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Air Force Col. Michael Staples shows damage from the powerful Nov. 30 earthquake, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska. The magnitude 7.0 earthquake caused multiple problems around the base, including damage to steel frameworks, ceilings, and sprinkler and heating systems, but no catastrophic damage. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)
December 07, 2018 - 11:21 pm

Military officials unveil damage from powerful Alaska quake

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Last week's magnitude 7.0 earthquake near Anchorage caused multiple problems at the sprawling Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, including damage to steel frameworks, ceilings, and sprinkler and heating systems, military officials said Friday. But as with the rest of the...
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FILE - In this July 10, 2017, file image made from video provided by WLBT-TV, smoke and flames rise from a military plane that crashed in a farm field in Itta Bena, Miss. Investigators say bad maintenance practices at a Georgia air force base missed a deteriorating propeller blade that broke off six years later as a U.S. Marine Corps transport plane cruised over Mississippi at 20,000 feet, causing the KC-130T to break into pieces and plunge into a soybean field, killing 15 Marines and a Navy corpsman, according to the report on the causes of the July 10, 2017, crash, released Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (WLBT-TV via AP, File)
December 05, 2018 - 11:11 pm

Report: Propeller blade broke, causing military plane crash

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Investigators say bad maintenance practices at a Georgia air force base missed a deteriorating propeller blade that broke off six years later as a U.S. Marine Corps transport plane cruised over Mississippi at 20,000 feet, causing the KC-130T to break into pieces and plunge...
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They Bush family walks past the casket of former President George H.W. Bush has he lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Morry Gash via AP, Pool)
December 03, 2018 - 8:31 pm

The Latest: Trumps arrive at Capitol to pay respects to Bush

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on events related to late former President George H.W. Bush (all times local): 8:30 p.m. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have arrived at the U.S. Capitol to pay their respects to former President George H.W. Bush. The body of the nation's 41st...
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December 03, 2018 - 3:03 pm

Reused rocket takes off carrying 64 satellites

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A SpaceX rocket carrying 64 small satellites lifted off from California on Monday, marking the first time the same Falcon 9 rocket has been used in three space missions. The rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, arcing over the Pacific Ocean...
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December 03, 2018 - 2:15 pm

The Latest: SpaceX lands rocket's first stage on ship

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a SpaceX rocket launch from California (all times local): 11:10 a.m. For the third time, SpaceX has successfully launched and landed the same first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket. The spacecraft carrying dozens of small satellites lifted off Monday...
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Cars are prevented from entering or exiting the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018 in Bethesda, Md. Security officers found "no indication" of an active shooter after reports from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington, officials said Tuesday.Naval Support Activity Bethesda tweeted at 2:15 p.m. that an active shooter had been reported in the basement of a building at the Maryland base. (AP Photo/Michael Kunzelman)
November 27, 2018 - 5:09 pm

Official: Report of shooter at Walter Reed was false alarm

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — A report of an active shooter Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington was a "genuine false alarm," a spokesman said. Naval Support Activity Bethesda spokesman Jeremy Brooks said officials at the Maryland base were looking into what caused the...
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November 23, 2018 - 8:45 am

Afghan official says death toll in mosque blast climbs to 27

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion ripped through a mosque inside an Afghan army base in the country's volatile eastern Khost province as Friday prayers were drawing to a close, killing 27 soldiers and wounding 57, the military said. The blast may have been set off by a suicide bomber or a...
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November 23, 2018 - 7:59 am

The Latest: Afghan president condemns attack on army base

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Afghanistan (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has condemned Friday's attack in a mosque inside an army base in eastern Afghanistan that killed 27 soldiers calling it "anti-Islamic and inhumane." In a statement, Ghani...
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Protesters on boats oppose as workers of Japan's central government resumed work at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa, at Henoko in Nago city, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. The Defense Ministry's local branch said an early stage of landfill work at Henoko on Okinawa's east coast began Thursday morning.(Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP)
November 01, 2018 - 12:56 am

Japan resumes work at disputed site for US base relocation

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's central government resumed work at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on Thursday even though Okinawa residents see the project as an undemocratic imposition on the small southern island. An early stage of landfill work at Henoko on Okinawa's east coast began...
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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before leaving the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, to attend a campaign rally in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
October 31, 2018 - 9:25 pm

The Latest: Trump doubles possible number of border troops

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's stance on immigration issues (all times local): 9:20 p.m. President Donald Trump says the number of military troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border could reach 15,000 — roughly double the number the Pentagon said it currently plans for a...
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