News Briefs – October 26, 2018
U.S. stealth bomber lands in Colorado after emergency The Air Force says a Missouri-based B-2 stealth bomber landed in Colorado Springs after an unspecified emergency. A spokesman for the 21st Space...
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News Putin: Russia will target nations hosting U.S. missiles – “If they are deployed in Europe, we will naturally have to respond in kind,” Putin said at a news conference. “The European nations that...
View ArticleNews Briefs – October 29, 2018
NATO’s biggest peacetime drill kicks off, angering Moscow NATO’s biggest military maneuvers since the Cold War have started in Norway in a hypothetical scenario that involves restoring the Scandinavian...
View ArticleHeadlines – October 29, 2018
News 800 active-duty troops to be sent to Mexican border – The military is preparing to send 800 more troops to the Mexican border to help the Border Patrol, as a caravan of thousands of Central...
View ArticleNews Briefs – October 31, 2018
Mattis: Military already moving equipment to southern border U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the military has already begun delivering jersey barriers to the southern border in conjunction with...
View ArticleHeadlines – October 31, 2018
News Mattis sets 30-day deadline for Yemen ceasefire – “We’ve admired this problem for long enough down there,” the defense secretary said. Yemeni rebels unveil new missile – The Yemeni rebel group...
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Aerotech News Digital Edition – November 2, 2018
Aerotech News and Review – Journal of Aerospace, Defense Industry and Veteran News, serving the Antelope Valley and Edwards AFB, CA – Digital Edition November 2, 2018 Aerotech News Digital Edition...
View ArticleNews Briefs – November 2, 2018
NATO, Russia expected to behave during dueling Nordic drills NATO’s secretary general said Oct. 30 he is confident the Western military alliance and Russia “will act in a respectable way” as both hold...
View ArticleHeadlines – November 2, 2018
News President Trump: Border force could grow to 15,000 troops – President Donald Trump said Oct. 31 that the number of troops he is sending to the U.S.-Mexico border could grow to as many as 15,000...
View ArticleRussia blames rocket failure on mistake during assembly
A Russian space investigation has found that sensor that was damaged during assembly forced a Russian rocket to abort its trip two minutes after it was launched, a top Russian official said Nov. 1. The...
View ArticleNews Briefs – November 5, 2018
Decision on U.S.-Korea joint exercises coming by December The U.S. and South Korea are reviewing whether they will conduct large-scale military exercises next year and will decide before December....
View ArticleHeadlines – November 5, 2018
News Here’s military units headed to the border – The following military units are headed to the U.S.-Mexico border to meet President Donald Trump’s directive to deploy active duty forces through...
View ArticleU.S. EP-3 intercepted in near Black Sea
On Nov. 5, 2018, a U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea was intercepted by a Russian SU-27. This interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the SU-27...
View ArticleNews Briefs – November 7, 2018
USS Wichita to be commissioned by Navy in early January The third Navy ship to bear the city of Wichita’s [Kansas] name will be sent into active duty early next year. The littoral combat ship USS...
View ArticleHeadlines – November 7, 2018
News Democrats’ big night brings big questions for defense policy – Democrats won the U.S. House in convincing fashion in the Nov. 6 midterm elections, promising to shake up defense policy in the...
View ArticleNews Briefs – November 9, 2018
Minsk warns against U.S. base in Poland, nixes Russian base MINSK, Belarus–The leader of Belarus has warned his nation would have to beef up its weapons arsenals if the United States sets up a military...
View ArticleHeadlines – November 9, 2018
News Russian intercept marks a return to Cold War behavior in Europe’s skies – This week saw a Russian fighter jet zoom dangerously close to a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane over the Black Sea, the...
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U.S. Navy aircraft crashes in Philippine Sea
Navy photograph by PO3 Kyleigh Williams An F/A-18 Super Hornet lands on the flight deck of the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during exercise Keen Sword 19, Nov....
View ArticleNews Briefs – November 12, 2018
Report: Pilot error cause of deadly military plane crash The cause of a military plane crash that left nine people dead outside Savannah, Ga., was pilot error, according to a report by the U.S. Air...
View ArticleHeadlines – November 12, 2018
News Pentagon’s No. 2 explains his lack of satisfaction with the F-35 – When Patrick Shanahan arrived at the Pentagon as the new deputy secretary of defense in July 2017, his impact was unclear. A...
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