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/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24556-military-facilities.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858368-syria-threatens-retaliation-israeli-airstrike.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria threatened Thursday to retaliate for an Israeli airstrike and its ally Iran said the Jewish state will regret the attack. Syria sent a letter to the U.N. Secretary-General stressing the country's "right to defend itself, its territory and sovereignty" and holding Israel and its supporters accountable. "Israel and those who protect it a... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858368-syria-threatens-retaliation-israeli-airstrike.html 2013-01-31T22:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860220-israel-feel-to-strike-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli air attack staged in Syria this week may be a sign of things to come. Israeli military officials appear to have concluded that the risks of attacking Syria are worth taking when compared to the dangers of allowing sophisticated weapons to reach Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon. With Syrian President ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860220-israel-feel-to-strike-syria.html 2013-01-31T21:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855804-high-tech-cargo-airship-built-california.html TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — The massive blimp-like aircraft flies but just barely, hovering only a dozen feet off a military hangar floor during flight testing south of Los Angeles. Still, the fact that the hulking 230-foot-long Aeroscraft could fly for just a few minutes represents a step forward in aviation, according to the engineers who developed it. The De... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855804-high-tech-cargo-airship-built-california.html 2013-01-30T22:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847482-health-answers-sought-burned-off-war-garbage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — J.D. Williams didn't think much about the smoke cloud that often shrouded his air base in Iraq. Not when it covered everything he owned with black soot or when his wheezing and coughing made it difficult to sleep at night. "We just went about our business because there was a war going on," said Williams, a retired chief warrant officer w... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847482-health-answers-sought-burned-off-war-garbage.html 2013-01-26T13:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1847384-wife-female-army-officer-join-spouses-club.html FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A woman who is married to a female Army officer at Fort Bragg and who was recently denied membership in its officers' spouses club said late Friday that she has been invited to become a full member. Ashley Broadway told the Associated Press that she received the invitation from the club's board in an email Friday. The invitation ca... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1847384-wife-female-army-officer-join-spouses-club.html 2013-01-26T05:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844888-women-combat-face-doubts-emotions-ability.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — During her time in Iraq, Alma Felix would see her fellow female soldiers leave the Army installations where she worked at a desk job and head into combat with their male counterparts. But many returned home feeling that few knew of their contributions. "I guess we do disappear into the background," the 27-year-old former Army specialist s... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844888-women-combat-face-doubts-emotions-ability.html 2013-01-25T02:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1843064-hawaii-coast-guardsman-held-investigation.html HONOLULU (AP) — A Coast Guard rescue swimmer was being held at a Navy-run facility in Pearl Harbor Thursday while the military service investigates his three-month disappearance. The Coast Guard on Wednesday launched a weeklong review of Petty Officer 1st Class Russell Matthews' case, spokesman Chief Warrant Officer Gene Maestas said. He hasn't been arres... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1843064-hawaii-coast-guardsman-held-investigation.html 2013-01-24T20:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837592-russias-syria-evacuation-reflects-doubts-assad.html MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin's evacuation of Russians from Syria on Tuesday marks a turning point in its view of the civil war, representing increasing doubts about Bashar Assad's hold on power and a sober understanding that it has to start rescue efforts before it becomes too late. The operation has been relatively small-scale — involving fewer than 100 peo... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837592-russias-syria-evacuation-reflects-doubts-assad.html 2013-01-23T01:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1832876-digital-age-prompting-closure-base-theaters.html ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. (AP) — Stacey Darling loves watching family movies at the Ellsworth Air Force Base theater in South Dakota because it's so much more affordable than taking her three children to the multiplex in nearby Rapid City. Darling, whose husband is an airman, has been catching second-run films on base for about 2 1/2 years, and was t... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 08:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1832876-digital-age-prompting-closure-base-theaters.html 2013-01-20T08:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1828692-troops-worry-defense-job-cuts.html VICENZA, Italy (AP) — The soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team have gone to war five times since 9/11, and 84 have been killed — including 13 during their current deployment to Afghanistan. But when members of the unit had a chance to ask Defense Secretary Leon Panetta questions Thursday, the top issue on their minds was jobs. How would the ... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1828692-troops-worry-defense-job-cuts.html 2013-01-18T00:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1817622-fateful-b-52-flight-revealed-deadly-weakness.html ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) — Flying low over snowy terrain on a Cold War training mission, Lt. Col. Dan Bulli's massive B-52 bomber hit turbulence that shook the plane so violently that he couldn't read the gauges. Pulling back on the yoke and pushing forward on the throttle, he tried to fly out of the severe wind. Then there was a loud bang. Moving at... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1817622-fateful-b-52-flight-revealed-deadly-weakness.html 2013-01-13T21:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817190-syrian-warplanes-bomb-rebellious-damascus-suburbs.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian fighter jets on Sunday bombed Damascus suburbs in a government offensive to dislodge rebels from strategic areas around the capital, activists said, as clashes raged around army bases and airfields in the country's north. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said warplanes were hitting towns and villages around the ca... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817190-syrian-warplanes-bomb-rebellious-damascus-suburbs.html 2013-01-13T16:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815666-syrian-army-advances-strategic-damascus-suburb.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian troops advanced in a strategic suburb of Damascus and bombarded other areas around the capital Saturday in a push to secure President Bashar Assad's seat of power as rebels make gains in the north. A government official said regime forces had taken much of Daraya, an area on the edge of a major military air base just south of... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815666-syrian-army-advances-strategic-damascus-suburb.html 2013-01-12T18:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813394-syrian-rebels-seize-key-air-base-activists.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels and Islamic militants overran a major military air base in the north Friday and, buoyed by the victory, intensified their offensive on two other bases in their most aggressive campaign yet to erode the air supremacy on which the regime of President Bashar Assad has increasingly relied the past year. The rebels control the groun... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813394-syrian-rebels-seize-key-air-base-activists.html 2013-01-11T20:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1812874-ap-bunkers-needed-explosives-evacuation.html Authorities say they have run out of bunkers at a Louisiana military base for some of the millions of pounds of explosives that prompted a town's evacuation after the material was found haphazardly stored. Sheriff Gary Sexton in Louisiana's Webster Parish told The Associated Press on Thursday that authorities are searching for more bunker space to store t... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1812874-ap-bunkers-needed-explosives-evacuation.html 2013-01-11T02:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1803468-fighting-syria-world-slams-assad-speech.html BEIRUT (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday expressed disappointment with Syrian President Bashar Assad for rejecting the most important elements of an international roadmap to end the country's civil war — a political handover and establishment of a transitional governing body. Assad in a rare speech Sunday outlined his own vision for endi... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1803468-fighting-syria-world-slams-assad-speech.html 2013-01-07T20:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1802832-vt-air-guard-hopes-jet-fear-noise.html SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Plans on where to base the U.S. military's next-generation fighter jet, the F-35, concern people in communities from California to Florida to Maine who worry the aircraft are too loud. In Vermont, where the Air National Guard has flown planes from Burlington International Airport for more than 60 years, opponents are especiall... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1802832-vt-air-guard-hopes-jet-fear-noise.html 2013-01-06T21:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799314-syrian-forces-bombard-rebel-areas-capital.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government warplanes and artillery pounded restive suburbs of Damascus on Friday and anti-regime activists said a car bomb targeted an intelligence building north of the capital. Fighting in Syria's civil war has flared in areas around Damascus as rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad try to push into the city itself. The re... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799314-syrian-forces-bombard-rebel-areas-capital.html 2013-01-04T20:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1798652-rebel-area-limits-rebel-push-damascus.html BEIRUT (AP) — Twin airstrikes by government jets on a large, rebel-held suburb of Damascus on Thursday sheered the sides off apartment towers and left residents digging through rubble for the dead and wounded. The bombing of Douma came amid a wave of attacks on rebellious districts of the Syrian capital, part of the government's efforts to keep rebel figh... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1798652-rebel-area-limits-rebel-push-damascus.html 2013-01-03T22:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1794312-clashes-syria-shut-aleppo-airport.html BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes between government troops and rebels on Tuesday forced the international airport in Aleppo to stop all flights in and out of Syria's largest city, while fierce battles also raged in the suburbs of the capital Damascus. The rebels have been making inroad in the civil war recently, capturing a string of military bases and posing a stif... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1794312-clashes-syria-shut-aleppo-airport.html 2013-01-01T18:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1789616-rebels-besiege-airports-northern-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels stepped up their siege of a government helicopter base and clashed with soldiers near Aleppo's international airport on Friday, part of an effort to chip away at the air power that poses the biggest challenge to their advances against the regime of President Bashar Assad. That airborne threat came into stark relief the same day... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1789616-rebels-besiege-airports-northern-syria.html 2012-12-28T18:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1788796-egypt-mubarak-military-hospital.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's deputy interior minister says that ousted President Hosni Mubarak has been transferred to a military hospital from his prison cell for the second time in a week following complications from a recent injury. Mubarak is serving a life term after being sentenced in June for failing to stop the killing of hundreds of protesters during las... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1788796-egypt-mubarak-military-hospital.html 2012-12-27T19:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1788032-un-envoy-moscow-call-revival-syria-plan.html BEIRUT (AP) — Russia and the U.N called Thursday for the resuscitation of a peace initiative for Syria that never got off the ground when it was proposed months ago because both parties to the conflict rejected it. The plan, unveiled by world powers at an international conference in Geneva in June, called for an open-ended cease-fire, a transitional gover... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1788032-un-envoy-moscow-call-revival-syria-plan.html 2012-12-27T14:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786880-syrian-minister-leaves-beirut-fear-arrest.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's wounded interior minister cut short his treatment at a Beirut hospital Wednesday and returned home for fear of being arrested by Lebanese authorities, while Syria's chief of military police defected to the opposition, becoming one of the highest-ranking officers to switch sides. The twin developments reflected the deepening isolation... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786880-syrian-minister-leaves-beirut-fear-arrest.html 2012-12-26T19:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786174-syrian-rebels-gains-north.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels fully captured a northern town near the Turkish border on Tuesday after weeks of heavy fighting and attacked a regime air base in a neighboring province, activists said. The air base is in Aleppo province, where opposition fighters have already captured three other large military bases in recent months. Rebels have also laid si... Tue, 25 Dec 2012 19:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786174-syrian-rebels-gains-north.html 2012-12-25T19:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786104-norad-record-number-calls-to-track-santa.html PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Most of the thousands of children who call the annual Santa-tracking operation at a Colorado Air Force Base on Christmas Eve ask the usual questions: "Where's Santa, and when will he get here?" So volunteer Sara Berghoff was caught off-guard Monday when a child called to see if Santa could be especially kind this year... Tue, 25 Dec 2012 07:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786104-norad-record-number-calls-to-track-santa.html 2012-12-25T07:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1785132-volunteers-track-santas-progress-answer-calls.html PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Most of the thousands of children who call the annual Santa-tracking operation at a Colorado Air Force Base on Christmas Eve ask the usual questions: "Where's Santa, and when will he get here?" So volunteer Sara Berghoff was caught off-guard Monday when a child called to see if Santa could be especially kind this year... Tue, 25 Dec 2012 02:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1785132-volunteers-track-santas-progress-answer-calls.html 2012-12-25T02:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1785424-santa-trackers-saint-nick-moving-west.html PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Volunteers at a Colorado Air Force base monitoring maps showing Santa Claus' progress have answered more than 41,000 phone calls from children asking about the jolly old elf. Phones have been ringing nonstop Monday at Peterson Air Force Base, headquarters of the North American Aerospace Command's annual Santa-tracking... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1785424-santa-trackers-saint-nick-moving-west.html 2012-12-24T22:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1784176-syria-jets-kill-tens-international-envoy-visits.html BEIRUT (AP) — A government airstrike Sunday on a bakery in a rebel-held town in central Syria killed more than 60 people, activists said, casting a pall over a visit by the international envoy charged with negotiating an end to the country's civil war. The strike on the town of Halfaya left scattered bodies and debris up and down a street, and more than a... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1784176-syria-jets-kill-tens-international-envoy-visits.html 2012-12-24T02:04:00Z