Oct 17

Search underway after F-16s collide over Atlantic 
    (AFP)

AFP – The US military launched a nighttime search for a pilot missing in the Atlantic ocean Thursday after two F-16 fighter jets collided, the US Air Force said. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 16

Pentagon ramps up direct military aid to Pakistan 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – The Pentagon is ramping up delivery of military equipment long sought by the Pakistani army to fight militants, U.S. officials said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 16

F-16 collision prompts search for missing pilot 
    (AFP)

AFP – US Coast Guard and Navy rescue teams searched Friday for a pilot who went missing after two F-16 fighter jets collided off the coast of South Carolina, the Air Force said. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 16

4 Americans die in Afghanistan blast 
    (AP)

AP – A roadside bomb killed four American troops in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. said Friday, as a U.N.-backed panel finished most of its investigation into whether the level of fraud in the August presidential election would force a runoff. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 16

Search underway after F-16s collide over Atlantic 
    (AFP)

AFP – The US military launched a nighttime search for a pilot missing in the Atlantic ocean Thursday after two F-16 fighter jets collided, the US Air Force said. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 15

US Air Force sacks nuclear commander after blunders 
    (AFP)

AFP – The US Air Force said on Thursday the commander of a nuclear wing had been sacked after his unit failed a safety inspection, trucks carrying missile parts crashed and officers under him fell asleep with launch codes in hand. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 15

Gov't pledges extra troops for Afghanistan 
    (AFP)

AFP – Britain announced it was sending an extra 500 soldiers to Afghanistan, as US President Barack Obama huddled with his war cabinet to decide whether to deploy thousands more US troops. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 15

Gov't pledges extra troops for Afghanistan 
    (AFP)

AFP – Britain announced it was sending an extra 500 soldiers to Afghanistan, as US President Barack Obama huddled with his war cabinet to decide whether to deploy thousands more US troops. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 15

Obama 'approved 13,000 more troops' to Afghanistan 
    (AFP)

AFP – President Barack Obama has approved the deployment of an additional 13,000 US troops to Afghanistan beyond the 21,000 he announced publicly in March, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 15

US documents point to secret Japan nuclear pact 
    (AFP)

AFP – Despite decades of denials by Washington and Tokyo, US officials believe they enjoyed a secret pact to transport nuclear weapons through Japan, newly declassified documents showed. Read the rest of this entry »

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