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Former Minnesota man killed in cargo plane crash in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 22 days ago
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A 37-year-old former Pine Island, Minn., man was the pilot of a civilian cargo plane that crashed in Afghanistan on Monday, killing him and six other people on board, family members said. Jeremy Lipka had been flying cargo planes for a civilian
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Government seeks more military hardware
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
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Afghanistan's military leaders are preparing a weaponry wish list ahead of the withdrawal of most international troops, amid concerns about the ability of Afghan forces to take the lead on the country's security...Air Force recently scrapped plans to
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Fire suppression systems urged in all cargo planes
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | 6 months ago
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Government accident investigators want the Federal Aviation Administration to require fire suppression systems in all cargo planes. The goal is to prevent the kind of ferocious in-flight fires responsible for the deaths of four pilots in three
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Cargo plane makes emergency landing at NAIA
Cebu :: Philippines | 7 months ago
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28pm A cargo plane made an emergency landing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Thursday afternoon, after losing part of its landing gear shortly after takeoff. The twin-engine cargo plane sought permission from the control tower to make an
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Iraq searches Syria-bound Iran plane, officials say
Baghdad :: Iraq | 8 months ago
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Iraq stopped and searched a Syria-bound Iranian cargo plane for weapons on Tuesday, but allowed it to continue as no prohibited items were found, Iraqi officials said. Washington has been pressuring Baghdad to ensure that all Iranian planes flying
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Plane that crashed in SD forest fire was based at Peterson AFB
Edgemont :: SD :: USA | 11 months ago
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Military officials have identified a plane that crashed while battling a South Dakota forest fire as a C-130 tanker based out of Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado...Ruth Castro tells The Associated Press that the tanker made at least two drops of
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Proposed cuts to Ohio Air Guard base draw fire
Mansfield :: OH :: USA | 1 year ago
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Ohio Proposed Air Force cuts that include scrapping the use of a smaller cargo plane could close the Air National Guard base in Mansfield and cost the area more than 650 jobs. Although the government should reduce spending, taking away all four of
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JBLM cargo plane crews deploy to Afghanistan
Baghdad :: Iraq | 1 year ago
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More than 90 airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord left Thursday on a 75-day deployment to the Middle East. The Air Force says they'll fly C-17 cargo planes out of two bases on missions in and around Afghanistan, Iraq and the
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Connecticut Officials Pushing To Keep National Guard Planes
Hartford :: CT :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Officials in Connecticut and Washington are trying to make sure the state's Air National Guard has aircraft to fly in the coming years...Rep. Joe Courtney and others are hoping to fend off looming cuts to the Air Force budget and the possibility of
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2 planes in possible close call over Japan
Ōsaka :: Japan | over 1 year ago
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Hawaiian Airlines is working with Japan ese authorities to investigate a possible close call between one of its flights and a cargo plane near Osaka. The incident happened Wednesday local time at Kansai Airport. Hawaiian Airlines spokesman Keoni
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