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Air Force grounds most C-130Hs due to cracked propeller barrels

It's uncertain how long it will take Air Mobility Command to replace all the defective propeller assemblies that have grounded most C-130H planes.

By Stephen Losey

20 months ago

A "road work ahead" sign on the sidewalk ahead of Theisen Street near the Bolling Club at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Sept 13, 2021. The makeover of the road and parking lot outside of the Bolling Club is only one part of the $2 million base-wide paving project. In the last year and half, infrastructure improvement and maintenance has been a priority for the 11th Civil Engineer Squadron. (2nd Lt. Brandon DeBlanc/Air Force)

Air Force seeks more than $5B to shore up outdated infrastructure

Officials plan to draw up a blueprint next year for closing or demolishing existing facilities.

By Rachel S. Cohen

2 years ago

Warner wants more Pentagon spending on cybersecurity

Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking member of the Senate’s intelligence committee, called for a realignment of Pentagon spending priorities to boost cybersecurity and technology investments.

By Justin Lynch

5 years ago

Poor maintenance contributed to a devastating C-130 crash. Here’s how the Air Force will make sure it doesn’t happen again.

How did a corroded KC-130T blade escape the Air Force's quality control apparatus?

By Valerie Insinna

5 years ago

Investigation blames Air Force and Navy for systemic failures in fatal Marine Corps C-130 crash that killed 16

A corroded propeller was sent through an Air Force maintenance depot but was not repaired.

By Valerie Insinna and Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago

Schumer, Senate Dems have a Korea summit checklist for Trump

The president's planned summit next month with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is back on. But Democrats don't want the U.S. to agree to, 'a bad deal.'

6 years ago

Commentary: ‘I saw something world-class, something special’

From the POW Crawl to the dreaded X-Mile Run, combat engineers pushed it to the limit, says a spectator — and Sapper dad — who tells this story of guts and glory.

By Mac Warner

6 years ago

Navy secretary, other US officials increasingly sounding alarm over Chinese smartphone maker Huawei

The Navy's top civilian recently warned that the service needs to keep the telecom behemoth out of U.S. military projects due to fears the company could allow Beijing to steal U.S. national security secrets.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

6 years ago

Naples mayor tells US Navy submarine to keep out

The mayor said Naples is a "city of peace" where nuclear subs aren't welcome.

By Victoria Leoni

6 years ago

How the US positioned its warships to trick Russia ahead of Syrian strikes

Russian defense systems didn't see that coming.

By Victoria Leoni

6 years ago

Heroes-turned-actors: 3 stars of ‘The 15:17 to Paris’ talk about their roles of a lifetime

The movie opens Feb. 9.

By Charlsy Panzino

6 years ago

Senators: Probe into possible Trump-Russia collusion ongoing

Leaders of the Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday that they have not determined roughly nine months into their investigation whether Russia coordinated with the Trump campaign to sway the 2016 presidential election.

7 years ago

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