WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. Since its first flight Aug. 23, 1954, the C-130 has proven to be one of the most versatile and active aircraft in the Air Force's fleet, having carried troops and supplies from the tundra of Antarctica, to the deserts of the Middle East, to the tropical islands of the Pacific, and nearly everywhere in between. Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, host of the  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (AFNS) Air Combat Command received its first EA-37B Compass Call, aircraft 19-5591, for pilot training Aug. 23, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The EA-37B, a wide-area airborne electromagnetic attack weapon system using a heavily modified version of the Gulfstream G550 airframe, was delivered by Gen. Ken Wilsbach, ACC commander, along wit  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: Michael Lamar Gaines, 40, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine and illegal possession of a firearm, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Bennie Mims, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Bure  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release: A Cincinnati woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 24 months in prison for laundering money for online romance scammers. Pamela Moore, 65, admitted in her guilty plea in February 2024 that she laundered more than $8 million in scam proceeds. According to court documents, between 2020 and 2023, Moore's personal and business bank accounts with multiple banks re  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: A former Columbus police officer pleaded guilty in federal court here today to crimes involving more than 10 kilograms of cocaine and money laundering. Joel M. Mefford, 35, of London, Ohio, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, one count of possessing with intent to distribute five kilograms  more