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Air Force sends F-15 fighter jets to Diego Garcia on force protection mission

The Air Force has deployed F-15 fighter jets for a force protection mission on Diego Garcia, Pacific Air Forces confirmed this week. The strategically important island in the Indian Ocean has served as a base for U.S. bombers during the Pentagon’s airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen that began earlier this year.



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Air Force Academy graduation in limbo for 9 men’s soccer players

With less than two weeks until graduation, nine Air Force Academy soccer players are unsure if they will march with their classmates after an alleged hazing incident, prompting complaints from some family members, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. The academy says its decisions are still pending.

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