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Air Force Aims to Launch 'Spy Pigeon' Drone by 2015

(July 8) -- In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, U.S. officials often had to rely on grainy satellite photos to decide whether facilities on the ground were intended for producing weapons of mass destruction. Now imagine that instead of overhead satellite imagery -- or even high-flying unmanned aircraft -- they could...

Military Wants to Tag Vehicles to Track Terrorists

(Jan. 26) – The Air Force is asking the defense industry for ideas on how it can clandestinely "tag" vehicles and people from an overhead aircraft or drone, a concept that someday may help military planners track down and kill terrorists. The idea involves placing a tag on a vehicle from several miles away, and then...

Chaos a Constant for Haitian Relief Effort

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 23) -- With yellow lights flashing atop his small pickup truck, Air Force Master Sgt. Bill Van Newkirk crept along the airport taxiway with practiced precision. It was close on to midnight. Immediately behind him, a newly landed C-17 cargo plane was following, relying on Newkirk to find and...

No Runways? No Problem for New Drone

(Jan. 11) -- The Air Force Research Laboratory is funding a West Coast company to build a drone that can stay aloft for 24 hours and land and take off in areas where there are no runways. The Sand Dragon is a "runway independent, heavy fueled engine, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) with a minimum of 45 lb./500 W sensor...

How Long Does U.S. Need Nukes? At Least 40 Years, General Says

As the Obama administration conducts several key reviews of the country's nuclear arsenal, a top military general said he believes the United States will need nuclear weapons for at least several more decades. "Will we still need nuclear weapons 40 years from now?" Air Force Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, the head of U.S....

Background on AirForce

An air force, also known in some countries as an air army, is in the broadest sense, the national military organization that primarily conducts aerial warfare.

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