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Month: February 2012

First USAF woman fighter pilot in combat to run for Congress

Posted on February 11, 2012 by alert5

Retired Colonel Martha McSally, the first American woman to fly in combat, has announced her decision to run for the congressional seat vacated by Gabrielle Giffords.

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Posted in Air Force

Russian gets jail term for giving missile data to CIA

Posted on February 11, 2012February 11, 2012 by alert5

A Russian engineer from the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome has been given a 13-year jail sentence for passing secret strategic missile data to the CIA.
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Posted in Air Force

Fate of Boeing’s C-17 plant to be decided later this year

Posted on February 11, 2012 by alert5

A Boeing spokeswoman said the fate of the C-17 plant in California will most likely be known later this year due to declining orders.

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Posted in Air Force

India tests missile defense interceptor

Posted on February 11, 2012February 10, 2012 by alert5

India successfully launched an interceptor missile from Wheeler’s Island off the Odisha coast on Friday.
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Posted in Space

Voronezh early-warning radar to go operational in St. Petersburg

Posted on February 11, 2012February 10, 2012 by alert5

A new Voronezh class early-warning radar will be operational near Russia’s second largest city of St. Petersburg this month.

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Posted in Air Force

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