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JONES, Robert © Provided by Dayton Daily News Dayton Daily News JONES, Robert E. "Bob" Age 97 of Centerville, Ohio, passed away at his home on May 3, 2021. He was born in Miamisburg, Ohio, in 1924, son of the late Robert R. and Irma L. (Stratton) Jones. Preceded in death by daughter, Cheryl Ann Jones-Griffin; brothers, Ralph S. Jones, Linn W. Jones, Virgil L. Jones; and sisters, Vivian L. Bussard and Lois M. Askins. He is survived by wife of 75 years, Gladys M. (Mehl) Jones; sons, Carl R. (...

Friday, 7 May, 2021 - 05:30 Buildings are seen during a press tour inside al-Asad military airbase in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, Jan. 13, 2020. (AFP) Baghdad – Asharq Al-Awsat US contractors evacuated Iraq’s Balad Airbase where they were supporting Iraq’s F-16 program, US Stars and Stripes daily military newspaper reported. The US government withdrew the military personnel following a number of rocket attacks that ...

Idaho Air National Guard A-10 Repainted in P-47 Thunderbolt Heritage Livery Idaho Air National Guard A-10 Repainted in P-47 Thunderbolt Heritage Livery by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot, 185th Air Refueling Wing The National Guard paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa revealed a remarkable heritage paint scheme which they completed this week on an Idaho Air National Guard (ANG) A-10 Thunderbolt II. The 124th Fighter Wing of the Idaho ANG conceived this new livery for their A-10 in ...

Four Katyusha rockets hit an Iraqi military base that houses U.S. contractors Monday without causing any casualties, Iraq's military said in a statement. The rockets hit Balad air base in northern Iraq at 8 p.m. local time, the statement said....

By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 5, 2021 Increased threats and attacks by Iran-backed militias forced American contractors to evacuate Iraq’s Balad Air Base in March, where they were supporting Iraq’s F-16 program, a U.S. government report said this week. Without the Americans, the Iraqis cannot perform the full range of maintenance tasks on the country’s fleet of F-16s, which are key in the fight against the Islamic State group. Thirty-two of the 36 F-16 fighter jets...

F-35A Lightning II test aircraft assigned to the 31st Test Evaluation Squadron from Edwards Air Force Base, California, released AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9X missiles at QF-16 targets during a live-fire test over an Air Force range in the Gulf of Mexico on June 12, 2018. The Joint Operational Test Team conducted the missions as part of Block 3F Initial Operational Test and Evaluation.

The Korean War began in 1950 and never officially ended. Cozad businessman Rex German was a man on a mission, intent on establishing a meaningful, lasting memorial for a hometown war hero and boyhood idol. Capt. Robert Laier was a “fine fella and good student” who yearned to fly. His dream came true in 1945, only to be cut short in a dog fight somewhere over North Korea. Cozad’s native son was a fighter pilot in the Korean War. He was flying as wingman on June 19, 1951, when his ...

20 Airmen from the 52nd Fighter Wing participated in an ADM-160C Miniature Air-Launched Decoy, or MALD, and AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface-Standoff-Missile, or JASSM, generation exercise at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, April 27, 2021. Capt. Thomas Dequeant, 52nd Maintenance Squadron Operations Officer, said the event had Airmen load three live assets onto a stationary U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, also known as a “Viper”, to help better prepare Airmen from start to fi...

In the early months of modern Ufology, a pair of Air National Guard F-51 Mustangs engaged UFOs in two separate incidents that became known as “The Mantell Incident” and “The Gorman Dogfight”. Tragically, one of these turned deadly.

Guard chief wants free health care for all troops, activated or not May 4 National Guard troops assigned to Joint Task Force Empire Shield discuss operations at Grand Central Station in New York City on Dec. 11, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Jonathan Pietrantoni/Air National Guard) The head of the National Guard Bureau wants free health care coverage for every guardsman, calling it an issue of both strategic and moral importance for the military force. “What happens if they get sick or injured when...