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HASC Republicans Object to Reducing US Forces in Germany

HASC Republicans Object to Reducing US Forces in Germany

WASHINGTON — Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, and 21 other HASC Republicans today wrote to President Trump urging him to reject reported proposals to reduce U.S. force posture in Germany by 9,500 personnel and further restrict the number of troops p…
US Air Force Investigating Hypersonic Test Failure

US Air Force Investigating Hypersonic Test Failure

LOS ANGELES and WASHINGTON — A scramjet-powered missile developed under the joint DARPA/U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program was destroyed in a recent test accident, Aerospace DAILY has learned.

The missile is believed to have inadvertently separated from a B-5…

USAF Delays Decision on KC-46 Tanker Production to 2024

USAF Delays Decision on KC-46 Tanker Production to 2024

The U.S. Air Force has delayed by four years a decision on whether the $44 billion KC-46 tanker program should be approved for full-rate production while contractor Boeing Co. tries to show it has fixed the flawed camera system used for the plane’s midair refueling mission.

An Air Force statement…

Brookings: Why Germany’s Nuclear Mission Matters

Brookings: Why Germany’s Nuclear Mission Matters

Earlier this month, the influential head of the Social Democratic Party’s (SPD) parliamentary group, Rolf Mützenich, called for the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from Germany and an end to Germany’s participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) nuclear sharing arrangements, tri…

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