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The Air Force Academy recently purchased 25 advanced trainers from Cirrus Aircraft for its powered-flight program, an integral part of the cadets pilot training.
The House Armed Services Committee has announced the formation of a bipartisan panel to provide increased oversight of the Pentagon's financial management systems.
Iraq has renewed talks to buy up to 36 U.S. F-16 fighter jets in a deal worth billions that Washington hopes will help contain neighboring Iran, The Wall Street Journal reports.
A senior House Republican has challenged the Obama administration on what he said were shortfalls in funding the Navy's programs to maintain the fleet.
The National Transportation Safety board is pointing to lax oversight by the U.S. Coast Guard as a factor in the 2009 San Diego patrol boat crash that killed an 8-year-old boy, according to a report released Tuesday.
France said Muammar Gaddafi was ready to leave power, according to emissaries, the latest sign contacts were under way between the Libyan leader and NATO members.
The half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was assassinated at his house Tuesday morning, a political killing that could destabilize a key region in the U.S. military’s campaign against the Taliban.
The United States has compiled a wide body of intelligence on the locations of militant training camps in Pakistan, but has been unable to persuade Islamabad to shut them down.