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Marine commended for rescuing man from burning home
Yuma Marine Cpl. Vincent P. Saldaña was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal on Wednesday for rescuing a man from a burning home in Au ...
Iraqis taking a larger role in securing warrants
BAGHDAD — A never-ending stream of people flows from one unadorned room to the other in the investigators’ wing of the old Ministry of Defense compoun ...
It’s pay raise time for troops, DOD civilians
WASHINGTON — Troops worldwide will receive a 3.9 percent pay raise starting on Thursday, but Defense Department civilian employees working overseas wi ...

AF News
Jan. 3 airpower summary: Tankers provide key fuel support
Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations ...
B-2 radar modernization program contract awarded
Air Force officials awarded a production contract to the Northrop Grumman Corporation Dec. 29 for the B-2 stealth bomber radar modernization program.
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Thunderbirds release 2009 air show schedule
The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, “Thunderbirds,” has announced its 2009 air show schedule. In their 56th season, the Thunderbirds are sc ...

Air Force photograph by Andy Morataya
Acting Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donle ... Full story

Defense Department News
DOD contracts
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY CONTRACT AWARD
Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems, Huntsville, Alabama, is being awarded $397,900,000 (not-to-exceed ceilin ...
Armed Forces Inaugural Committee moves into high gear
Exactly three weeks before Inauguration Day, the buzz of activity at the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee here is a notable exception to the tradition ...