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National Guard battles flood waters in four states

This week almost 300 National Guard members from four states are helping to prepare for future floods and recover from past flood damage. Task Force Northwest is commanded by Air Force Col. Mike Pankau of the 139th Airlift Wing, based … Continue reading

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Officials choose bases for MQ-1, MQ-9 ground control stations

Air Force officials released their basing decision for the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper ground control stations June 21. The final bases approved by the secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force are: Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. and … Continue reading

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Guardsmen, senators rip Air Force C-130 plan

Guardsmen and lawmakers are up in arms over an Air Force plan to cut 21 C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Air National Guard’s inventory in fiscal 2011. The Air Force’s budget calls for 12 C-130s to be transferred from several … Continue reading

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Air Force cutting its fighter fleet

By fall, 250 fighters will be in the boneyard and the 4,000 airmen who fly or fix them will have new jobs, according to an officer overseeing the aircraft drawdown.The first planes head for retirement April 1; if all goes … Continue reading

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Concurrent receipt may not be properly funded

Just days after the Obama administration announced plans to provide full concurrent receipt of disability and military retired pay to eligible veterans by Jan. 1, 2015, a key House committee chairman threw a bucket of cold water on the initiative.Rep. … Continue reading

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Concurrent receipt may not be properly funded

Just days after the Obama administration announced plans to provide full concurrent receipt of disability and military retired pay to eligible veterans by Jan. 1, 2015, a key House committee chairman threw a bucket of cold water on the initiative.Rep. … Continue reading

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3 bomber wings join Global Strike Command

The right airmen — and more of them — will help Global Strike Command balance the nuclear and conventional missions of its three bomber wings, its top leader says.Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz has been forthright since his nuclear command stood … Continue reading

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Firm employs large number of Pentagon mentors

In a marketplace awash in consulting firms that help defense companies sell to the Pentagon, the Durango Group has a unique advantage. The Colorado-based firm has become a base of operations for retired officers who also are handsomely paid by … Continue reading

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Mentors hired, fired in discreet fashion

The Pentagon’s Joint Forces Command fired a former top U.S. commander in Iraq from his role as paid adviser to the military after he publicly criticized the Bush administration’s conduct of the Iraq war, according to interviews with command officials … Continue reading

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Gates orders review of military mentor program

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a review of what he considers “obscene” compensation paid to retired senior officers advising the military under senior mentor programs, and he also wants changes to guard against potential conflicts of interest, his spokesman … Continue reading

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