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Frontline Photos: March 6, 2022
Arriving safely in Poland, refueling over Eastern Europe, aiming from a helicopter and more in this week’s Frontline Photos.
Air Guardsmen spot ‘SOS’ written on Pacific island beach, leads to rescue of 3 missing mariners
Three men have been rescued from a tiny Pacific island after writing a giant SOS sign in the sand that was spotted from above, authorities say.
Russians post video of their intercept of Navy, Air Force aircraft over Black Sea
Russia scrambled an Su-30 fighter on Friday to intercept an RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, a P-8 Poseidon and a KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft, according to Russian authorities.
TRANSCOM head pushes back against Air Force tanker retirements
The head of U.S. Transportation Command is pushing the Air Force to rethink some of its controversial plans to retire some of its older aerial refueling aircraft.
VA programs would see a 13 percent funding boost under Trump’s fiscal 2021 budget plan
If enacted, the proposal would make VA the second-largest federal agency in terms of discretionary spending.
Navy jet damaged in mid-air refueling mishap
Damages will cost at least $2.5 million.
75 years on, Battle of the Bulge memories bond people
As a schoolboy three quarters of a century ago, Marcel Schmetz would regularly see open trucks rumble past to a makeshift American cemetery — filled with bodies, some headless, some limbless, blood seeping from the vehicles onto the roads that the U.S. soldiers had given their lives to liberate.
Facing Iran, Saudi Arabia still owes US $181 million for Yemen refueling
Saudi Arabia still has an unpaid bill with the Pentagon for $181 million for its refueling assistance in Yemen.
By Joe Gould
Gold Star families hit with surprise tax hikes are still waiting for help
Both the House and the Senate passed bills to fix the issue, but haven't reached a compromise solution yet.
What’s next for enlisted female submariners
About one of out every five submariners on integrated sub crews is a woman.
By Mark D. Faram
Second Fleet continues to grow
The Navy says its newly revived 2nd Fleet has enough staff to command ships in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.
By Mark D. Faram