By Ian Graham Special to American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2009 – Global positioning system technology is being applied to older rotary-wing aircraft to help save lives, a senior helicopter pilot based at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., said. Air Force Col. Peter Mapes and other pilots at Andrews will install and test [...]
By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2009 – A young Army captain wounded in Iraq and now working to improve conditions for other wounded servicemembers will be honored by the Business Executives for National Service tonight in New York. Capt. D.J. Skelton will receive a special recognition from the group during [...]
By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2009 – The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will take the Internet technology it helped create 40 years ago a step farther this weekend with a contest aimed at bringing people together to solve tough problems. And the agency has sweetened the “DARPA Network Challenge” [...]
KABUL (AP) – A rogue Afghan police officer opened fire at a checkpoint in southwest Afghanistan, killing six police officers and injuring two before being killed, an official said Monday. The incident – the second time in two months that a police officer has turned on colleagues – is a reminder of the steep challenge [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — A number of TV networks are announcing plans for live coverage of President Barack Obama’s speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Broadcast networks planning to broadcast the speech on Tuesday include ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and PBS. Cable networks planning to broadcast the address include CNBC, CNN, Fox [...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former U.S. Army soldier who raped a girl and killed her and three family members in Iraq challenged his convictions Monday, saying he was wrongly tried in a civilian court and should have faced a military trial. In a 71-page appeal filed with the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, [...]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s announcement of plans to build 10 more uranium enrichment facilities is largely bluster after a strong rebuke from the U.N.’s nuclear agency, analysts said Monday. Nonetheless, the defiance is fueling calls among Western allies for new punitive sanctions to freeze Iran’s nuclear program. U.S. and European officials were swift to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama has begun one of the toughest sales jobs of his presidency, launching the much-awaited rollout of his new Afghan war strategy by informing top military and civilian advisers in Washington and Kabul and telephoning key allies around the globe. Obama is outlining his decision to an increasingly skeptical U.S. public [...]
KABUL (AP) — Three Ukrainians were killed when a helicopter operated by an international military contractor crashed in eastern Afghanistan. The owner and operator of the aircraft said Friday that the three crew members were the only passengers aboard the MI-8 chopper that disappeared Nov. 23. “Efforts are currently under way to recover the aircraft [...]
BRUSSELS — NATO governments may increase their fighting forces in Afghanistan by up to 6,000 soldiers in response to President Barack Obama’s expected call for tens of thousands of additional U.S. service members, diplomats said Friday. On Tuesday, Obama is expected to announce his new battle plan for Afghanistan, including an increase in U.S. forces [...]
