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4 hrs ago | Newkerala.com

Russian military to make inspection flights over US

Moscow, May 19 : A group of Russian military observers will carry out two inspection missions over the US under the Open Skies Treaty between May 19 and June 3, the Russian defence ministry said.

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Related Topix: Tupolev Tu-154, Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Tupolev Aircraft, US Military, US Air Force, Travis Air Force Base

Fri May 17, 2013

Missileer

AF surgeon helps Belizean boy get 'new hand'

Isai Carrillo, a 4-year-old Belizean boy, holds a stuffed animal while sitting with his mother, Ruth, and his grandmother, Mercedes, prior to his surgery.

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Related Topix: World News, Belize, Central America, US Military, US Air Force, Medicine, Plastic Surgery

Irregular Times

Do American Soldiers Need Multibillion Dollar Night Lights?

Republicans and hawkish Democrats in Congress warned us all that if the military spending cuts that were part of the sequestration were allowed to go through, we would all be sorry.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Michael Turner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Robert Turner, US Military, US Air Force, Liberal Political News

Thu May 16, 2013

Business Journal

Dayton must prepare itself against future base cuts, panelist says

It's highly unlikely a complex base such as Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will be closed under federal base realignment , but it's dangerous to assume missions can't be pulled out.

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Related Topix: Dayton, OH, US Military, US Air Force

Wed May 15, 2013

Airport Business

Springfield Man Honored for Saving Wright Brothers' Site

May 15--DAYTON -- Before the Wright brothers' bicycle shop on South Williams Street was declared a National Historic Landmark, it was just another old Dayton building slated for demolition.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force

Tue May 14, 2013

WHIO

Wright-Patt workers facing 11-day furloughs starting in early July

Thousands of Wright-Patterson civilian employees won't spend as much time off the job without pay after the Pentagon directed the number of furlough days be shortened to 11 days from 14.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force

Business Journal

Northrop Grumman wins $555 million Air Force deal

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has landed a more than half-billion dollar deal to modernize the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk fleet.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force

Business Journal

Ohio among states poised to dominate drone economy, Fortune says

Ohio and Indiana are poised to dominate the drone economy with their joint bid to host FAA testing, CNN Money says.

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Related Topix: Ohio, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, US Military, US Air Force

Mon May 13, 2013

Xenia Daily Gazette

Broadcast Partner - WDTN

The hunks donned their best pair of stilettos and went heel to heel racing around the The Greene Town Center to raise money for the local organization Clothes That Work.... Read More Funeral services for Diana Schwab will be held at the Tobias Funeral Home at 5741 Far Hills Avenue in Centerville.... Read More But Mary Lauterbach tells me the newly ... (more)

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Related Topix: Centerville, OH, US Military, US Air Force, Xenia, OH

Sat May 11, 2013

Air Force Times

Krusinski was a 'good choice' for the job

The man who was supposed to lead the Air Force's sex assault prevention efforts will stand trial July 18 in Arlington, Va., on a charge of sexual battery.

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Related Topix: US Military, Vandenberg Air Force Base, US Air Force, Eglin Air Force Base, Bolling Air Force Base

Fri May 10, 2013

Aerotech News And Review

C-5M undergoes a supera upgrade at Edwards

The silhouette of an aircrew member from the 9th Airlift Squadron can be seen as they prepare to remove a power cart from a C-5M Super Galaxy for a test sortie April 26, 2013, in support of C-5M Super Galaxy Block 3.5.2 software upgrade testing.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Dover Air Force Base, Edwards Air Force Base, US News

Xenia Daily Gazette

Broadcast Partner - WDTN

All you have to do is put non-perishable food items into a bag and leave it by our mailbox.... Read More Lt.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Xenia, OH, Fairborn, OH

Thu May 09, 2013

Bloomberg

Air Force Sex Abuse Chief's Trial Set

Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Krusinski, the U.S. Air Force 's top officer for sexual assault prevention, had a trial set for July 18 at his first court appearance on a charge of groping a woman in a suburban Virginia parking lot.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, MacDill Air Force Base, Lackland Air Force Base, Arlington, VA

Missileer

C-5M undergoes 'super' upgrade at Edwards AFB

An aircrew member from the 9th Airlift Squadron prepares to remove a power cart from a C-5M Super Galaxy for a test sortie April 26, 2013, in support of C-5M Super Galaxy Block 3.5.2 software upgrade testing.

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Related Topix: Edwards AFB, CA, US Military, US Air Force, Dover Air Force Base, Edwards Air Force Base

BYU Magazine

Origami in Space

Mechanical engineering PhD student Shannon A. Zirbel is shaking things up with a NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship worth up to $198,000. For her second summer now, Zirbel will ship out to NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, home of the Mars rover team, to apply origami in space.

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Related Topix: Origami, Space, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, NASA, US Air Force

Wed May 08, 2013

Aerotech News And Review

Boeing delivers first C-17 training center to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

Boeing has delivered a training center for the C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, enabling the base to cut costs by training pilots and loadmasters onsite.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, McChord Air Force Base, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Tue May 07, 2013

Abc13.com

Child pornography investigation spans from Harris County to UK, nets 4 arrests

A multi-agency investigation that spanned from Harris County to the United Kingdom since 2009 has culminated in three arrests connected to child pornography.

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Related Topix: Spring, TX, US Military, US Air Force

WHIO

Classes at Miami Valley school to resume after threat

Classes at the Miami Valley Career Technology Center are expected to resume at their normal times Wednesday following a search of the campus Tuesday afternoon that was prompted by a phoned-in bomb threat.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Clayton, OH, Englewood, OH

Business Journal

AFIT rolls out scholarships for cyber program

The Air Force Institute of Technology's Center for Cyberspace Research is looking to boost its ranks through a Scholarship for Service program.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Computers, Science, Computer Science, Standardized Testing, Education

Mon May 06, 2013

Xenia Daily Gazette

Broadcast Partner - WDTN

Operation Shield was started in an effort to get criminals off the streets before they commit more violent crimes.... Read More 13,000 civilian workers on base are among those asked to take 14 unpaid furlough days between June 16 and September.Bases officials hope furloughs will be delayed.... Read More The levy would amount to $10.9 million.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Yellow Springs, OH, Cedarville, OH, Beavercreek, OH