June 23, 2014, WASHINGTON (NNS) - The U.S. military successfully intercepted an intermediate-range ballistic missile test target June 22 launched from the U.S. Army's Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, according to a Defense Department news release. The Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
How to Hire a Veteran for Your Small Business
June 20, 2014, Approximately 1,500 businesses around the country have pledged to hire 411,000 veterans through Hiring Our Heroes, a national initiative sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Hiring Our Heroes helps veterans, transitioning service members and military spouses find work through resources such as hiring fairs and employment workshops. If you're a … [Read more...]
RPAs Meet Mission Goals Safe and on Time
June 20, 2014, LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFNS) - Airmen stationed in the continental U.S. and in deployed locations throughout the world drew on decades of Air Force aviation experience to achieve 65 simultaneous remotely piloted combat air patrols last month. Air Force Airmen have logged more than two million hours flying remotely-piloted aircraft. Data now shows that … [Read more...]
BALTOPS 2014 Comes to a lose in Germany
June 20, 2014, KIEL, Germany (NNS) - Forces participating in Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2014, including the U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC20), arrived in Kiel, Germany, June 20 after the successful completion of BALTOPS 2014. "Coming together for BALTOPS was like climbing a mountain, we have come to the top and planted the BALTOPS flag," … [Read more...]
Global Strike and Local University Team to Develop New Bomber Defensive Systems
June 20, 2014, RUSTON, La. (AFNS) - Air Force Global Strike Command and Louisiana Tech University recently signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement which will allow the two to work together to develop new defensive systems for the bomber fleet based on nanoengineered graphene. "Graphene is a relatively new form of carbon, first synthesized in 2004. It's a … [Read more...]