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Struggling to take off
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE— Far beyond the electronic security gates and razor-wire topped fences, Col. Rod Cregier surveys a team of technicians busily readying a lithe F-35 fighter jet for its next test flight. As the F-35 program director at the...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin Corp., U.S. Congress, Military Aircraft, Science and Technology
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Peyton Manning is feeling more comfortable — even in Persian Gulf
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Peyton Manning threw passes in the cavernous belly of a military plane flying 30,000 feet above Pakistan, and stood on the observation deck of an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, watching screaming fighter jets land and...
Tags: Golf, Sports, New York Yankees, Denver Broncos, National Football League
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INTERVIEW-Shipbuilder Huntington eyes higher profits despite flat sales
Reuters* Huntington CEO stresses focus on performance * Notes tough competition for future orders * Clock ticking on fate of Louisiana shipyard By Andrea Shalal-Esa NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, June 3 (Reuters) - Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc is on track to...Tags: Shipbuilding, General Dynamics Corporation, Investments, Energy, U.S. Navy
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Bay Area's USS Hornet Museum to salute Memorial Day
For those spending Memorial Day weekend in the Bay Area, the USS Hornet Museum will hold a special Memorial Day ceremony Monday to recognize veterans. The ceremony will take place aboard the aircraft carrier and will begin at 1 p.m. The Hornet is a...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, Museums, Holidays, Human Interest
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ANALYSIS-From opera to war games, U.S. and China deepen military ties
Reuters* U.S. military says quality, quantity of contact rising * Chinese army deliberately reaching out to wider world * Worries linger over espionage, providing too much training By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) -...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom, Symptoms, China
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South Florida seen as long shot in Super Bowl bid
The best hope for South Florida in Tuesday’s much-anticipated Super Bowl derby may be to snag the consolation prize. The consensus is that the recent failure to obtain tax money to help fund an extensive overhaul of Sun Life Stadium cost South...
Tags: Sports, Travel, Atlanta Falcons, Florida Legislature, National Football League
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Navy drone, in a first, is catapulted from carrier deck into flight
For the first time in naval aviation history, a drone was catapulted off the deck of an aircraft carrier and soared into flight. The U.S. Navy conducted the test Tuesday from aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush off the Virginia coast with its X-47B...
Tags: Travel, George H.W. Bush, U.S. Navy, Virgin Group, Ltd., Air Transportation
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Drone is catapulted off aircraft carrier in milestone flight test
In a historic feat for the U.S. Navy, a stealthy bat-winged drone was catapulted off an aircraft carrier's flight deck before it soared above the Atlantic and into the blue sky. On Tuesday morning, the X-47B experimental drone was launched from the...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, U.S. Navy, Medical Research, Military Equipment
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Flag Officer Announcements
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced this week that President Obama had nominated the following Navy captains for rear admiral, lower half. -- Capt. William J. Galinis, currently serving as commanding officer, Norfolk Ship Support Activity. --...Tags: Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, Dwight D. Eisenhower
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How budget cuts could affect you
Government agencies are already taking steps to comply with automatic spending cuts that took effect March 1. Some examples: ___ AIRCRAFT CARRIER One of the Navy's premiere warships, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, sits pierside in...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Career and Workplace, Credit and Debt, Travel, Taxation
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Obama: Sequestration demands a compromise
President Barack Obama made a late appeal for compromise to stave off across-the-board cuts Tuesday in a speech at Newport News Shipbuilding. He called sequestration – the budgetary term for the cuts – an ugly word, and an even uglier...
Tags: Shipbuilding, Elections, George W. Bush, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Uncertainty reigns near Newport News shipyard, site of Obama sequestration speech on Tuesday
Shipbuilding and military spending permeate Newport News and Hampton Roads. In this city and region, which will play backdrop for President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday on the impact of sequestration, anxiety over the potential cuts is palpable in...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Shipbuilding, Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Defense, Trucks
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