Fifteen C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., fly over the city of Charleston, S.C.'s Arthur J. Ravenel Bridge Dec. 20, 2007, during a training exercise. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.A Bad Week for U.S. Air Power -- Defpro
Senate Armed Services Committee criticizes F-35 and KC-46 programs
Last week was in many ways a typical week for the U.S. Air Force. Aging F-15 and F-16 fighters developed during the Nixon Administration conducted combat and training missions, supported by KC-135 tankers built in the 1950s. Airborne surveillance was provided by E-3 AWACS radar planes that debuted in the first year of the Carter Administration. And fifty-year-old B-52 bombers awaited orders to bomb insurgent positions in Afghanistan.
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Newspaper: Russia is developing new generation ICBM -- M&C
Pakistan drone crashes near oil refinery: navy -- Space Daily
Russian military to introduce 'virtual battlefield' training by 2013 -- RIA Novosti
Iranian Navy Planning Atlantic Deployments -- Defense News
RAF Reapers: Hours Up, Weapons Use Down in Afghanistan -- Ares/Aviation Week
A call for ‘pragmatism’ in U.S., U.K. relationship -- DoD Buzz
Official: DOD can no longer solve problems with money as cuts loom -- Stars and Stripes
$46 Billion Worth of Cancelled Programs -- Defense Tech
Lockheed, Pratt to Pay $283 Million in F-35 Cost Overruns -- Bloomberg
Proposed swap would give Corps an extra F-35B -- Marine Times
Boeing P-8A Poseidon production aircraft makes maiden flight -- Boeing
Coordinated strategy lacking for missile defense training, GAO says -- Stars and Stripes
RQ-4 Euro Hawk UAV Readying for Takeoff -- Defense Industry Daily
U.S. government to install fuel cells at 8 military posts -- Reuters
Fuel Efficiency To Factor In Future Programs: Lynn -- Defense News
McCain: White House, Pentagon must clarify military's cyber role -- The Hill
Army Touts New System for Identifying Biological Materials -- Global Security Newswire
Navy Squadron Commander Fired, 14th CO This Year -- Military.com
Accused Fort Hood Shooter to Be Arraigned Wednesday -- Voice of America
US Defense Secretary Panetta Gets Not One, But Two New Spokesmen -- ABC News
AF Clarifies Dress Code, Grooming Standards -- Military.com
Final wish: Dying veteran relives WWII days with trip to Yorktown -- Post & Courier
Metal Markers Stolen From Abington Veterans’ Graves -- CBS
Living Marine to be awarded Medal of Honor for Afghanistan heroics -- Stars and Stripes
After 100 Years, Walter Reed Closing in August -- Military.com
The Google And NSA Partnership – Should We Worry? -- Top Secret Writers
US Navy: Exercising the Cannibalisation Option -- Information Dissemination
Information Warfare: America Has A War Plan -- Strategy Page
The China Challenge: A strategic vision for U.S.-India relations -- Reuters
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,560 -- Seattle Times/AP
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,473 -- Sacramento Bee/AP
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