Gates: U.S. Air Force likely to stay Iraq
UPI - Fri Dec 11, 3:05 pm ETKIRKUK, Iraq, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force is likely to remain in Iraq after 2011, when its forces are scheduled to pull out, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
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Air Force opens recruiting office in Danvers
Danvers Herald - Thu Dec 10, 11:55 am ETThe U.S. Air Force recently opened a new recruiting office in Danvers Square, and interested individuals are invited to an Open House on Friday, Dec. 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Berlin counts the cost of civilian dead in Afghan war - Feature
EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 10, 9:16 pm ETBerlin - Somewhere in the depths of the Defence Ministry in Berlin, lawyers and officials are engaged in the uncomfortable business of putting a value on human lives. On December 7, the German government said it would compensate the civilian victims ...
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Tobacco Commission looking at four Southside projects
Eden Daily News - Thu Dec 10, 8:18 pm ETThe Tobacco Commission is considering applications for four projects that could bring jobs to Southside.
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Family sends Christmas gifts to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital
Dayton Daily News - Thu Dec 10, 11:09 am ETRick and Kathleen Larimer, of Washington Twp., are involved in the lives of children on many levels.In addition to having four children of their own, the couple also donates gifts to children at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital every Christmas .
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NASA’s chief of space medicine looks around Akron for ‘disruptive innovation’ to help astronauts
MedCity News - Thu Dec 10, 7:29 pm ETAKRON, Ohio -- Dr. J.D. Polk is in Akron this week to see what he can find. NASA's chief of space medicine visited biomedical engineering students at the University of Akron , as well as doctors and researchers at Summa Health System in Akron, the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy in Rootstown and the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron . "You never know where ...
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US Air Force launches high-altitude UAS
TG Daily - Wed Dec 9, 2:51 pm ET32 hours per sortie at 60,000 feet
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Tat's Rule
Strategy Page - Thu Dec 10, 5:49 am ETDecember 10, 2009: The U.S. Air Force, like the other services, have discovered that it's not worth the grief to try and ban recruits with tattoos. The air force recently implanted a policy barring recruits who had any tats on their right (saluting) arms.
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OU, Texas fans employ rivalry for good cause
The Oklahoman - Thu Dec 10, 12:17 pm ETThe football rivalry that pits Oklahomans and Texans against each other brought together two Air Force officers in support of needy Afghans living a world away from the football field. Air Force Capt. Katie Illingworth, 28, of Oklahoma City, is part of the duo that created Operation Red River Cares while serving at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan . The officers are nominees for Beliefnet.com’s ...
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Second Stage Rocket Motor of Orbital's Taurus II Launcher Successfully Ground Tested
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 10, 10:19 am ETDULLES, Va.----Orbital Sciences Corporation , one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that Alliant Techsystems and the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center successfully ground tested the second stage rocket motor of the company’s Taurus® II launch vehicle at AEDC in Tennessee.
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Two-star nominees announced
Air Force Times - Thu Dec 10, 3:42 pm ETTen Air Force brigadier generals have been nominated to receive their second star, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Thursday.The nominations are:* Brig. Gen. Eric W. Crabtree, commander of 4th Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, March Air Reserve Base, Calif.* Brig. Gen. Wallace W. Farris Jr., deputy director for politico-military affairs for Africa, on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon ...
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ATK Successfully Ground Tests New CASTOR(R) 30 Upper Stage Solid Rocket Motor
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 10, 9:12 am ETAlliant Techsystems successfully tested its newly developed CASTOR® 30 upper stage solid rocket motor today at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee.
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David Brock Memorial Library opens
The Paris News - Thu Dec 10, 2:58 pm ETParis 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.
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Hatfield mulls run for Baird seat
The Daily World - Thu Dec 10, 2:22 pm ETState Sen. Brian Hatfield, a Democrat from Raymond, says he very well may jump into what’s expected to be a crowded race to fill the congressional seat being vacated by Brian Baird, who announced Wednesday that he won’t seek re-election because he wants to spend more time with his family.
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Man comes home after Air Force career
Hungry Horse News - Thu Dec 10, 3:05 am ETAfter 22 years in the U.S. Air Force and 22 hours in the air, Aaron Aldrich is back home in Columbia Falls.
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USAISR earns Force Health Protection Award
DCMilitary.com - Thu Dec 10, 1:37 pm ETThe Association of Military Surgeons of the United States held its 115th annual meeting in St. Louis, Mo. Nov. 18.
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