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Passenger absolved of in-flight bomb hoax that prompted F-18 response
The passenger, then 18, alleged the bomb threat was a joke.
By Sarah Sicard
Frontline Photos: Oct. 17, 2021
Black Daggers over Oahu, sailors in the spray of Bengal Bay, B-1B's bolting for the Baltic and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Fired Marine’s question about leader accountability should not be dismissed
But let’s not conflate Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller's story with the questions that he asked, which were not unreasonable, this retired Marine colonel writes.
By Andrew Milburn
Defense spending increase, Afghanistan withdrawal dominate debate over defense policy measure
House Armed Services Committee advances 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
Bill would give US vets of 1966 Spain hydrogen bomb accident benefits
The VA denied them disability benefits based on radiation exposure estimates compiled by the Air Force.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal cries havoc, wants to let slip more US-raised dogs of war
Sen. Richard Blumenthal is leading an effort to determine how the Air Force can buy dogs domestically.
By Davis Winkie
5 things to know about Japan’s surrender in WWII 75 years ago
There will be a ceremony aboard the battleship Missouri this morning in Hawaii commemorating Japan's surrender in World War II 75 years ago.
Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US atomic bombing
The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday marked its 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, with the mayor and dwindling survivors urging world leaders including their own to do more for a nuclear weapons ban.
Air Guard team removes live ordnance found inside Nebraska museum
A bomb squad and military experts had to be called to a northeastern Nebraska museum after live military ordnance — including a World War II grenade and two artillery shells — were found in a museum storeroom, officials said.
5 things to know as Hiroshima marks 75th A-bomb anniversary
Today is the 75th anniversary of the A-bomb attack on Hiroshima.
Memories of the unit that hid the Enola Gay, which dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima 75 years ago today
For months leading up to the Hiroshima bombing, hundreds of B29s flew long-distance missions from islands such as Tinian to weaken Japanese defenses.
By Todd South