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Cap back in new, free comic

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Joint Strike Fighter test fleet cleared to fly

The F-35 Lightning II test fleet has been cleared for flight, but the Air Force’s production aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., are still grounded, the Pentagon announced Thursday.

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Troops wait in limbo for disability, discharge

WASHINGTON — Staff Sgt. Nicholas Lanier has entered what he calls the “vast unknown.” A combat veteran and father to four daughters, he can’t remain in the military because of a serious back injury earned in Iraq.

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Spouses can honor employers with award

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Pentagon: Body armor plates improperly tested

WASHINGTON — The Army improperly tested new bullet-blocking plates for body armor and cannot be certain that 5 million pieces of the critical battlefield equipment meet the standards to protect U.S. troops, the Defense Department’s inspector general found.

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U.S.: $360M lost to corruption in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON — After examining hundreds of combat support and reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan, the U.S military estimates $360 million in U.S. tax dollars has ended up in the hands of people the American-led coalition has spent nearly a decade battling: … Continue reading

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VA reaching out to rural Vets with Telehealth

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Rising fuel costs cut into savings initiative

The Air Force is not seeing the savings from an initiative to cut fuel costs, and the service is now looking at an array of other “efficiency” measures to make up for the shortfall, its top energy official said Tuesday.

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Fellowship provides broad perspective on Air Force mission

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U.S., South Korea forces to begin Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise

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