine Valley during the Ride the Alps event, near Eng, Austria, Saturday, June 23, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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US veterans join 'brotherhood' of bikers on ride through the Alps

More than 250 veterans, servicemembers and families rode their motorcycles through the jagged, gray peaks that mark the highest points in Germany as part of the annual Ride the Alps biker event this weekend.

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