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The tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., yesterday has prompted the deployment of 250 members of the Oklahoma National Guard and other responders to the affected area. The National Guard members …

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The Year in Special Operations: 2013-2014 I Photos

Special operators as well as industry leaders from around the globe received their copies of The Year in Special Operations: 2013-2014 at the 2013 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC). …

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Oklahoma City Tornado Response

Oklahoma National Guard soldiers from the 700 Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team secure a perimeter around the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., which was devastated …

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The last picture of Adm. Yamamoto alive. It was taken shortly before his plane was shot down over Bougainville, April 18, 1943. National Archives photo

Operation Vengeance: The Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto

On April 14, 1943, Naval intelligence scored another code-breaking coup. The message began: “On April 18 CINC Combined Fleet will visit RXZ, R–, and RXP in accordance with the following …

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Doolittle Raiders

The Last Reunion of the Doolittle Raiders

They arrived on the April 16 supported by the Ft. Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce, the Ft. Walton Beach Military Affairs Committee, and several corporate sponsors who were not allowed …

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A United Arab Emirates F-16 Block 60 "Desert Falcon" conducts a training mission during a multinational exercise, Dec. 9, 2009. The UAE's F-16s are arguably the most advanced Vipers in the world, and many of the aircraft's features, such as its AESA radar and advanced sensors, are likely to find their way to other F-16 fleets as upgrades. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller

Worldwide Aerospace Upgrade Programs Uncertainty boosts the world market for aircraft/system modernization.

During a media availability in Hawaii on Nov. 12, 2012, then-Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta was asked for his thoughts on the threat of sequestration to U.S. defense and …

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The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) fires Standard Missiles (SM) 2 at an airborne drone during a live-fire weapons shoot, Sept. 20, 2012. Cowpens was part of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group, the U.S. Navy’s only forward deployed carrier strike group, and was conducting a routine patrol of the western Pacific region. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly

U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Air-Sea Battle Concept and Aegis BMD Part 14: The Intersection

In an article in Foreign Policy in October 2012, “100% Right 0% of the Time,” Micah Zenko quoted Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta as he described Pentagon priorities in …

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Davao Escapees

POW Escape from Davao, Part 2 The Pacific Theater's "Great Escape"

On the morning of April 4, 1943, two POW work details made up of Lt. Cmdr. Melvyn H. McCoy, U.S. Navy; Maj. Mike Dobervich, Capt. Austin Shofner, and 1st Lt. …

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Project Terminated

Book Review – Project Terminated: Famous Military Aircraft Cancellations of the Cold War and What Might Have Been By Erik Simonsen; Foreward by Walter J. Boyne; Crecy Publishing; Hardcover; 160 pages

Two huge, sleek, breathtaking Avro CF-105 Arrow interceptors are on the prowl over the western United States. One is a visitor from north of the border where the futuristic fighter …

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