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Red tape complicates SF mission in Pakistan

An ongoing Pakistani effort to delay the issuance of visas to U.S. diplomatic and military personnel is impeding the U.S. special operations mission to train Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, according to several U.S. sources. The difficulty obtaining visas led to some … Continue reading

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Red tape complicates SF mission in Pakistan

An ongoing Pakistani effort to delay the issuance of visas to U.S. diplomatic and military personnel is impeding the U.S. special operations mission to train Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, according to several U.S. sources. The difficulty obtaining visas led to some … Continue reading

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Red tape complicates SF mission in Pakistan

An ongoing Pakistani effort to delay the issuance of visas to U.S. diplomatic and military personnel is impeding the U.S. special operations mission to train Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, according to several U.S. sources. The difficulty obtaining visas led to some … Continue reading

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Red tape complicates SF mission in Pakistan

An ongoing Pakistani effort to delay the issuance of visas to U.S. diplomatic and military personnel is impeding the U.S. special operations mission to train Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, according to several U.S. sources. The difficulty obtaining visas led to some … Continue reading

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Red tape complicates SF mission in Pakistan

An ongoing Pakistani effort to delay the issuance of visas to U.S. diplomatic and military personnel is impeding the U.S. special operations mission to train Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, according to several U.S. sources. The difficulty obtaining visas led to some … Continue reading

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Red tape complicates SF mission in Pakistan

An ongoing Pakistani effort to delay the issuance of visas to U.S. diplomatic and military personnel is impeding the U.S. special operations mission to train Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, according to several U.S. sources. The difficulty obtaining visas led to some … Continue reading

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Finding the fix for inflated EPRs

No one should have been surprised when the Air Force announced that the 1,269 master sergeants selected for promotion this year all aced their enlisted performance reports.They’re expected to be “truly among the best,” what the perfect score calls for.What … Continue reading

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Army will allow soldiers to recolor M4s

The Army is finally going to give soldiers the green light to paint their black weapons so they blend in with the terrain on the battlefield. Soldiers have been using commercially available, spray-on camouflage paint since the beginning of the … Continue reading

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Astronauts, famed pilots salute troops

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — The men who were the first and the last to walk on the moon, the astronaut who immortalized the words “Houston, we’ve had a problem,” the only Air Force flying “ace” in the Vietnam War … Continue reading

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Cheaper, closer airdrops in Afghanistan

C-130 aircrews in Afghanistan have begun executing “low-cost, low-altitude” airdrops to smaller, more mobile units on the ground. The new bundles weigh between 80 and 500 pounds and are released lower to the ground, attached to disposable parachutes. The new … Continue reading

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