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House Unanimously Approves Weapons Acquisition Reform
WASHINGTON, DC: House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) delivered the following remarks during House debate on the conference...
Gates Outlines Details of Reform Budget for House Subcommittee
WASHINGTON: Characterizing it as a “reform budget,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today described for members of Congress the thinking...
CAGW Advises Congress Not to Ground Presidential Helicopter
WASHINGTON: Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), the nation’s premier taxpayer watchdog organization, today expressed support for the continuation of the...
Pentagon Confirms Iran Missile Test
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has confirmed that Iran has tested a medium range ballistic missile that can reach Israel,...
New Strategy Treats Afghanistan, Pakistan as Integrated Theater
WASHINGTON: The new strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan treats the area as an integrated theater of operations, the Defense Department's...
Additional airborne satellite communications systems for USAF
Arlington VA: Boeing has announced that it has received a $3.4 million follow-on contract to provide the U.S. Air Force...
US reassures Israel on Arrow missile shield
Jerusalem: Israel has received assurances from Washington about US support for the continuation of the Jewish state's Arrow anti-missile system,...
Russia freezes warplane contract with Syria
MOSCOW: Russia has put on a hold a contract to deliver MiG-31E Foxhound interceptor-fighters to Syria, a Russian business daily...
AF officials announce Combat Air Forces restructure plan
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Following the May 7 roll-out of the fiscal year 2010 budget proposal for the Department of Defense,...
US military shepherds humanitarian aid to Pakistan
WASHINGTON: Two Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs have begun delivering humanitarian aid to internally displaced people in Pakistan's northwestern provinces,...
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