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Over the past year and a half, the U.S. has stepped up drone strikes against militants in Pakistan -- killing as many as a thousand people. Press accounts have largely credited the Central Intelligence Agency with running these missions. But the U.S. Air Force also plays an important role in the drone missions over Pakistan. The military supplies the aircraft. It monitors the flights in and out ...
For those expecting withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Barack Obama's strategy for the war - sending more troops but setting a draw down date - did not arrive gift-wrapped this holiday season.
Several services and ceremonies are planned to honor area veterans this week with the first beginning tonight.
OXFORD - Miami University is now interviewing candidates for the position as dean of its campuses in Hamilton and Middletown, as well as the Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester Twp.
The Board of Directors of San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District has appointed Douglas Headrick, the district’s deputy general manager, to replace current general manager Randy Van Gelder, who will retire at the end of this year.
Event not on Blue Angels, Thunderbirds' radar next year Planning for the 2010 Air Lauderdale Beach Fest has hit some turbulence: the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds flying demonstration teams will not perform at the April show.
Paris Community Theatre fondly — and with much laughter — remembered one of its most active and influential charter members Saturday with the dedication of the David Brock Memorial Library, inside PCT’s new Children and Teens Theatre Center, 115 Clarksville St.
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Airmen from the 71st Fighter Squadron returned Nov. 21 from a three-week exercise at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., where they provided weapons systems and adversary role support to pilots in training.
City council members Tuesday night unanimously confirmed the appointment of Mark A. Crosby as the interim chief of the Del Rio Police Department. Crosby's appointment becomes effective with the resignation of DRPD Chief Waylon Bullard on Friday, Dec. 4.
Tourism and the activities of the Del Rio Convention and Visitors Bureau top the agenda for Tuesday's meeting of the Del Rio City Council. The meeting is open to the public and is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers at City Hall, 109 W. Broadway St.
DANVILLE – Alice Payne, who recently completed a 35-year career with the Danville school district, is being recognized as "Biggie of the Year" by the Progressive Chapter of Blacks in Government. Payne will receive the award at the 16th annual Black Tie Affair at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Days Hotel & Conference Center, 77 N. Gilbert St.
PANAMA CITY — Paul F. Carpenter, 70, planned to give the Conn bass trombone to his grandson, but Tuesday he carried it to the Great Treasure Hunt Roadshow to see how much he could get for it.“The federal government screwed me out of my...
ROANOKE RAPIDS — Wednesday, Dec. 9, will mark a significant change for the city of Roanoke Rapids. The sun will rise for the first time in 50 years over a city not being served in some official capacity by Drewery Beale.
VPT Inc., a HEICO company and the innovative leader in providing power handling products for avionics and other high reliability applications, today introduced the new VPTVME Series power supply.
ROANOKE RAPIDS — Wednesday, Dec. 9, will mark a significant change for the city of Roanoke Rapids. The sun will rise for the first time in 50 years over a city not being served in some official capacity by Drewery Beale.
Mr. Gravatt, 71, of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, died Nov. 29, 2009, at the Vitas Hospice program at Kennedy Hospital in Stratford. Mr. Gravatt served in the U.S. Air Force. He was a safety supervisor with Monmouth County for 33 years prior to retiring.
