comments feedBy Allanar Akhtar From Business Insider Some of the world’s most recognized companies have founders who served overseas. The companies include retail giant Walmart, whose founder Sam Walton served as an Army captain. Here are other successful businessmen with roots in the military. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. It should be no surprise […]
NASA photos capture immense flooding of a vital U.S. Air Force base
March 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Mark Kaufman From Mashable In 1948, Air Force Secretary Stuart Symington stationed the United States’ long-range nuclear bombers at Offutt Air Force Base in eastern Nebraska, a location safe in the middle of the nation and well-insulated from the coast. But 70 years later, the base — now home to the U.S. Strategic Commandwhich deters “catastrophic actions […]
US Sen. McSally says she was raped in Air Force
March 7, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From Newsmax U.S. Senator Martha McSally, the first female combat pilot in the U.S. Air Force, said on Wednesday she had been raped by a superior officer but did not report it because she blamed herself and did not trust the system. “The perpetrators abuse their position of power in profound ways, and in one […]
US charges intelligence officer in Iran espionage case
February 13, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From Newsmax A former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran has been charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government, including the code name and secret mission of a Pentagon program. The Justice Department said Wednesday that Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, defected in 2013 after attending a conference in Iran aimed […]
US: Soldiers battle unsafe Army homes, as landlord profits
January 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From Newsmax One set of photographs, posted on Instagram, captures a grand, crimson-colored banquet hall at a 100-acre Irish estate with two 18th Century mansions. The owner has redecorated the residence in gilded mirrors and blue damask wallpaper with the help of a renowned interior designer and is having a personal golf course installed on […]
UFO ‘evidence’: Recordings reveal air traffic control’s confusion at strange craft over Oregon
February 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
By Jamie Seidel | news.com.au From Fox News According to data from the National UFO Reporting Center, UFO sightings around the world have reached an all-time high. Statistics show individuals in the US are more likely to witness a UFO Unlike most UFO stories, this one appears to have substance. On October 25, 2017, a […]
MacDill AFB squadron rescuing hospital patients from Caribbean island
September 26, 2017 by Leave a Comment
By Adam Winer From ABC Action News Tampa-based squadron flying patients to US MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The people of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean islands are getting help from the US Air Force. Rescue missions are being launched from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa to St. Croix, and other islands could […]
The life and turns of Morgan Freeman: Biography & net worth
March 22, 2017 by Leave a Comment
From WN Morgan Freeman, born 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee is among Hollywood most respected actors. He has been featured in the big films to recent times, and his success spans several decades since his initial breakthrough. His name is known to both old and young as he has over 40 films under his name. Morgan’s […]
Pilot retention is in a death spiral — here’s how the Marines can fix it
January 29, 2017 by Leave a Comment
By Carl Forsling, Task & Purpose From Business Insider The Marine Corps recently took a very unusual step. In a new administrative message it announced that selected aviation captains who have been passed over twice for promotion to major will be allowed to extend their active service for 36 months. Actually “allowed” is a misnomer. […]
Indonesian bid to buy GTA canceled
June 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
By Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno, From Pacific Daily News Indonesia’s largest telecommunications business no longer wants to buy the parent company of local phone, digital TV, cable and wireless communications provider GTA. Both sides announced Thursday they’re mutually ending their agreement, which was announced early last year, for PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, or Telkom, to buy GTA […]
