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The B-1B Lancer bomber has a special message for the Air Force

This piece traces how the B-1B Lancer, conceived as a Cold War nuclear penetrator, reinvented itself as a conventional strike ...
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Fort Campbell helicopter mechanic killed outside of combat in Iraq

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (FOX 56) — A soldier from Michigan who had been based in Fort Campbell was killed on Tuesday in a non-combat-related incident. The Department of Defense (DoD) announced in a news ...
KCRW

At Five Years in, Where Do We Stand in Iraq?

After five years of combat in Iraq, how much progress can the US military report? Some insist this year's troop surge is working, but are we any closer to political stability and security in Iraq?
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

WOMEN IN COMBAT: NORTH COAST MILITARY MEMBERS SAY LIFTING OF BATTLEFRONT BAN, WHILE LONG OVERDUE, JUST MAKES IT OFFICIAL

In Mosul, Iraq, shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Army Lt. Col. Steve Countouriotis of Petaluma and his civil affairs crew were surrounded by several Kurds who appeared interested in ...
Independent Record

Obama: US combat in Iraq to end by Aug. 31, 2010

With most Americans telling pollsters they believe the long, costly, divisive war was a mistake and more than 4,250 Americans killed there, the Aug. 31, 2010 end date for Iraq war combat operations is ...