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Friday | The Round Up

Troops honored 60 years later in annual march

Bataan Memorial Death March participants labor to reach the 8-mile marker Saturday at White Sands Missile Range.

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Related Topix: US Air Force, US Army, Prison, Las Cruces, NM

Tue Dec 22, 2009

Las Cruces Sun-News

WSMR, NMSU to receive federal defense funding for laser program

White Sands Missile Range, the High Energy Laser System Test Facility based at WSMR and New Mexico State University will receive federal defense funding through legislation signed late Saturday by President Obama.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US Army, New Mexico State University, US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, New Mexico, New Mexico Government

Sat Dec 19, 2009

Reuters

Pentagon delays new "bunker buster" bomb

A "bunker buster" bomb with more than 10 times the explosive power of its predecessor is to be put into service by the United States next December, six months later than previously scheduled, the Defense Department told Reuters on Friday.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, US Military, US Air Force, US Army, White Sands, NM

Alamogordo Daily News

Better than gold: Desalination efforts are ready to go forward in Tularosa

In a historical effort to clean saline water sources for municipal use, costs have skyrocketed for the technologies that would do the cleaning.

19 comments

Related Topix: Tularosa, NM, Otero County, NM, House, NM, Alamogordo, NM, White Sands, NM, US Military, US Air Force, US Army

Thu Dec 17, 2009

The United States Army

Engineer Battalion commemorates bravery in flag burning ceremony

Soldiers from the 2nd Engineer Battalion held a ceremonial Burning of the Colors Nov.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US Army, History in the News, North Korea, World News, Asia

Tue Dec 15, 2009

Four Corners Business Journal

New Mexico

Nurse Practitioner Roy Addington recently joined the Presbyterian Medical Services Farmington Community Health Center.

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Related Topix: New Mexico, Medicine, Nursing, Colorado, Colorado Government, University of Northern Colorado, US Military, US Air Force, US Army

Sun Dec 13, 2009

Time

Postcard from Las Cruces

Tickets at Spaceport America will start at $200,000. URS / Foster + Partners Share The coyotes have loped off, and the rattlesnakes have crawled under the construction trailers for shade and safety.

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Related Topix: Las Cruces, NM, Truth or Consequences, NM, New Mexico, Roswell, NM, US Military, US Air Force, US Army, Holloman Air Force Base

Fri Dec 11, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

Army flight tests new software for Patriot Pac-3 interceptor missile

The Army said a flight test of new software for the PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 hit-to-kill interceptor missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. early today was successful.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US Army, Strategic Defense Initiative, Huntsville, AL

Alamogordo Daily News

Wind blows off roof at WSMR

High winds Tuesday morning blew the roof off of a building at White Sands Missile Range.

2 comments

Related Topix: US Army, US Military, US Air Force

Tue Dec 08, 2009

IEP High School Mania - El Paso Times

Winds rip roof off White Sands Missile Range police station

Crews worked Tuesday to restore power to thousands of New Mexicans after a strong winter storm passed through the state.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US Army, Weather, Las Cruces, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Jemez Pueblo, NM

Las Cruces Sun-News

25 p.m.)

All non-essential employees at White Sands Missile Range are being sent home early today after strong winds there caused widespread power outages and damage.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US Army, White Sands, NM

Fri Dec 04, 2009

Las Cruces Sun-News

Regan: WSMR, Cruces reciprocate benefits

One of the saving graces that has prevented the recession from taking a greater toll on Las Cruces has been White Sands Missile Range.

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Related Topix: US Military, Las Cruces Metro, US Air Force, US Army, Las Cruces, NM, White Sands, NM, Department of Defense, US News, Fort Bliss

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Jane's Information Group

FalconLaunch 6 explosion triggers post-test investigation

Cadets at the US Air Force Academy, Colorado, have begun the task of determining the reason for the failure of an experimental rocket designated FalconLaunch 6. Designed by the cadets from the academy's Astronautical Engineering 452 and 453 courses, FalconLaunch 6 was originally scheduled to launch from NASA's Wallops Island, Virginia, range in ...

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, US Air Force, Usaf Academy, CO

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Alamogordo Daily News

Holloman, Alamo need F-35 mission

This is an answer to a recent letter to the Daily News expressing concern about aircraft-generated sonic booms and engine noise.

19 comments

Related Topix: Holloman Air Force Base, US Military, US Air Force, US Army, Alamogordo, NM

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Silver City Sun-News

For some, holiday focus is on loved ones serving overseas

The Brown family, including mom Nikki, 24, and daughters Gabby, 4, and Brandie, 2, is missing a big piece to the family puzzle -- husband and father Sgt.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US Army, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving, Christmas

Tue Nov 24, 2009

KRQE Albuquerque, New Mexico

Navajo factory boosts defense arsenal

For 20 years now workers at a plant near Farmington have quietly built parts for some of America's most high-tech tools of war.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, US Air Force

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Amarillo.com

F-100 gets new home

The F-100 jet, which was built in 1956, sits in its refurbished state. The aircraft will be moved to the Texas Panhandle War Memorial near Georgia Street by early 2010.

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Related Topix: Panhandle, TX, Amarillo, TX, Amarillo Metro, Randall County, TX, US Military, US Air Force, US Army

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Home The Enterprise Ledger

In Enterprise: Veteran-owned company gets Army contract

ETSVETS Inc., which has its headquarters in Enterprise, will provide engineering and technical support for C4I testing as part of the ManTech team that was just awarded a $286,000 contract from the U.S. Army Electronic Proving Ground at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Huachuca, US Army, US Air Force, Fort Hood, Computers

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Deming Headlight

Weather expert set to debunk global warming myth at NM Farm and Livestock Bureau meeting

The former chief meteorologist for the U.S. Army at the Pentagon, Gunnar C. Carlson Jr., will expose the "hoax" of alleged "global warming" at the 92nd annual meeting of the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau in Albuquerque.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US Army, Albuquerque Metro, Albuquerque, NM, Agriculture, Science

Sun Nov 15, 2009

DefenceTalk News

Guided MLRS Reaches New Distance Record In Successful Test

DALLAS, TX: Lockheed Martin successfully fired a U.S. Army Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rocket 92 kilometers in a recent test at White Sands Missile Range, NM.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US Army, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX

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