Topic - Air Force

• Guns and Androids: Pakistan air force making iPads

  Inside a high-security air force complex that builds jet fighters and weapons systems, Pakistan's military is working on the latest addition to its sprawling commercial empire: a homegrown version of the iPad.

• Guns and Androids: Pakistan air force making iPads

  Inside a high-security air force complex that builds jet fighters and weapons systems, Pakistan's military is working on the latest addition to its sprawling commercial empire: a homegrown version of the iPad.

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  Admiral nominee rose through ranks despite 'illogical act'

  When Lt. j.g. Timothy W. Dorsey intentionally fired his fighter jet's missile at an Air Force reconnaissance plane, nearly killing its two aviators and destroying the aircraft during a training exercise, it was hard to imagine then how his Navy career would wind up 25 years later.

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  Soldier's death sparks debate over arming medevacs

  It took a medevac unit 59 minutes to get U.S. Army Spec. Chazray Clark to a hospital in southern Afghanistan after receiving a call that a roadside bombing severed three of his limbs. Clark did not survive.

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  Replacement of war-worn equipment cut in budget

  The Pentagon is not just cutting manpower to reach deficit-reduction targets: Its 2013 budget, released Monday, shows the military will spend less to replace old weapons after two grueling wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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  Pentagon budget cuts weapons, troops in 2013

  The Pentagon is not cutting just manpower to reach deficit-reduction targets: Its 2013 budget released Monday shows the military will spend less on new weapons after two grueling wars.

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  Sources: Pentagon rules shifting on women in combat

  Pentagon rules are catching up a bit with reality after a decade when women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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  Paul, Obama collect most military donations to run

  Enlisted personnel and civilian military employees are donating more to presidential campaigns than in previous elections, and they overwhelmingly prefer two candidates: Ron Paul, the long-shot Republican presidential contender opposed to using U.S. forces as the "world's police," and President Obama.

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  Inside the Beltway

  A certain melancholia can descend upon conservatives who just can't get to the annual CPAC gathering.

• Air Force chief: Cutting units is painful but necessary

  The Air Force's top officer said Thursday that cutting seven squadrons and 10,000 troops over the next decade will be painful but necessary.

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  Inside the Beltway

  "The gift of being underestimated is a great gift."

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  Fleets fade away with Pentagon budget cuts

  America's aging tactical Air Force — the jets that protect ground troops and strike hard-to-reach targets — is shrinking just as the Pentagon is cutting even more planes to achieve nearly a half-trillion dollars in spending cuts.

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  Probe: Air Force punished Dover whistleblowers

  Federal investigators have concluded that Air Force officials at the military mortuary in Dover, Del., illegally punished four civilian workers for blowing the whistle on the mishandling of war remains.

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  FEULNER: Mauling the military

  "Freedom isn't free." We usually hear this on occasions such as Memorial Day and Veterans Day. It's meant to remind us of the brave American troops who put their lives on the line daily to protect our liberty and preserve our security.

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  High-tech Israeli drone crashes on test flight

  A long-range Israeli drone capable of surveillance and bombing missions over Iran crashed Sunday near an Israeli air base during a test flight.

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