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11 4th, 2009| 
Reuters – Japan struggled with the touchy issue of reorganizing U.S. military bases on the southern island of Okinawa on Wednesday, just a week ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama’s first visit to Japan as leader. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
2
AFP – Japan’s centre-left government on Monday denied US ties were being strained by a row over an American airbase, amid confusion over whether its foreign minister will travel to Washington this week. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
28
Reuters – Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for lasting dialogue with China’s military after years of “on-again, off-again” talks as he welcomed a top Chinese general to the Pentagon on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
21
AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday pressed Japan to quickly “move on” with a plan to relocate a controversial US military base to a new area of southern Okinawa island. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
14
AFP – Helped by tough economic times, the US military had a banner year for recruitment, meeting all its goals for the first time since creating an all-volunteer force in 1973, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
1
AFP – Two F-16 fighter jets trailed a small plane with an unresponsive pilot on Wednesday before the aircraft crashed in rural Indiana, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
30
AFP – Two F-16 fighter jets trailed a small plane with an unresponsive pilot on Wednesday before the aircraft crashed in rural Indiana, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
30
AFP – Northrop Grumman Tuesday accused the Pentagon of being “unfair” over the aerospace giant’s competition with Boeing for a new mammoth contract to replace the US Air Force’s aging aerial tankers. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
29
AFP – Northrop Grumman Tuesday accused the Pentagon of being “unfair” over the aerospace giant’s competition with Boeing for a new mammoth contract to replace the US Air Force’s aging aerial tankers. Read the rest of this entry »