The Pentagon has always maintained that the Taliban got lucky on their attack of Camp Bastion, but recent interviews of officials with direct knowledge suggests security cutbacks was the cause.
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Chinese ICBM force remains constant
The latest assessment of China’s nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile force by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) suggests the size has remained around 50-75 ICBMs for past three years.
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VR-64 help ferry MQ-8B to Mediterranean in short notice
VR-64 was able to transported a MQ-8B Fire Scout to USS Robert G. Bradley in the Mediterranean Feb. 2013 in short notice.
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Iranian F-5 crashed, two killed
An Iranian F-5 fighter crashed Sunday after hitting a mountain. Both on board were killed.
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USAF Major General killed in private plane crash
Maj. Gen. Joseph D. Brown IV and his wife, Sue S. Brown, were killed Apr. 19, when the Cessna 210 he was piloting crashed in Williamsburg, Va. General Brown has been the commandant of The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy in Washington D.C. since October 2010.
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