Monthly Archives: July 2009

Airmen and friends have raised thousands of dollars for Airman 1st Class Colton Read, who lost his legs after a botched gallbladder surgery.Airmen in Read’s unit, the 9th Intelligence Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., and across the service … Continue reading →

The Air Force has joined forces with the Army in the latest standup of a new wing.The 502nd Air Base Wing was activated in a ceremony at Air Education and Training Command headquarters at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, on … Continue reading →

Reporter Erik Holmes and photographer Colin Kelly cover the build-up in Kandahar. Check out the Flightlines blog for regular updates.

After dealing with the heat in Jalalabad, staff writer Erik Holmes has arrived among the unpredictable valleys around FOB Blessing, nearly 20 miles outside the Pakistani border. He’s tracking a day in the life of joint terminal attack controllers, or … Continue reading →

Even as an Institute of Medicine report expanded a list of health issues possibly linked to the defoliant Agent Orange, researchers lamented that the Department of Veterans Affairs had taken little action on previous recommendations on that issue.The OIM committee … Continue reading →

The House Armed Services Committee chairman has come up with a new national security reading list of 50 essential books that he personally recommends for military officers and noncommissioned and petty officers, as well as his colleagues.Reading the list is … Continue reading →

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal jury in Pensacola convicted a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel of aiding in a scheme to defraud a Panhandle military lab while he was a defense contractor.Richard Schaller was convicted of destroying records and lying … Continue reading →

Six major veterans groups have warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., that they will oppose a national health care reform bill unless major changes are made to protect veterans and their families.In a July 30 letter, the groups said that … Continue reading →

NANGALAM, Afghanistan — A U.S. soldier lost his leg July 29 when an Army Apache attack helicopter fired on him in a remote region of eastern Afghanistan.The soldier, a photographer documenting the war as part of a Combat Camera unit … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — The U.S. general in charge of turning around the war in Afghanistan is likely to recommend significant changes to U.S. and NATO operations, military officials and others familiar with his forthcoming report said. Those changes could include additional … Continue reading →