Former Yellowstone-class destroyer tender USS Acadia was sunk off Guam as a live-fire target during exercise Valiant Shield 2010 on Monday.
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Month: September 2010
USS Enterprise is 50-years old
Fifty-years ago, the world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise was launched at Newport News on Sept. 24.
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114th Fighter Wing is top Air Guard fighter unit
The South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Fighter Wing has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the National Guard Bureau’s Winston P. Wilson Trophy. The trophy is awarded annually to the most outstanding Air National Guard unit equipped with jet fighter or reconnaissance aircraft.
USN airship veterans plan reunion at Moffett Field
Members of the Naval Airship Association are planning to hold a reunion at Moffett Field this weekend.
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Ballistic missile killing approach taken by Israel and U.S.
David A. Fulghum looks at the approaches taken by Israel and United States to destroy incoming ballistic missiles.
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