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Passenger absolved of in-flight bomb hoax that prompted F-18 response
The passenger, then 18, alleged the bomb threat was a joke.
By Sarah Sicard
Biden plan to shelve Trump-era sea nuke comes under fire
U.S. President Joe Biden’s plans to cancel the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear program have emerged as an early political brawl in a brewing fight over next year’s defense budget.
By Joe Gould
Frontline Photos: Oct. 17, 2021
Black Daggers over Oahu, sailors in the spray of Bengal Bay, B-1B's bolting for the Baltic and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Fired Marine’s question about leader accountability should not be dismissed
But let’s not conflate Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller's story with the questions that he asked, which were not unreasonable, this retired Marine colonel writes.
By Andrew Milburn
Defense spending increase, Afghanistan withdrawal dominate debate over defense policy measure
House Armed Services Committee advances 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
Bill would give US vets of 1966 Spain hydrogen bomb accident benefits
The VA denied them disability benefits based on radiation exposure estimates compiled by the Air Force.
US vows to help Iraq promote stability in face of ‘enemies’
U.S. deputy ambassador Richard Mills said helping Iraq prevent a resurgence of ISIS and working toward the country’s stability also means supporting its efforts to hold peaceful elections on Oct. 10
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press
WWII Navy chaplain posthumously awarded Navy Cross for comforting fellow sailors in ‘shark infested waters’
Lt. Thomas Conway swam to sailors to provide them with comfort, prayer and to administer sacraments after two Japanese torpedos hit the USS Indianapolis.
By Diana Stancy
Excerpt from ‘Rock Force’ on the retaking of Corregidor during World War II
In this excerpt from Kevin Maurer’s 2020 book “Rock Force,” we meet Pvt. Lloyd McCarter as he and the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare for the airborne assault in February 1945.
By Kevin Maurer
Sen. Richard Blumenthal cries havoc, wants to let slip more US-raised dogs of war
Sen. Richard Blumenthal is leading an effort to determine how the Air Force can buy dogs domestically.
By Davis Winkie