Small fleet, fewer flights weaken Army aircraft training, report says
The main trends point to fewer helicopters, fewer flight hours, but more drones and aircraft available for missions.
By Todd South
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Air Force colonel ID’d as 1 of 2 men missing after Alaska plane crash
Col. Mark “Tyson” Sletten, Alaskan Command's operations director, is one of two men missing after a small plane crashed in an Alaska lake, officials said.
Navy decommissions USS Lake Champlain
The ship was commissioned in 1988 and supported Operation Enduring Freedom, among others.
By Diana Stancy
DoD expanding ‘forever chemicals’ cleanup at former Michigan base
Groundwater treatment systems will be installed near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in northern Michigan.
Divers find wreckage of experimental submarine in Long Island Sound
The submarine was built in hopes of winning a competition for a U.S. Navy contract, according to a website dedicated to preserving naval history.
1st missile strike at aerial object over Lake Huron missed
The military went to “great lengths” to make sure the strikes did not put civilians at risk, said the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
‘Unidentified object’ downed over Lake Huron
U.S. officials say an “unidentified object” has been shot down Sunday for the third time in as many days, this time over Lake Huron.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
Air Force may put Angry Kitten in planes for electronic warfare edge
Despite the inoffensive name — a far cry from Reaper or Predator drones or Hellfire missiles — the electronic warfare system can bare its claws.
Student aviator in T-45 Goshawk crash got caught in power lines, but survived electrocution
The student was in serious condition Monday, while the instructor pilot was stable following Sunday's mishap.
Navy training jet crashes in Texas neighborhood, aviators hospitalized
Both the student and instructor pilot ejected, officials said.
Posting supremacist content, dealing firearms nets sailor 23 months of confinement
The sailor also pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition on base, as well as larceny.
By Diana Stancy
Colorado Guard JAG officer suing superiors over his participation in BLM protests
Army Capt. Alan Kennedy, a part-time JAG in the Colorado National Guard, is suing his superiors for giving him discipline and reprimands he claims limited his off-duty freedom of speech.
By Davis Winkie