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Iranian plane buzzes carrier in Middle East
Published on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 by Angel An Iranian maritime patrol aircraft buzzed the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower at sea in the Middle East last week, passing within 1,000 yards of the ship, but American defense officials sought to downplay the encounter as relatively common.... Read More » -
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U.S. confirms video of Baghdad firefight
Published on Monday, April 5, 2010 by Angel WASHINGTON — A gritty war video circulating on the Internet that shows U.S. troops firing repeatedly on a group of men — some of whom were unarmed — walking down a Baghdad street is authentic, a senior U.S. military official confirmed Monday. The official said the video posted at Wikileaks.org was of a July 12, 2007, firefight involving Army helicopt... Read More » -
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AFCent sets airdrop, ISR records
Published on Saturday, January 30, 2010 by Angel A surge in troops sent to Afghanistan accounts for the increase in airdrops and combat and reconnaissance sorties reported by Air Forces Central Command for 2009, according to one of the command’s top leaders.The number of bombs dropped, however, decreased — in part because of the war in Iraq winding down and a more measured approach to bombings in Afghani... Read More » -
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AFCent sets airdrop, ISR records
Published on Saturday, January 30, 2010 by Angel A surge in troops sent to Afghanistan accounts for the increase in airdrops and combat and reconnaissance sorties reported by Air Forces Central Command for 2009, according to one of the command’s top leaders.The number of bombs dropped, however, decreased — in part because of the war in Iraq winding down and a more measured approach to bombings in Afghani... Read More » -
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Monitors: Jihadist threats to Navy increasing
Published on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 by Angel Jihadist threats online against U.S. warships in the Middle East have spiked since just before the New Year, according to a monitoring group in Washington, including some of the most ambitious calls yet for terror attacks specifically on the Navy and sailors.One Dec. 30 post, translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute, calls for readers to assemble and sub... Read More » -
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AFCent commander: Short tours best
Published on Sunday, December 27, 2009 by Angel The commander overseeing the Air Force’s role in Iraq and Afghanistan favors short tours in the war zones, despite a call by the Pentagon for yearlong deployments for instructors, and envisions airmen someday being stationed in the Persian Gulf with their families if host nations agree.Lt. Gen. Mike Hostage touched on the length of deployments and the Air Force&... Read More » -
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Fixes on the way for nonsecure UAV links
Published on Friday, December 18, 2009 by Angel The Air Force has known for more than a decade that the live video feeds from its unmanned aerial vehicles can be intercepted by the enemy but opted not to do anything about it until this year. An official document puts a completion date to secure the feeds at 2014.Defense officials confirmed Thursday that Iraqi insurgents have been capturing the nonsecure, line-of-si... Read More » -
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Fixes on the way for nonsecure UAV links
Published on Friday, December 18, 2009 by Angel The Air Force has known for more than a decade that the live video feeds from its unmanned aerial vehicles can be intercepted by the enemy but opted not to do anything about it until this year. An official document puts a completion date to secure the feeds at 2014.Defense officials confirmed Thursday that Iraqi insurgents have been capturing the nonsecure, line-of-si... Read More » -
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Petraeus treated for prostate cancer
Published on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 by Angel WASHINGTON — Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in February and has since undergone two months of radiation treatment.Petraeus, 56, was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, which was not publicly disclosed at the time because Petraeus and his family regarded his illness as &... Read More » -
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2012 targeted for new CentCom HQ at MacDill
Published on Thursday, September 3, 2009 by Angel Central Command officials said they expect to move into a new headquarters building at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., by March 2012.The four-story command center will cover 257,000 square feet and provide “a state-of-the-art planning and command and control facility to support ongoing operations in the Middle East, Central and Southwest Asia,” according to ... Read More »