TYNDALL AFB, Florida, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Tyndall Air Force Base (325th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Zachary Nordheim, 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Beginning April 2024, the 801st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers Training Squadron explosive ordnance disposal section along with fellow U.S. Air Force EOD units stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and Ramstein Air Base, Germany, began developing a novel appro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On August 6, 2024, the Michigan Ontonagon Sheriff's Office arrested Alexander Ross for fraudulently inducing a sale of an aircraft in Florida. Ross allegedly misrepresented material facts regarding an aircraft and aircraft parts in order to sell an aircraft using wire transfers totaling $237,660. DOT-OIG is conducting this investigation wit  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command forces successfully destroyed three Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicles and two missile systems in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. It was determined these systems presented a clear and imminent threat to U.S. and coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions were taken to protect freedom of navigation   more

NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Florida, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following remarks on Sept. 7, 2024, by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti on USS Richard M. McCool commissioning: * * * Thank you, Commander Karlo and good morning everyone! It is an absolute pleasure to be here with you in beautiful Pensacola here on the Emerald Coast a city with proud Navy heritage a city that helped bring Naval aviation to life and has supported our Sailors for just shy of two hundred yea  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: By Julie Ann Ripley NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. - The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) commissioned at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, September 7. Welcomed throughout the week, the crew, joined by the ship's sponsor, Shana McCool, and McCool's great-grandchildren, attended community events supported by local businesses, flyovers by the Navy's  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: By Julie Ann Ripley Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. - The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) commissioned at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, September 7. Welcomed throughout the week, the crew, joined by the ship's sponsor, Shana McCool, and McCool's great-grandchildren, attended community events supported by local businesses, flyovers by the Navy's Blue Angels flight de  more