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Dunwoody confirmed as first female four-star |
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Written by davidtkl
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 24, 2008) -- The U.S. Senate
confirmed Wednesday the appointment of Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to the
grade of four-star general.
Dunwoody, who will be the first woman to serve as a four-star general
in the U.S. military, was also confirmed for assignment as commanding
general, U.S. Army Materiel Command, headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va.
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Guard units receive more high-tech Lakota helicopters |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 19 July 2008 |
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 10, 2008) - Louisiana's Aviation
Command last week became the latest National Guard unit to receive the
new light utility UH-72A Lakota helicopter.
C- Company, 1-114th Aviation Security and Support Battalion received
two Lakota's July 2 and is slated to receive two more of the
state-of-the-art helicopters later this month. They will be used for
command and control missions such as aerial reconnaissance,
counter-drug operations, weapons of mass destruction, and hurricane
emergencies.
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New MH-53M helicopter exhibit opens at AF museum |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 12 July 2008 |
7/11/2008 - DAYTON, Ohio (AFPN) -- Several
high ranking officials from Air Force Special Operations Command,
industry and the community recently joined personnel from the National
Museum of the U.S. Air Force for the official opening of the museum's
new MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter exhibit.
Air Force special operations forces used the Sikorsky MH-53M to
covertly enter enemy territory. Capable of operating at day or night or
in bad weather, these helicopters conducted long-range, low-level
missions to insert, extract, and resupply special operations forces.
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1,215 servicemembers re-up in Iraq |
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Written by davidtkl
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Tuesday, 08 July 2008 |
Servicemembers from all over Iraq gathered in the Al Faw Palace rotunda
at Camp Victory, Baghdad, to reenlist and celebrate Independence Day.
All 1,215 servicemembers celebrated by raising their right hands and
pledging to continue defending the "land of the free" in what is the
largest reenlistment ceremony since the all-volunteer force began in
1973 according to Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin L. Hill, command sergeant
major, Multi-National Forces - Iraq.
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Veterans honor Berlin Airlift's 60th anniversary |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
6/27/2008 - BERLIN (AFPN) -- American, British and French veterans have returned to Germany to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift.
Dr. Helmut Trotnow, the curator of the Allied Museum in Berlin,
attributed part of the dissolution of the Soviet blockade to the U.S.
armed forces involved in the airlift.
"This is not just an aspect of history in the books, but it's flesh and
blood human beings," he said. "They had feelings. They had hopes. They
had thoughts. They had ideas, and you know if they hadn't had stuck to
their ideas of freedom and democracy, the Berlin Airlift might not have
been a success."
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