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TSP launches education campaign on new Roth IRA

The Thrift Savings Plan is preparing several waves of posters, videos and other online features to educate investors on the pros and cons of its coming Roth investment option.

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Disposal of 9/11 remains based on ’02 DoD memo

The Air Force sought to explain on Wednesday how remains of victims killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon were lost by the Port Mortuary at Dover Air Force Base, Del., and ended up in a … Continue reading

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Disposal of 9/11 remains based on ’02 DoD memo

The Air Force sought to explain on Wednesday how remains of victims killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon were lost by the Port Mortuary at Dover Air Force Base, Del., and ended up in a … Continue reading

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3-star: ‘No smoking gun’ in F-22 problems

The Air Force has pinpointed several contributing factors that may be leading to oxygen problems in the F-22, but has yet to find a “smoking gun,” a three-star general said Tuesday.

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3-star: ‘No smoking gun’ in F-22 problems

The Air Force has pinpointed several contributing factors that may be leading to oxygen problems in the F-22, but has yet to find a “smoking gun,” a three-star general said Tuesday.

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Board selects 106 O-6s for early retirement

A Selective Early Retirement Board that convened Jan. 9 selected 106 colonels to leave the service by June 1. The colonels, in the line of the Air Force, Chaplain and Medical Service Corps competitive categories had logged between 21 and … Continue reading

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Lockheed readies aggressive F-35 test schedule

ORLANDO, Fla. — Lockheed Martin is preparing to ramp up flight testing of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter over the next year, including the first release of live weapons.

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Army IDs remains of last missing GI in Iraq

BAGHDAD — The U.S military announced Sunday that it has recovered the remains of the last American service member who was unaccounted for in Iraq, an Army interpreter seized by gunmen after sneaking off base to visit his Iraqi wife … Continue reading

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Friends recall airmen killed in Djibouti crash

First Lt. Justin J. Wilkens wanted to fly before he learned to drive. At 14, he showed up at the High Desert Soaring Club in his hometown of Bend, Ore., a polite, home-schooled kid in flip-flops.

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2 advisers shot inside Afghan ministry building

KABUL, Afghanistan — A gunman killed two American military advisers on Saturday inside a heavily guarded government building in the heart of Kabul Saturday as protests over the burning of the Muslim holy book at a U.S. base raged across … Continue reading

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