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How the Air Force Will Expand Its Pacific Island-Hopping Campaign in 2021 An F-22 Raptor completes a hot refuel from a fuel bladder carried by a C-130J Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, during a Dynamic Force Employment at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Nov. 22, 2020. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Michael S. Murphy) 22 Dec 2020 More U.S. Air Force planes are set to operate in the Pacific next year as China continues to flex its muscles in the South China Sea with its ongoing build up across contested islands in the region. Pacific Air Forces, headquartere...

AFRICOM Sends Warning to Al-Shabaab as US Troops Begin Withdrawing from Somalia In this Feb. 13, 2012 file photo, an armed member of the militant group al-Shabab attends a rally in support of the merger of the Somali militant group al-Shabab with al-Qaida, on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. U.S. military forces targeted the Islamic extremist al-Shabab network in an operation, Sept. 1, 2014 in Somalia, the Pentagon said. (AP Photo/File) 21 Dec 2020 The U.S. announced a plan over the weekend to begin withdrawing the estimated 800 American troops from Somalia by early January, but it came ...

Military pay. Military OneSource photo 21 Dec 2020 Many military personnel, their families and veterans would be eligible for one-time stimulus checks of $600 under the $1.4 trillion federal funding package and coronavirus relief bill released by Congress on Monday. The package also would give troops up to a year to pay back the taxes that have been deferred from their paychecks since September. The proposal calls for direct payments of $600 to eligible Americans, plus $600 per dependent child. Under the plan, those earning up to $75,000; $112,500 as head of household; or $150,000 as a marrie...