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A House bill filed this week would force the Air Force to keep at least 126 A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthogs, far more than were in the service’s plans, and to reverse a year’s work dismantling the aircraft’s maintenance depot, pilot training pipeline and weapons course.Introduced Monday as H.R. 9780 by Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., the BRRRRT Act (Bolstering Recognition, Resurgence, Retention, and Remembrance of the Thunderbolt) gets its name from the bone-rattling “BRRRRT!” sound the jet’s 30mm Gatling gun makes when fired.Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., is co-leading the bill. He and Hamadeh both sit on the Armed Services subcommittee that…

Two senior Wyoming Air National Guard commanders were relieved of command late last week due to a loss of confidence.153rd Airlift Wing Commander Col. Brian Diehl and 153rd Operations Group Commander Col. Lawrence Sullivan were relieved from their posts on July 17, according to a Wyoming Military Department release shared…

A sterile fly production continues as the United States New World screwworm infections reach 41. Screwworm is a flesh-eating parasite that can be deadly and impact the meat supply if it is severe enough. The most recent confirmed case of screwworm came on Saturday in Schleicher County, Texas.  This is…

Concerned by the lack of docks on the West Coast that can service large vessels such as aircraft carriers, the U.S. Navy is moving forward with plans to build a new dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The Navy recently published a Sources Sought notice for a massive, multi-award contract…

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The Marine Corps has issued updated interim guidance for preventing heat- and cold-related injuries by directing commanders to expand training, establish response plans and develop standard operating procedures for operations in extreme weather. The guidance is considered “interim” because it has not yet been incorporated into the Marine Corps Safety…

This article was originally published by Kevin Duffy at Natural News.  Over the weekend, I traded notes with Marc Faber—global investor and editor of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report. One snippet from our chat set the tone: At major market tops, it isn’t uncommon to see the formation of anti-bubbles…

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TriWest Healthcare Alliance officials notified 11,844 beneficiaries of a data breach that may have affected their protected health information. In a letter to one beneficiary dated July 2 and provided to Military Times, TriWest officials said they had discovered a security incident April 16, in which an unauthorized person gained…

Col. Frank Cohn, a veteran of the Second World War, Korea and Vietnam, died on July 4 at the age of 100, the Friends of the National WWII Memorial confirmed. He was one month shy of turning 101.Born in Breslau, Germany (present day Wrocław, Poland), the Jewish-born Cohn and his…

Democratic senators led by Kirsten Gillibrand called on Monday for President Donald Trump’s administration to disclose within the next week the findings from a U.S. military investigation into a Feb. 28 strike at a girls’ school in Iran.Reuters first reported on March 5 that an initial, internal U.S. military investigation…

The U.S. military will begin enforcing a maritime blockade on Iran on Tuesday, the U.S. Navy-led Joint Maritime Information Center said on Monday. The blockade, covering all of Iran’s ports, oil terminals and coastal areas, will be enforced for all vessel traffic — regardless of flag — from 4 p.m.…