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Air Force: Test missile misses its Pacific target
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The Air Force says a missile-intercept test failed when a long-range missile launched from California missed a target missile launched from a Pacific island because of radar problems.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2010-02-01
Pentagon lets media see return of US war dead
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. - The Pentagon's 18-year ban on media covering the return of fallen U.S. service members ended with a solemn ceremony for the arrival of a flag-draped casket of an airman felled in Afghanistan.
Nations:Afghanistan U.S. People:Robert Gates Barack Obama Bill Clinton Source:(AP)
2009-04-06
Analysis: Moscow uses base as tool in negotiation
WASHINGTON - A standoff over an obscure air base in a Central Asian country few Americans could find on a map is an opening salvo in a new kind of Cold War with Russia.
Nations:Russia Afghanistan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Czech Republic Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Joseph Biden George W. Bush Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2009-02-06
5 convicted of plotting to kill Fort Dix soldiers
CAMDEN, N.J. - Five Muslim immigrants accused of scheming to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix were convicted of conspiracy Monday in a case that tested the FBI's post-Sept. 11 strategy of infiltrating and breaking up terrorist plots in their earliest stages. The men could get life in prison when they are sentenced in April.
Nations:U.S. Activities:U.S. War on Terror Jose Padilla Case 2001 Moussaoui Trial Source:(AP)
2008-12-22
Bases brace for surge in stress-related disorders
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in brain injuries and psychological problems among those troops.
Nations:Afghanistan Activities:Gulf War Coalition Forces Source:(AP)
2008-11-29
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