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PublishedOctober 2, 2024
Bangor Air Guard base competing for new air refueling tankers
The $1.3 billion fleet of Pegasus air refueling tankers would replace the aging Stratotankers operated by the Maine Air National Guard's 101st Air Refueling Wing, also known as the MAINEiacs.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2024
Massachusetts police recruit dies after a ‘medical crisis’ during training exercise
The recruit's mother told TV reporters that he was hit and injured.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2024
A Maine man helped get the Defense Department to release detailed suicide data. He’s not satisfied.
Chris McGhee, a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran-turned lawyer now living in Scarborough, said the report mandated as part of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act does not do what the law says it was supposed to do.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2024
Sen. King honored by Wounded Warrior Project for work on veterans’ issues
The two-term senator from Maine is a member of both the Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs committees.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2024
U.S. beefs up posture in Middle East, warns Iran-backed attack on Israel could be imminent
The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2024
Jon Stewart pushes VA to help veterans sickened after post-9/11 exposure to uranium
'Imagine you’re stationed inside the meth lab on ‘Breaking Bad,’' Stewart said in an interview with the AP. 'These guys were exposed to a toxic soup of basically an exploded chemicals and nuclear weapon facility.'
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PublishedJune 1, 2024
Family of late Mainer Ernest Brien receives medallion recognizing his valor during World War II
Brien's family was presented with the Legion of Honor medal by the honorary consul of France in Maine, in recognition of the sacrifices that the Portland native and Army soldier made for France during the war.
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PublishedMay 12, 2024
US aims to stay ahead of China in using AI to fly fighter jets, navigate without GPS and more
When two U.S. fighter jets recently faced off in a dogfight in California, only one was piloted by a human.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2024
Maine colleges, universities partner with defense industry to recruit and train thousands of workers
As overseas military threats multiply, the U.S. defense industry is looking to vastly scale up hiring and worker training, including in Maine.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2024
U.S. Army slashing thousands of posts in major revamp
The cuts are to 'spaces,' not 'faces' – meaning soldiers aren't being asked to leave the force and instead the downsizing comes from eliminating already-empty posts.
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