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KC-135 tanker jet crashes at Iowa airport; none injured
The crew was practicing touch-and-go landings at Sioux Gateway Airport when the plane's front landing gear failed to deploy.
WWII’s Sullivan brothers remembered at Mayport
All five brothers died when a Japanese torpedo struck their ship, the light cruiser Juneau, on Nov. 13, 1942.
By Matt Soergel, The Florida Times-Union
Former Marine aviator and hero pilot praised for skill in 1989 Iowa crash landing dies in Seattle
Haynes was hailed for his skill when the United Airlines DC-10 jet lost all hydraulic power after the rear engine exploded during a flight from Denver to Chicago on July 19, 1989.
A few good tweets: Congressman thanks fictional Marine for his service, retweets account calling him a white supremacist
Representative Steve King did not have the best Fourth of July.
By Jon Simkins
Op-Ed: Tax dollars should fund defense, not lavish lifestyles of contractors
Too much of the defense budget is being misspent says U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa
By Chuck Grassley
Veteran dies of cancer 5 hours after getting married
Tristan Laue was buried May 4 in Waverly, Iowa.
By Jon Simkins
National Guard providing relief from massive floods in Midwest
More than 340 guardsmen are working throughout the Midwest to aid those impacted by unexpectedly high floodwaters.
By Joshua Axelrod
Sailor killed in car crash while home on leave
Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Austin P. Gainuss' car was rear-ended on the highway while he was home for the holidays in Iowa.
Woman gets 7 years for stealing from former Navy SEAL and his widowed mother
An Iowa woman has been given seven years in prison for stealing more than $192,000 from her now-dead fiance and his elderly mother.
Wounded horses, veterans work together to heal
Cody Miller often forgot to breathe. A hundred firefights in Afghanistan will do that.
By Mike Kilen, Des Moines (Iowa) Register via the AP