MQ-1 Predator Lost in NW Syria
US military personnel lost control of an MQ-1 Predator above northwest Syria; NATO sends six ships to maneuvers in the Black Sea.
BRAC Costs too Much for This Year’s Budget
House Armed Services Committee Chair Mac Thornberry (R-TX) opposes a new round of BRACs, saying, DoD still hasn’t broken even on the 2005 BRAC.
Cybersecurity Info-Sharing Bill Leaves Committee
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence suggests incentives will gain private firms’ cooperation with the government.
Search Continued Overnight for Black Hawk Crew
Eleven crew members are presumed dead in a UH-60 Black Hawk crash in dense fog while on a training mission out of Elgin Air Force base.
Cuts Could Cost the War, Warns Naval Chief
ADM Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, warned a Senate Armed Services Committee of risk & readiness consequences of budget reductions.
The F/A-18 Hornets Will Not Retire
VADM Mike Shoemaker, head of Naval Air Forces, said the F/A-18 Hornets will continue to be upgraded and remain in service until the F-35C comes on line.
Dunaway Spreads the Word: Open Architecture
VADM Dunaway makes no secret about NAVAIR’s goal of bringing more work in-house and using open architecture.
AUV Finds Battleship Musashi 70 Years Later
Sunk Oct. 24, 1944, in the Sibuyan Sea, Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen found the Musashi using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.
50th Anniversary: Op Rolling Thunder
Air Force commemorates 50th anniversary of Operation Rolling Thunder, the massive, B-52-led, first assault of a three-year, sustained campaign over North Vietnamese territory.
We Fear Russia More than China
Russia swapped with China and is this year our most feared enemy. North Korea holds steady in second place.
