Tag: Air Force

"Bomb Syria for al-Qaeda": the dumbest war ever?

"Bomb Syria for al-Qaeda": the dumbest war ever?

U.S. military options in Syria range from training and advising rebels fighting to topple the government there to putting American troops on the ground.

The Army has admitted losing – or not keeping – combat records for an untold number of soldiers and National Guardsmen who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This week, the Air Force went through Minot Air Force Base again, The 91st Missile wing failed an inspection and 17 officers with nuclear weapons authority were relieved of duty.

Many observers of the past two decades of covert aerosol geoengineering adopted the term "chemtrails" to describe unnatural emissions and trails originating from military jet engines.

If you're suffering from a cold, the flu, or another virus, there are things you can do to help relieve the symptoms, but taking antibiotics will not help. Antibiotics only treat bacterial infections, such as strep throat.

Recent intelligence sources have revealed that at least one and perhaps as many as three KC 135 Stratotankers have left the United States, traversing the Pacific Ocean, for use in refueling Israeli attack aircraft on missions against Iran.

Despite high rates of alcohol abuse," the US Army "has delayed for nearly three years a plan to offer all soldiers access to confidential counseling for drinking problems, a move that leaders in alcohol abuse treatment say is a mistake.

Tokyo station is as contaminated as the mandatory evacuation zone in Fukushima. It's a Death Sentence for US Troops if they stay.

Air Force Master Sgt. Charles Halcome stood at a hospital bed, laying out vials and pointing out medical instruments to be used to treat an incoming patient.

“The United States Air Force has been training young missile officers about the morals and ethics of launching nuclear weapons by citing passages from the New Testament and commentary from a former member of the Nazi Party and includes a discussion on St. Augustine's 'Christian Just War Theory.' Augustine was the first Church Father to consider the concept of a ‘Just War’ and within 100 years after Constantine, the Empire required that all soldiers in the army must be baptized Christians and thus, the decline of Christianity began.

Christina White poses with her father (standing), and her two Veteran grandfathers at the WWII Memorial in Washington, DC.

In an effort to address military spouses’ employment challenges, the Defense Department today launched a program to expand career opportunities for military spouses worldwide, and to recognize the skills and talents they bring to the employment table.

Like many aviators, Air Force Capt. Sarah Eccles, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from San Antonio, caught the flying bug at a young age. On her 15th birthday, her father surprised her by taking her to a Wright Flyers Aviation flight school.

After completing his reserve officers' training and earning a bachelor and master of science in aerospace engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Air Force 1st Lt. Ryan Castonia could well have gone on to a career as an engineer in the Air Force.

WII Women Air Force Service Pilot (WASP) 1st Lt. Elaine Harmon didn’t join the military for recognition but she certainly earned it. Harmon was one of the 1,074 women pilots who flew non-combat missions in the U.S. in order to free their male counterparts for overseas combat missions.

General Hickey is a proven leader with deep experience and passion, who is dedicated to the welfare of Veterans, their families and survivors

Committed to preserving and building on expertise garnered during the past decade of conflict, the Navy is hard at work institutionalizing lessons learned as the military draws down in Iraq and looks toward a drawdown in Afghanistan as well, one of the fleet's top training officers reported.

Long duty days far away from home can be tough. A chance to speak with or see a loved one often can offer relief from the stresses of deployment. Ask almost any soldier, sailor, airman or Marine deployed overseas, and they will tell you that family and friends are always on their mind.

More than 70 years of flying experience came to a close after one last flight in a Piper Saratoga aircraft in Valdosta, Ga.

“The Pakistan Air Force is stronger than ever. Since the last Indo-Pak air war of 1971, the Pakistan Air Force has with steely determination built up numbers, lethal capabilities and a combat force now counted as one of the most disciplined and well-trained air forces in the world. Headlines Today has a disturbing proof that all this has made India worried.” India Today 20th April 2011

Kabul -- Before coming to Afghanistan, I spent a week with students and teachers from a Colorado College nonviolence class who invited me to join them for their retreat near Crestone, Colorado, in an area of the Rocky Mountains described as one of the ten most peaceful places on earth. Coyotes, woodpeckers, and songbirds were easily audible. We reveled in the quiet beauty of an area that is home to 23 spiritual groups, all of whom prize the valley they share as a sacred space.

HOW A PSYCHO-SEXUAL CULT HOLDS AMERICA PRISONER By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor On 9/11, the United States Air Force failed to respond to multiple hijacking...

From: USAF Academy Staff Officer's E-mail Address Withheld Date: January 21, 2011 12:44:00 PM MST To: Mikey Weinstein Subject: Air Force Academy: "Lies, Lies and More Lies" Mr....

Global Observer, AeroVironment’s Extreme Endurance Unmanned Aircraft System, Achieves Historic First Hydrogen-Powered Flight January 11 2011 Key Milestone Achieved for System Designed to Provide ...

The Air Force has been able to claim the best practice in addressing PTSD and suicides so this is one of the most important...

An Air Force veteran who worked as a fuels specialists has been sick for over 20 years with various serious medical conditions. He has a 50% service connection disability from the VA. His story is compelling and shows the impact on what exposure to toxic chemicals can do to an otherwise healthy young man.

120 U.S. MILITARY (RETIRED) CONFIRM MISSILE ACTIVATIONS BY UFO'S   September 27, 2010 Washington DC (National Press Club)  Broad confirmations of 60 years of UFO interaction...

UFOs Visited Nuclear Weapons Sites, Former Air Force Officers Say By Lee Spiegel for AOL News   (Sept. 21) -- UFOs have monitored and possibly tampered with...

Somehow, against all odds, the already-surreal competition to build America’s next fleet of tanker planes just got sillier and more venal. A tiny, troubled aerospace firm and its Ukrainian partner have been disqualified from the bidding because they handed in their proposal five minutes too late. The companies, for their part, insist that their messenger had a few minutes to spare

History is living and remembering. So often in searching and tracking Desert Storm Veterans I find other examples of history being forgotten and not...

"MILITARY TRASH, NEGROES, INJUNS, MESSICANS AND QUEERS, RAPID CITY HATES EM' ALL" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Rapid City, South Dakota has a long history...

Defense industry supporters of efforts to establish the Dayton, Ohio region as a national center of training, education and product development for unmanned aircraft say that persuading the U.S. government to approve airspace for flying the unmanned craft near this urban area is critical. Civilian authorities fear technology for unmanned aircraft can’t assure air safety.

SINCE the Vietnam War, R.O.T.C. programs have been banned from operating on campus at elite universities like Yale and Harvard.