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Air Force’s new goal? Get rid of planes that don’t scare China
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown also said the service is looking at which aircraft would not be well-suited to a fight in a contested environment as it eyes the future of its force.
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Pentagon & Congress
Senators: Military hurt by politicians using them as ‘props’
Two leading senators are concerned about the public's declining confidence in the military, and whether American leadership in the world is waning at a time when China and Russia are moving.
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Civilians may have been killed in latest US drone strike on al-Qaida in Syria
CENTCOM officials did not name the individual targeted or say how many civilian casualties may have resulted from the strike.
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How extremist groups target veterans, and what can be done about it
Extremist groups might offer some familiar rhetoric to veterans.
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Positive COVID test prompts National Guard chief to self-isolate
Hokanson has held post since August 2020.
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Over 23,500 airmen and guardians say no to COVID vaccines as final deadline passes
More than 14,000 Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard members were unvaccinated as of Friday, a day after the deadline for receiving the shots.
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Biden warns Russia’s Vladimir Putin against Ukraine invasion
There are signs that the White House and Kremlin are close to arranging a conversation next week between Biden and Putin
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Ex-State Dept. employee sentenced for embezzling $150k in travel funds for SOUTHCOM events
Roudy Pierre-Louis, 49, a Haitian citizen, was working at the Embassy of Haiti for the State Department from 2015 to 2018 when he embezzled travel funds for Defense and State Department employees headed to SOUTHCOM totaling more than $150,000.
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Oklahoma governor, AG sue Defense Department over vaccine requirement
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt argued that the Biden administration’s defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, overstepped his constitutional authority by subjecting the National Guard to the mandate, which applies to active-duty military members.
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‘We just feel it’: Racism plagues US military academies
Some students of color have spotlighted what they see as systemic racism and discrimination at the academies by creating Instagram accounts to relate their personal experiences.
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In the annual football uniform dispute, 2021 Army trumps Navy
The game will take place on December 11, 2021.
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Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown
The measure now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
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3rd military medical team sent to Michigan amid COVID surge
The nurses, doctors and respiratory therapists will assist Covenant Healthcare in Saginaw starting Dec. 12.
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Airmen help save holiday tradition in Alaska’s largest city
It’s believed this is the first time the star hasn’t been fully lit on time.
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Air Force veteran defrauded VA of $2 million by buying, selling CPAP devices
Kevin Rumph Jr., of Fairburn, Georgia, was ordered Dec. 1 to pay $2,041,733.62 in restitution and sentenced to 27 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release.
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VA won’t fire employees for refusing the COVID vaccine until after the holidays
The deadline for some VA workers to get vaccinated passed two months ago.
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Army reports the most racist extremism cases, Marines the most anti-government
The services fielded hundreds of reports of extremism in the first nine months of this year.
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‘Toyotas of War’ is the photo archive we never knew we needed
Follow @ToyotasofWar on Instagram.
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Money for Afghan refugees but not military pay boost in latest federal budget plan
The budget plan would avoid a partial government shutdown set for Friday night.
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‘A matter of time’: Airman’s safety report warns CV-22 harnesses could prove fatal
The military says it stands by the harness and will continue to use it.
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US warns Russia as Kremlin talks about war threat in Ukraine
“The probability of hostilities in Ukraine still remains high,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.
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US defense chief slams China’s drive for hypersonic weapons
How should Washington and its partners contain a Chinese military that is strengthening as it pursues an end of American dominance in Asia?
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US military explosives vanish, emerge in civilian world
Explosives have been found in homes and storage units, inside military barracks and alongside roads, even at a US-Mexico border checkpoint.
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Hundreds of veterans, service personnel send letter to Washington on Afghan allies’ behalf
Hundreds of veterans and service-affiliated personnel have drafted a letter to members of Congress and the Biden administration calling for action in the continued efforts of evacuating and resettling Afghan allies.
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Remains of sailor killed in Pearl Harbor identified
The remains of an Ohio sailor who died nearly 80 years ago during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified.
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Confidence in military continues to fall after Afghanistan withdrawal: survey
Confidence has dropped sharply this year, but the survey is limited in its ability to say why.
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