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Category Archives: News
Aug. 10 airpower summary: A-10s provide overwatch
<img border="0" style="margin-right:15px" src="http://www.militarylearningcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/ae620_070425-F-3961R-320.jpg" Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 10, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force A-10 … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, international security assistance, Iraq, quot
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10-ton cannon airdropped over Afghanistan
How do you get a 10-ton cannon to a remote Army outpost in Afghanistan?Call the Air Force.An Air Force C-130 Hercules airdropped a 155 mm M198 Howitzer to soldiers in the Paktika Province in Afghanistan on Saturday.”Five good chutes, that's … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Army, c 130 hercules, Master Sgt. Kevin Gifford, Paktika Province
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McChrystal: Jobs could quell Afghan violence
The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan says many Taliban insurgents, particularly in the violence-plagued south, could be persuaded to stop fighting if they could find jobs in a stabilized country.In an interview with USA Today, Gen. Stanley McChrystal said … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Awakening, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, government of afghanistan, Iraq, Kabul, Michael, Taliban, U.S.
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Biometric database offers security stamp of approval
<img border="0" style="margin-right:15px" src="http://www.militarylearningcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/da5dd_090802-F-2501B-229.jpg" Members of the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron here ensure the security of base personnel and resources by using a Department of Defense advanced security system designed to track the movement third country nationals who work on … Continue reading
Technology convergence could prevent war, futurist says
The convergence of “exponentially advancing technologies” will form a “super-intelligence” so formidable that it could avert war, according to one of the world’s leading futurists. Dr. James Canton, CEO and chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, a San Francisco-based … Continue reading
Going after the bad guys
NANGALAM, Afghanistan — Tech. Sgt. Joel McPherson eyed the boulder-covered hills warily, knowing they weren’t as peaceful as they looked.The Taliban and al-Qaida were up there somewhere, and lately they had been itching for a fight.“They know we’re coming,” McPherson … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, enemy, Lt. Col. Brian Pearl, Pearl, Qatar, staff sgt, Tyler, U.S.
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Going after the bad guys
NANGALAM, Afghanistan — Tech. Sgt. Joel McPherson eyed the boulder-covered hills warily, knowing they weren’t as peaceful as they looked.The Taliban and al-Qaida were up there somewhere, and lately they had been itching for a fight.“They know we’re coming,” McPherson … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, enemy, Lt. Col. Brian Pearl, Pearl, Qatar, staff sgt, Tyler, U.S.
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AF tracked reaction to infamous NYC flyover
Air Force One’s notorious flight over lower Manhattan on April 27, and the wrath of New Yorkers who thought the city was once again under attack, sent the Air Force into PowerPoint overdrive.More than 450 pages of e-mails and PowerPoint … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Col. Steve Harrison, federal aviation administration, Louis, Maj. Gen. Brian Meenan, Manhattan, Md., New Jersey, New York, Utah
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Fort McHenry on piracy front lines
ABOARD THE DOCK LANDING SHIP FORT McHENRY IN THE INDIAN OCEAN — “Coalition warship, coalition warship, this is Victor Quebec Uniform Lima Nine — I have five small boats, a lot of boats, they are coming alongside me.”The Middle Eastern-accented … Continue reading
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Tagged Aden, Africa, Amphibious Base, Andrew Thompson, Bahrain, Berlin, Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Fort McHenry, Iraq, Keith Burnett, Lima, Little Creek, London, Lt. Cmdr. Brian Goldschmidt, Maine, Middle East, Secretary Ray Mabus, SHIP, Somalia, the Gulf, twin diesels, Va., Victor Quebec, western Indian Ocean
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Air Force, academic community come together for future of unmanned aircraft systems
Officials of the Air Force and national academic community attended an unmanned aircraft systems symposium Aug. 4 to 6 at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. The goal of this three-day symposium was to identify opportunities for UAS training, … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Gen. Stephen R, Grand Forks, Lorenz, systems symposium
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