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AIR FORCE Air Force Airmen Benjamin D. Williams and Ciara N. Erwin recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio.

During the reading of the names of fallen comrades from the past year, guests and organizations are invited to place a fresh flower at the base of the flagpole.

Eugene Slabinski, left, 83, of Hanover Township, Pa., poses with Gerald Alder, 81, of Davis, Calif., in Greenville, Maine, at a 50th anniversary remembrance of a B-52 crash in January 1963 on Elephant Mountain, Maine.

After surviving a deadly B-52 bomber crash and a night on a frozen mountainside, Gerald Adler, injured and frostbitten, could recall only the red handlebar mustache of his rescuer.

The 1,123-acre refuge is now home to a historic World War II gun barrel from the USS Missouri.

A one-of-a-kind experimental aircraft collection will be part of a new $46 million gallery at Ohio's largest military installation.

Maj. Derrell Jeffords bounced his roaring Spooky 21 down and off the runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam.

Man hugs former Guatemalan president Portillo, accused of corruption, before he boards plane for his extradition to United States for money laundering, in Guatemala City GUATEMALA CITY - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face money laundering charges, the U.S. embassy in Guatemala said.

An unmanned Delta IV rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday evening.

PORTLAND, Ore. Sexual assault in the military has become a topic of a national conversation just in the past couple weeks as top lawmakers in Washington, D.C. push new bills to crack down on it.

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Six elementary schools and a middle school at Fort Benning will close for up to five days in September because of teacher furloughs.

After 12 seasons of countless auditions, performances and lots of drama involving the judges themselves, American Idol judge Randy Jackson is leaving the show, saying his long stint had run its course.

Syria's civil war has inspired some in Congress and in the media. Stupidity or insanity? Some people don't learn from past mistakes.

Three men have been sentenced to prison in a bribery case involving road and roofing contracts for a North Texas military installation.

The Pentagon on Thursday told Congress that a recent restructuring of its heavy rocket launch program to add 60 more launches and extend the schedule for a decade would more than double the program's projected cost to $70.7 billion.

Southwestern Oklahoma lawmakers are applauding the selection of Altus Air Force Base as the first formal training unit for the Air Force's new KC-46 air refueling tanker.

Pease Air National Guard Base has been selected by the military as the most desirable guard facility in the country to house new KC-46A air refueling tankers, rising to the top of a field of 88 competitors nationwide.

Having lived most of her life in this Oklahoma City suburb, Barbara Bryen never feared twisters.

A month ago, the retired Army lieutenant colonel had a brainstorm that the Atlanta History Center's dedication of its redone Veterans Park on Memorial Day would be more memorable if it could include a 'Sacred Soil' ceremony.