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No resemblance to its namesake
When the air arm of the British Royal Navy was folded into the Royal
Air Force in 1918, the service feared it would be neglected as part of
the independent RAF.
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France’s Flying Beetle
One of the most spectacular and futuristic looking aircraft ever built
was the C.450 Coleoptere (beetle), developed by the French Societe
Nationale d
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569th Guardian Eagles watch over KMC
Getting up at 3:30 a.m. for work every morning and not getting home
until well after 6 p.m. might seem overwhelming to most, but for the
569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron it is one of the many daily routines
to ensure the safety of those in the KMC.
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Aiming high: local servicemembers climb Mount Kilimanjaro
“Aim high” was the official Air Force slogan for more than 16 years. But for a group of local Air Force members, it’s more than a thing of the past; it’s their mission statement. The USAF 7 Summit is a group of 12 officers dedicated to the challenge of reaching […]
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Vernazza, Italy
The quaint fishing village of Vernazza, Italy, promises its visitors an
adventure that they will remember for the rest of their life.
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Special Olympics makes champions out of young, old
Army Lt. Col. Trevor Shaw said it was a great feeling watching his
daughters cross the finish line at the 50-meter wheelchair assisted
race May 6. The race was one of the many activities held at the German
Police Academy in Enkenbach-Alsenborn as part of the Special Olympics
Spring Games.
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NCO survives attack, fights to continue his Army service
His decorations include the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, the combat
action badge and an assortment of
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Sweden’s Flying Barrel
Most associate the Swedish company SAAB with automobiles, but SAAB is
the acronym for Svenska Aeroplan A.B., and for many years it produced
high tech jet fighter aircraft, in many ways the equivalent of any
fighter in the world, certainly in Europe.
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86th AES members care for heroes on their way home
Seats and stanchions line the inside of the cargo area as chilly morning air fills the aircraft.
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KMC ‘stands where they stood’
Imagining what it must have been like weighed heavy on some of the 39
Soldiers, civilians and family members who visited the Concentration
Camp Memorial Site at Dachau, Germany, on April 28, the day before the
64-year anniversary of when it was liberated by American forces.
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