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Air Force orders 2,200 PlayStation 3s

The Air Force is ordering 2,200 Sony PlayStation 3s, but it won’t be using them to play “Call of Duty 4.”The video-game consoles will be networked together to create a massive computing cluster that will be used for special projects … Continue reading

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Air Force orders 2,200 PlayStation 3s

The Air Force is ordering 2,200 Sony PlayStation 3s, but it won’t be using them to play “Call of Duty 4.”The video-game consoles will be networked together to create a massive computing cluster that will be used for special projects … Continue reading

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Dream jobs: A look at the sweetest AF gigs

The career front can look like the war front at times. A new policy that cuts dwell time after yearlong deployments. Air Force Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz agreeing to more long war-zone tours if U.S. Central Command asks. And … Continue reading

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Patrols and turkey in Afghan war zone

BARAKI-BARAK, Afghanistan — Thanksgiving Day for soldiers in this valley ringed by towering snowy peaks began with a six-mile slog to aid village schools without desks and windows, and ended with five, once scrawny local turkeys soldiers have been fattening … Continue reading

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Turkeys, hams deployed to combat zones

Now that’s one big shopping list.The Defense Logistics Agency has almost finished getting about half a million pounds of turkey plus other Thanksgiving dinner fixings to Afghanistan and Iraq.The 13-item menu also includes ham, beef tenderloin, shrimp and trimmings such … Continue reading

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SEAL Team 4 commander fired

NORFOLK, Va. — The commanding officer of SEAL Team 4 was fired Wednesday after five months in command, a Navy spokesman said.Cmdr. Dennis Debobes was fired because of loss of confidence in “his ability to perform his duties,” said Lt. … Continue reading

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Joint program aims to reduce firefighter injuries

Firefighting may be near the top of the Defense Department’s list of high-risk occupations, but there’s a move afoot to make it safer. According to reports, Defense Department firefighter injuries – more than 1,000 new incidents each year – have cost the … Continue reading

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Agency delivers ‘taste of home’ to deployed troops

How do you plan Thanksgiving dinner for 180,000 people more than 6,000 miles away? If you’re a food buyer at the Defense Logistics Agency, you start by making a shopping list in April for meals to be served to U.S. … Continue reading

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Transfer of Post-9/11 G.I. Bill benefits easier with new virtual application

A new module in the virtual Military Personnel Flight that will simplify the process of transferring Post-9/11 G.I. Bill benefits to dependents is set to launch this month. The new vMPF module will check an Airman’s eligibility and allow him or … Continue reading

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Electrical failure blamed for Predator crash

A catastrophic electrical short led to the April 20 crash of an MQ-1 Predator over Afghanistan, according to an Air Combat Command accident investigation board report released today.The Predator, armed with one Hellfire missile, was just over nine hours into … Continue reading

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