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Obama puts restrictions on drone program
WASHINGTON — Reining back the aggressive counter-terrorism strategy he has embraced for five years, President Obama declared clear, public restrictions for the first time on using unmanned aircraft to kill terrorists, a shift likely to significantly...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Wars and Interventions, Politics, White House, Yemen
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New tankers to be assigned to McConnell Air Force Base
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe Pentagon chose McConnell Air Force Base to serve as home to the Air Force's new refueling tankers. The Air Force selected McConnell as the Main Operating Base #1 for replacing KC-135R tanker aircraft with KC-46A’s beginning in 2016. The Air...Tags: Lynn Jenkins, Jerry Moran, Politics, Parties and Movements, Business
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Latest Kansas news, sports, business and entertainment
KANSAS-TAXES Kan. gov. pushing lawmakers to wrap up tax debate TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Governor Sam Brownback is telling Kansas legislators that it's time for them to resolve their differences on tax issues and finish their work for the year. The...Tags: Republican Party, Layoffs and Downsizing, Environmental Politics, Air Pollution, Politics
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Fourth American fatality by U.S. drones disclosed
WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepared to deliver a major speech on national security Thursday, his administration acknowledged for the first time that it had killed four U.S. citizens — one more than previously known — in drone...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, National Security, Politics, Queens (New York City)
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At least 26 killed in simultaneous car bomb attacks in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Wars and Interventions, Western Africa, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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British soldiers descend on Imperial
Staff WriterIMPERIAL — Scorching heat, desert sand and locals’ scrutiny are just some of the things that members of the British Army Air Corps 672 Squadron 9 can expect when they deploy to Afghanistan. But when they landed a helicopter at T.L. Waggoner...Tags: Armed Forces, Education, Afghanistan, United Kingdom, Teaching and Learning
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F-35 fighter jet program reaches milestone with vertical takeoff
The F-35 fighter jet, a nearly $400-billion weapons program under development for more than a decade, hit a major milestone when it completed its first-ever vertical takeoff. On Monday, aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. released a video in...
Tags: Armed Forces, Lockheed Martin Corp., Virgin Group, Ltd., Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Defense
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2 defense contractors sentenced in Navy air base bribery scheme
SAN DIEGO -- Two defense contractors have been sentenced to three years in prison for their part in a fraud and bribery scheme involving phony payments for the repair of military aircraft at North Island Naval Air Station in Coronado. Robert Ehnow and...
Tags: Defense, U.S. Navy, Prisons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Corporate Crime
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Hagel: It was furlough 680K or deepen readiness crisis
By Tom Philpott Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the furlough of 680,000 civilian employees for one day a week, from early July through September, to avoid taking deeper cuts in training and maintenance, which could have degraded readiness to the...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Above and beyond: The future of drone technology in Kansas
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsIt's on path to become a multi-billion dollar business and Kansas could be at the center of it all. You probably know them as drones and think of military and police use. FactFinder 12 learned there’s a whole other side to unmanned aircraft...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration
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Drone is catapulted off aircraft carrier in milestone flight test
In a historic feat for the U.S. Navy, a stealthy bat-winged drone was catapulted off an aircraft carrier's flight deck before it soared above the Atlantic and into the blue sky. On Tuesday morning, the X-47B experimental drone was launched from the...
Tags: U.S. Navy, Aircraft Carriers, Medical Research, George H.W. Bush
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North Korea fires another projectile off eastern coast
North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. North Korea routinely test-launches short-range missiles. But the latest launches came during a...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Missile Systems, Weaponry, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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