Diplomatic exit for Ukraine? Talks, $15B in EU aid
The European Union prepared a $15 billion aid package to Ukraine on Wednesday and froze the assets of 18 people blamed for looting the treasury of the nearly bankrupt country.
View ArticleVFW to Congress: Scrap sequestration
Veterans of Foreign Wars members have spent most of this week lobbying Congress on a fix for sequestration spending cuts, calling it their top legislative priority this year.
View ArticleAir Force halts voluntary separation pay, 15-year retirements
The Air Force Personnel Center has halted processing of early retirement and voluntary separation applications for both officers and enlisted.
View ArticleU.N. envoy leaves Crimea under order from armed men
A special U.N. envoy cut short his mission in Crimea on Wednesday after being threatened by 10 to 15 armed men and ordered to leave the region, where Ukraine and Russia are locked in a tense standoff,...
View ArticleU.S. sending F-15s, tanker to patrol Baltic airspace
The U.S. is increasing its support for NATO'S Air Policing mission in Poland and the Baltics, sending a KC-135 refueling tanker and six more F-15s to the region this week, a defense official said today.
View ArticleGeneral: 'Of course' new Air Force bomber will be more than $550M per plane
The Air Force's top military acquisition officer expects the cost of the new long-range strike bomber to exceed an expected per-unit cost limit - but indicated that has been part of the planning process.
View ArticleSenior master sgt. promotion announcement delayed
The Air Force has delayed by two weeks the announcement of senior master sergeant promotion selections.
View ArticleMustache March Madness: Tradition reigns on
Mustache March is here. And this year, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh has issued a challenge to all men in the service.
View ArticleSources: Marine Kyle Carpenter will receive MoH for heroism in Afghanistan
William Kyle Carpenter, a Marine Corps veteran who was severely wounded during a November 2010 grenade attack in Afghanistan, will receive the nation's highest combat valor award later this year,...
View ArticleSources: Marine Kyle Carpenter will receive MoH for heroism in Afghanistan
William Kyle Carpenter, a Marine Corps veteran who was severely wounded during a November 2010 grenade attack in Afghanistan, will receive the nation's highest combat valor award later this year,...
View ArticleHagel defends proposed pay and benefit changes
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday downplayed the impact of proposed cuts to military pay and benefits in the fiscal 2015 defense budget request, saying the changes still leave troops with...
View ArticleConsumer Watch: Website features coupons, promotions in military stores
If you're looking for ways to save money at your commissary and exchange, check out a growing website that's aimed at promoting coupons and other deals in those stores.
View ArticleTricare won't pay for genetic tests; labs left with bills
A change in medical classifications last year has left clinical laboratories across the U.S. carrying a $10 million tab for Tricare.
View ArticleAirman found dead at F.E. Warren AFB
Authorities are investigating the death of an airman at F.E. Warren Air Force Base.
View ArticleFeds: Scam cost Air Guard nearly $300K
A no-show job scheme involving a retired Air National Guard officer from Pennsylvania and a civilian contractor from Maryland has cost the Air National Guard nearly $300,000, a federal prosecutor said...
View ArticleEx-Pa. Air Guard officer held in no-show pay scam
A colonel retired from an Air National Guard unit at Pittsburgh International Airport has been arrested on charges he created a no-show military job for a civilian contractor who helped him receive...
View ArticleArmy 1-star sex trial begins with jury of generals seated
A jury of five two-star generals was seated Wednesday for the court-martial of an Army general believed to be the highest ranking officer to face sexual assault charges.
View ArticleU.S. asks U.N. to act against North Korea for missile tests
The United States is asking the U.N. Security Council to take action against North Korea for firing two rounds of ballistic missiles in the past week in 'clear and calculated violations' of U.N....
View ArticleWhy the Air Force wants to keep Global Hawks and retire U-2s
The cost of flying the Global Hawk reconnaissance drone has dropped to the point where Air Force leaders want to replace the venerable U-2, but the new drone still has years to go before it will match...
View ArticleU.S. taking steps to help NATO allies in Europe
The Obama administration took steps Wednesday to support the defenses of U.S. allies in Europe in response to Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.
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