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Program helps disabled vets become entrepreneurs

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DOD space program broadens industry, foreign partnerships

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Unmanned aircraft program takes on first class

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — The first undergraduate pilot training program for remotely piloted aircraft is up and running and it’s here to stay.

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Schwartz: Optimism growing on F-35

Air Force chief Gen. Norton Schwartz is considerably “more optimistic” than he was this spring about the future of the F-35 Lightning II program given the significant progress being made on the plane’s test program.

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Spouse jobs program to relaunch in October

The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts program will resume Oct. 25, but with some significant changes to the popular spouse employment program, a defense official announced today. Changes include a reduction in the amount of financial aid, a change in … Continue reading

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Air Force outlines developmental education programs for officers

Officers have until Aug. 31 to apply for special developmental education programs available for the 2010-2011 academic year. The four programs include the Olmsted Scholarship Program, White House Fellowship Program, Mansfield Fellowship Program and Information Assurance Scholarship Program. Olmsted Scholar … Continue reading

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Airmen picked for nurse commissioning program

The Air Force has selected 45 airmen to attend the Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program, officials announced Monday. The May 2010 NECP board met at the Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, to consider 53 applicants. Eight … Continue reading

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Bill would cut on-the-job training pay for vets

As officials watch cash-strapped employers stop using the Montgomery GI Bill On-the-Job Training Program for veterans, it makes sense to lift the requirement that veterans in the program receive several pay increases, said Chad Shatz, vice president of the National … Continue reading

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Bill would cut on-the-job training pay for vets

As officials watch cash-strapped employers stop using the Montgomery GI Bill On-the-Job Training Program for veterans, it makes sense to lift the requirement that veterans in the program receive several pay increases, said Chad Shatz, vice president of the National … Continue reading

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DoD: F-35 costs rise at least 50 percent

The F-35 Lightning II strike fighter program will breach the Nunn-McCurdy limits with a cost growth of more than 50 percent from the original 2001 program baseline, said a top Pentagon program evaluator. Christine Fox, director of the Defense Department’s … Continue reading

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