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Managing Director of the Major Hockey League , German Skoropupov, told about the idea of holding the league's regular match on the deck of Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft-carrying heavy cruiser.

Mark Williford Jr., a Kingman Academy of Learning High School senior who was featured in the Miner's graduation insert Friday, was recently accepted to both the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Reports said a climber fell at about 6,500 feet. Firefighters and search and rescue crews were rushing to help.

Vice President Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year commencement address to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Military Academy.

Junior Kevin Ma has been named a National Biology Olympiad finalist and junior Grace Zhang a National Chemistry Olympiad winner.

President Barack Obama encouraged graduating cadets to help build another "great American Century" and fired up supporters at a high-dollar campaign event as Air Force One touched down twice on Wednesday in this crucial swing state.

Speaking to the graduating cadets at the United States Air Force Academy this week, President Obama took several not-so-veiled swipes at his predecessor, George W. Bush: Four years ago, you arrived here at a time of great challenge for our nation Al Qaeda, which had attacked us on 9/11, was entrenched in their safe-havens. Many of our alliances ... (more)

Administration and employees of Orenair have welcomed Boeing 737-800 aircraft at the Orenburg International Airport named after Y.A. Gagarin on May 21st 2012.

President Obama's recent speech to the graduating class at the Air Force Academy highlighted one of the many reasons that it is very difficult to defeat an incumbent President running for a second term.

Three events in the past week -- the NATO summit in Chicago , President Barack Obama 's commencement speech at the Air Force Academy and congressional action on the 2013 defense spending bill -- gave new insight into the strengths, weaknesses and challenges facing the global defense framework first outlined in the administration's National Security ... (more)

Ministry of Transport has chosen the scheme for consolidating the Moscow airports and solving the problem connected with financing of their aerodrome facilities, Kommersant reports.

This famous photo of President Obama's national security team the night of the Osama bin Laden raid features some of the biggest names of the Obama administration.

Heller said her group had connected with at least four members of the class of 2012 receiving diplomas today who had come out publicly as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.A ThereA were A likely others, but they preferred to keep a A low-profile, she said.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday staunchly defended his foreign policy record against Republican election-year criticism that he has overseen a decline in American power in the world.

Chris Hassa, center, with his mother, Teri, left, and father, Tony, at the Air Force Academy during this week's graduation celebration.

MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone. Thank you for starting early with us as we make our way over a number of states to Colorado -- Colorado Springs -- where the President will, with great pleasure, deliver the commencement address at the Air Force Academy -- part of a tradition where the President, every year, delivers the commencement at one of ... (more)

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President Barack Obama has arrived at Falcon Stadium, where he awaits providing the commencement speech during Air Force Academy graduation ceremonies.

His speech to the military college comes just after the NATO summit in Chicago, which was plagued by protests, where leaders voted to conclude military action in Afganistan starting in mid-2013 with a full pullout of U.S. troops by 2014.

More than 30 light training Ansat helicopters will be delivered to Russian air forces by 2020, RIA Novosti reports.