http://www.mail.com/subjects/24556-military-facilities.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24556-military-facilities.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2102938-intercontinental-missile-test-launched-calif.html VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base on Wednesday, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea. The Minuteman 3 lifted off at 6:27 a.m. PDT Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It splashed down less than 30 minutes... Wed, 22 May 2013 16:46:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2102938-intercontinental-missile-test-launched-calif.html 2013-05-22T16:46:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100774-algerian-president-leaves-paris-military-hospital.html PARIS (AP) — Officials say Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has left the French military hospital where he has been treated for nearly a month and transferred to another facility. Tuesday's brief statement by the defense ministry health service said Bouteflika "left Val-de-Grace hospital today to go to another establishment to continue his recovery... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:22:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100774-algerian-president-leaves-paris-military-hospital.html 2013-05-21T18:22:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100336-kyrgyzstan-bent-evicting-us-air-base-2014.html BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Kyrgyzstan's president has reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air base that supports military operations in nearby Afghanistan. President Almazbek Atambayev has repeatedly pledged to shut the Manas Transit Center next year, dismissing U.S. assumptions the base would remain in exchange for high... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:18:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100336-kyrgyzstan-bent-evicting-us-air-base-2014.html 2013-05-21T16:18:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086662-china-questions-japan-rule-okinawa.html BEIJING (AP) — China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. The tactic, however, appears to have done little but harden Tokyo's stance. Japan refuses to offer any c... Wed, 15 May 2013 11:03:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086662-china-questions-japan-rule-okinawa.html 2013-05-15T11:03:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073490-hezbollah-syria-to-supply-weapons-to-militia.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria will supply "game-changing" weapons to Hezbollah, the chief of the Lebanese militant group said Thursday, less than a week after Israeli airstrikes on Damascus targeted alleged shipments of advanced Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah. Israel has signaled it will respond with airstrikes to any future weapons shipments, meaning it coul... Thu, 09 May 2013 22:18:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073490-hezbollah-syria-to-supply-weapons-to-militia.html 2013-05-09T22:18:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073482-karzai-us-9-afghan-bases-2014.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has irked Washington with his frequent criticism of American military operations in his country, said Thursday that his government is now ready to let the U.S. have nine bases across Afghanistan after most foreign troops withdraw in 2014. A border spat with Pakistan and a desire to test public o... Thu, 09 May 2013 20:16:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073482-karzai-us-9-afghan-bases-2014.html 2013-05-09T20:16:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073334-general-orders-extra-review-nuke-crew-failings.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The general who commands the nation's nuclear forces said Thursday he has ordered further review of failings discovered among Air Force officers who operate nuclear missiles. But he told Congress he was not alarmed by their shortcomings. Gen. Robert Kehler, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, told a House Armed Services panel that the A... Thu, 09 May 2013 14:52:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073334-general-orders-extra-review-nuke-crew-failings.html 2013-05-09T14:52:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070570-ap-exclusive-commander-cites-rot-nuke-force.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel demanded more information Wednesday after the Air Force removed 17 launch officers from duty at a nuclear missile base in North Dakota over what a commander called "rot" in the force. The Air Force struggled to explain, acknowledging concern about an "attitude problem" but telling Congress the weapons were secure. ... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:41:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070570-ap-exclusive-commander-cites-rot-nuke-force.html 2013-05-08T21:41:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070674-media-internet-service-restored-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Internet service was restored in Syria on Wednesday, after a countrywide outage cut off the country from the rest of the world for nearly 20 hours, state media said. The state news agency SANA said a problem with a fiber optics cable was to blame for the second nationwide outage since a two-day blackout in November. There had been speculatio... Wed, 08 May 2013 16:26:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070674-media-internet-service-restored-syria.html 2013-05-08T16:26:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070760-militants-kill-3-yemeni-air-force-pilots-base.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Suspected militants shot and killed three senior Yemeni air force pilots traveling to an air base in the country's south on Wednesday, security officials said. Two gunmen on a motorcycle intercepted the pilots' vehicle in Dubba, an area about 10 kilometers (six miles) outside Al-Annad base in the southern province of Lahj, the official... Wed, 08 May 2013 12:17:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070760-militants-kill-3-yemeni-air-force-pilots-base.html 2013-05-08T12:17:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2064068-syrian-rebels-enter-northern-air-base.html BEIRUT (AP) — Rebels occupied Sunday parts of a military air base in northern Syria after days of fighting with government troops who have been defending the sprawling position for months, activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels moved deep inside Mannagh air base, near the border with Turkey, despite fire from gov... Sun, 05 May 2013 15:57:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2064068-syrian-rebels-enter-northern-air-base.html 2013-05-05T15:57:04Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2060582-safrica-officials-suspended-wedding-scandal.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Five South African officials, including police and military commanders, have been suspended after a chartered plane carrying about 200 guests from India to a lavish family wedding was allowed to land at a South African air force base, the government said Friday. The scandal, in which the passengers allegedly bypassed customs procedures... Fri, 03 May 2013 19:47:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2060582-safrica-officials-suspended-wedding-scandal.html 2013-05-03T19:47:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2060598-us-military-plane-carrying-3-crashes-kyrgyzstan.html CHALDOVAR, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — An American military refueling plane carrying three crew members crashed Friday in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the Central Asian nation where the U.S. operates an air base key to the war in Afghanistan. There was no word on the fate of the KC-135 crew as darkness fell and the search for them was suspended for the night... Fri, 03 May 2013 18:44:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2060598-us-military-plane-carrying-3-crashes-kyrgyzstan.html 2013-05-03T18:44:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057298-navy-charges-2-deaths-2-divers-md-pond.html HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Two members of a Virginia-based Navy dive unit face military criminal charges of involuntary manslaughter and dereliction of duty in the February drowning deaths of two divers at an Army facility test pond near Baltimore, officials said Wednesday. Navy officials said the two defendants, whom they haven't identified, are a chief warr... Thu, 02 May 2013 01:13:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057298-navy-charges-2-deaths-2-divers-md-pond.html 2013-05-02T01:13:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049494-syrian-rebels-troops-clash-3-air-bases.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad fought intense battles with his troops on Sunday to try to seize control of three military air bases in the country's north and curtail the regime's use of its punishing air power, activists said. Rebels, who have been trying to capture the air fields for months, broke into the sprawling... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:17:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049494-syrian-rebels-troops-clash-3-air-bases.html 2013-04-28T15:17:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048416-rebels-attack-sprawling-air-base-northern-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels attacked a sprawling military air base in the country's northwest on Saturday, while opposition forces assaulted a string of army checkpoints and positions in the south, activists said. The raids follow nearly two weeks of advances by Syrian troops, mostly in the suburbs of the capital, Damascus, and in areas near the Lebanese ... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:34:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048416-rebels-attack-sprawling-air-base-northern-syria.html 2013-04-27T14:34:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2046184-military-grooms-officers-war-cyberspace.html AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. service academies are ramping up efforts to groom a new breed of cyberspace warriors to confront increasing threats to the nation's military and civilian computer networks that control everything from electrical power grids to the banking system. Students at the Army, Navy and Air Force academies are taking more co... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:42:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2046184-military-grooms-officers-war-cyberspace.html 2013-04-26T08:42:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043336-syrian-troops-capture-key-town-damascus.html BEIRUT (AP) — After five weeks of battle, Syrian government troops captured a strategic town near Damascus, cutting an arms route for rebels trying to topple President Bashar Assad's regime, state media and activists said Thursday. By taking the town of Otaybah, east of the capital, the army dealt a major setback to opposition forces that in recent months... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:18:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043336-syrian-troops-capture-key-town-damascus.html 2013-04-25T21:18:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2038408-ap-impact-congress-slows-military-efforts-to-save.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Parked around the airstrip at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland are more than a dozen massive C-5A Galaxy transport planes. There is no money to fly them, repair them or put pilots in the cockpits, but Congress rejected the Air Force's bid to retire them. So, in the weeks and months ahead, crews will tow the planes around the Texas tarmac ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:18:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2038408-ap-impact-congress-slows-military-efforts-to-save.html 2013-04-23T14:18:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2030466-long-period-quiet-guantanamo-grows-tense.html GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — The morning routine started before dawn with a prisoner chanting the Muslim call to prayer through a small opening in the heavy steel door of his cell as soldiers with face shields quietly paced in the dimly lit corridor. The calm did not last long. Within minutes, troops began rushing about, the words "code yellow" ... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:35:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2030466-long-period-quiet-guantanamo-grows-tense.html 2013-04-19T14:35:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027498-activists-rebels-capture-base-central-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels captured a military base in the strategic Homs province on Thursday as opposition fighters fought to expand territory under their control near the Lebanese border, activists said. The central region is important to President Bashar Assad because it links Damascus, his seat of power, with one of his main allies, the militant Hez... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:04:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027498-activists-rebels-capture-base-central-syria.html 2013-04-18T18:04:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027532-famed-world-war-ii-aviators-hold-final-reunion.html EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) — At 97, retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole can still fly and land a vintage B-25 with a wide grin and a wave out the cockpit window to amazed onlookers. David Thatcher, 91, charms admiring World War II history buffs with detailed accounts of his part in the 1942 Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, in which he earned a Silver Star. Retired... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:37:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027532-famed-world-war-ii-aviators-hold-final-reunion.html 2013-04-18T11:37:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2027022-war-medicine-helping-boston-bomb-victims.html The bombs that made Boston look like a combat zone have also brought battlefield medicine to their civilian victims. A decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has sharpened skills and scalpels, leading to dramatic advances that are now being used to treat the 13 amputees and nearly a dozen other patients still fighting to keep damaged limbs after Monday's attack. ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:40:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2027022-war-medicine-helping-boston-bomb-victims.html 2013-04-18T02:40:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024976-report-us-footing-greater-bill-overseas-bases.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is footing more of the bill for overseas bases in Germany, Japan and South Korea even as the military reduces the number of American troops in Europe and strategically repositions forces in Asia, a congressional report says. The exhaustive, yearlong investigation by the Senate Armed Services Committee focused on costs a... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:06:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024976-report-us-footing-greater-bill-overseas-bases.html 2013-04-17T22:06:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025092-assad-accuses-west-backing-al-qaida-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's president accused the West on Wednesday of backing al-Qaida in his country's civil war, warning it will pay a price "in the heart" of Europe and the United States as the terror network becomes emboldened. Bashar Assad also lashed out at Jordan for allowing "thousands" of fighters to enter Syria through its borders and warned that the... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:06:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025092-assad-accuses-west-backing-al-qaida-syria.html 2013-04-17T20:06:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2025754-us-military-deaths-afghanistan-2070.html As of Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at least 2,070 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The AP count is three less than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT. At least 1,716 military service members have died... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:31:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2025754-us-military-deaths-afghanistan-2070.html 2013-04-17T15:31:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018434-activists-syrian-regime-airstrikes-kill-25.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government warplanes carried out airstrikes on a rebellious neighborhood in the capital and a village in the country's northeast on Sunday, killing at least 25 people, including a dozen children, activists said. With its ground forces stretched thin, President Bashar Assad's regime has relied heavily on its fighter jets and helicopter... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:16:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018434-activists-syrian-regime-airstrikes-kill-25.html 2013-04-14T18:16:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017408-activists-syrian-airstrike-kills-20-people.html BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian government airstrike on a town in the country's northwest killed at least 20 people Saturday, shattering store fronts, setting cars ablaze and sending a giant plume of black and gray smoke into the sky. President Bashar Assad's air force has been one of his biggest assets in the two-year-old civil war and he has used warplanes and h... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:58:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017408-activists-syrian-airstrike-kills-20-people.html 2013-04-13T20:58:24Z