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Bay Area's USS Hornet Museum to salute Memorial Day
For those spending Memorial Day weekend in the Bay Area, the USS Hornet Museum will hold a special Memorial Day ceremony Monday to recognize veterans. The ceremony will take place aboard the aircraft carrier and will begin at 1 p.m. The Hornet is a...
Tags: Holidays, Human Interest, Museums, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. industry touts 'drone' promise as public debate flares
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public backlash against deadly overseas drone strikes may undermine promising uses of such technology for anything from disaster response to mail delivery, a top U.S. industry group said as it launched a lobbying effort to...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, U.S. Department of Defense, Manufacturing and Engineering, Wars and Interventions, Eric Holder
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ANALYSIS-From opera to war games, U.S. and China deepen military ties
Reuters* U.S. military says quality, quantity of contact rising * Chinese army deliberately reaching out to wider world * Worries linger over espionage, providing too much training By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) -...Tags: U.S. Army, Piracy, Beijing (China), U.S. Department of Defense, Wars and Interventions
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South Florida seen as long shot in Super Bowl bid
The best hope for South Florida in Tuesday’s much-anticipated Super Bowl derby may be to snag the consolation prize. The consensus is that the recent failure to obtain tax money to help fund an extensive overhaul of Sun Life Stadium cost South...
Tags: Minnesota Vikings, Sun Life Stadium, Roger Goodell, Miami Dolphins, Sports
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Navy launches unmanned warplane off carrier Bush
The Virginian-PilotABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GEORGE H.W. BUSH In November 1910, Eugene Ely made history when he flew his biplane off the cruiser Birmingham, along the Norfolk coastline. His plane touched the water before he recovered and climbed high enough to aim for...Tags: Military Aircraft, Military Equipment, Gerald Ford
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Navy successfully launches unmanned aircraft from Norfolk-based aircraft carrier
The Navy turned a page of aviation history Tuesday when it successfully launched an unmanned aircraft from the deck of the Norfolk-based USS George H.W. Bush. The took place at 11:18 a.m. off the coast of Virginia, the Navy said in a statement. The test...
Tags: Harry S. Truman, Military Equipment, U.S. Military, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Hampton Roads
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Navy drone, in a first, is catapulted from carrier deck into flight
For the first time in naval aviation history, a drone was catapulted off the deck of an aircraft carrier and soared into flight. The U.S. Navy conducted the test Tuesday from aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush off the Virginia coast with its X-47B...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, Medical Research, Military Equipment, U.S. Navy, Virgin Group, Ltd.
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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: George H.W. Bush, Medical Research, Military Equipment, U.S. Navy
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U.S. Navy plans to make aviation history with carrier drone launch
Reuters* Northrop plane is step forward in autonomous capability * Strategically important long-range, 'stealthy' drone By David Alexander WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy plans to make aviation history on Tuesday by catapulting an unmanned jet...Tags: Weaponry, Aerospace Manufacturing, Human Rights, Manufacturing and Engineering, Boeing Co.
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South Florida's big Super Bowl plans may be for naught
— It would be a whale of a party. There is a good chance it won't happen. The committee seeking to bring Super Bowl L or LI to South Florida revealed the details of a progressive hosting proposal submitted Wednesday to the NFL. It features an...
Tags: Roger Goodell, Sun Life Stadium, Entertainment, Miami Dolphins, Sports
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Gov. George Leader remembered
York Daily Record, Pa.George Leader never played golf. He tried it. Once. He gave it a shot because it seemed like the thing to do. He was a retired politician and that's what retired politicians do. "I joined a club, and in the five years I belonged, I think I hit one...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Medical Specialization, Sales, Employment, Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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ANALYSIS-Despite Israeli strikes, US still wary of Syria air defenses
ReutersBy Phil Stewart and Peter Apps WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Israeli missiles breached Syria's vaunted air defense system over the weekend, but that offered little comfort to U.S. military planners weighing the risks of any intervention against President...Tags: Weaponry, Bashar Assad, Armed Conflicts, Government, U.S. Department of Defense
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