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By JENNIFER H. SVAN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 13, 2021 The 48th Fighter Wing is closing in on a nickname for its new squadron of F-35A Lightning II fighter jets. From 700 different suggestions submitted this fall, a team designated by the wing chose five finalists: Archangels, Sabres, Sentinels, Swordsmen and Valkyries, base officials said this week. The name will be given to the 495th Fighter Squadron, formerly the 495th Tactical Fighter Squadron, when it’s reactivated later ...

Some page features may require javascript to run. Bringing Soldiers Home A historian searches for evidence and memories of America’s missing personnel.By Lynn Juliano / Photos Courtesy of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense whose mission is to recover military personnel listed as prisoners of war or missing in action from past conflicts. In 2014, an investigation team led by Cal State Fullerton alumna Nicol...

Theodore Lumpkin Jr., a Tuskegee Airmen member, dies at 100 due to Covid-19 complications CNN 1/12/2021 By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN © Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Theodore "Ted" Lumpkin Jr., photographed in 2008, was an intelligence officer during World War II. Theodore Lumpkin Jr., one of the last surviving members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen who served during World War II, has died at age 100. Lumpkin passed away on December 26, just a few days shy of his 10...

US counterterrorism prosecutors are investigating two men who allegedly wore tactical gear and held plastic restraints or zip ties in the US Senate during the breach of the US Capitol last week, the Justice Department announced.

Dimanche, 10 Janvier, 2021 - 21:52 Update: Two days after the publication of this piece, Brock was arrested in Texas and charged in federal court, in the District of Columbia, with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. As insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol this week, a few figures stood out. One man, clad in a combat helmet, body armor, and other tactical gear, was among the gro...

Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Arrested, Charged in Capitol Riot One of the rioters who entered the Senate Chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C., has been identified as retired Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Larry Rendall Brock Jr. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) 10 Jan 2021 Larry Rendall Brock Jr., an Air Force veteran seen brandishing zip tie handcuffs during the pro-Trump siege at the U.S. Capitol, was arrested Sunday in Texas and charged with knowingly entering a restricted bui...

Insurrectionist ‘Zip-Tie Guy’ identified as retired Air Force lieutenant colonel January 9 Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Larry Rendall Brock Jr. was photographed on the Senate floor clad in tactical gear and holding flex cuffs. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) A man photographed in tactical gear and carrying zip-tie handcuffs on the Senate floor on Wednesday is a former Air Force officer who told The New Yorker magazine he stormed the Capitol because he believed the president wanted him to be t...

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Protesters, including Retired Lt. Col. Larry Rendall Brock Jr., enter the Senate Chamber on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Bidens 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. Pro-Trump protesters have entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nations capital. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (2021 Getty Images) A Texas Air Force Academy graduate and comba...

1st Special Forces Command investigating PSYOP captain for involvement in Trump DC rally National Guard troops stand watch at the Capitol building. Howard Altman/staff The 1st Special Forces Command is investigating a psychological operations captain for her involvement in the Jan. 6 pro- President Donald Trump rally in Washington, D.C., a spokesman tells Military Times. The command is investigating Capt. Emily Rainey’s involvement in the Wednesday rally. The 30-year-old psychological ope...

By Ryan Shepard Jan 11, 2021 Theodore Lumpkin has passed away at the age of 100 after contracting COVID-19. Lumpkin is widely known as one of the visionaries who powered the groundbreaking military unit, Tuskegee Airmen. Lumpkin was drafted into the military in 1942 and assigned to the 100th Fighter Squadron in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was not a pilot, but he did work as an intelligence officer who briefed pilots on missions. After serving in the military, he attended the University of Southern C...