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Headlines – December 9, 2019
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Pentagon chief plans to shift U.S. focus to China, Russia-
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday he still plans to shift the American military’s focus...
LOCAL
100-year-old veteran pioneer on U-2 project
LANCASTER, Calif. — Getting to the century mark is interesting enough by itself, but Lou Arnold also took part in a couple of aviation’s...
NEWS
Headlines – December 9, 2019
News
Pentagon chief plans to shift U.S. focus to China, Russia-
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday he still plans to shift the American military’s focus...
DEFENSE
Ship’s sponsor christens PCU John F. Kennedy
With more than 20,000 attendees, President John F. Kennedy's daughter, the Honorable Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, officially christened Pre-Commissioning Unit...
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VETERANS
100-year-old veteran pioneer on U-2 project
LANCASTER, Calif. — Getting to the century mark is interesting enough by itself, but Lou Arnold also took part in a couple of aviation’s...
Veterans with Veteran Health ID Card can shop at Military Exchange starting Jan. 1
The Defense Department has announced expanded commissary, Military Service Exchange and MWR access beginning Jan. 1, 2020, and established a standard for physical access...
Pearl Harbor vet’s interment to be last on sunken USS Arizona
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- On Dec. 7, 1941, then-21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona...
HOLIDAY RECIPES
SM-3 Block IIA successfully intercepts IRBM target during operational test
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The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy Sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai,...
BUSINESS
Lockheed Martin continues partnership with Spain for future frigates
Lockheed Martin recently signed a contract with Navantia to equip five new F-110 multimission frigates and their land-based test site (Centro de Integración de...
Virgin Galactic places main Oxidizer Tank into its next spaceship
Virgin Galactic has completed a major milestone in the build of the next spaceship in its fleet.
The team has placed the Main Oxidizer Tank...
Northrop Grumman selected for hypersonic, ballistic tracking space sensor phase IIa program
Northrop Grumman has been selected as one of four Other Transaction Authority awards for the Phase IIa Prototype Payload Design and Signal-chain Processing Demonstration...
SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY
Time to move forward with Space Force, Air Force secretary says
A lack of understanding by Americans of the importance of space is hurting the effort to establish the Space Force, the secretary of the...
Black hole or newborn stars? SOFIA finds galactic puzzle
Even celestial objects can seem like they're playing tricks. In a new study, scientists are puzzled by a black hole that seems to be...
Go behind the scenes on NASA expeditions
Are you passionate about social media and understanding how our beautiful planet is changing? Then this is the event for you!
Social media users are...
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Optometry leads KC-46 laser program
Air Force photograph by Airman 1st Class Alan RickerMaj. Gerardo Robles-Morales, a physician, 22nd Aerospace Medical Squadron optometry flight commander, looks through a...
Veterans, federal employees can receive confidential addiction recovery with Tricare
Courtesy photograph Cycles of Change, based in Lancaster, Palmdale and Las Vegas, is now accepting Tricare insurance which covers many veterans and federal employees....
A peak behind the curtain: PTSD barriers and stigmas
Effective treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder is possible, but many Airmen falsely think seeking medical help for PTSD will hurt their career and will...