U.S. Air Force

Britain court sentences four hackers guilty of cyberattacks

2013-05-16 10:47:00

LONDON – Four hackers who pleaded guilty to a series of high-profile cyberattacks on computers in the U.S. and Britain, including those of the CIA and Sony Pictures, were sentenced Thursday to up to 32 months in prison. The four men, all Britons,...

Body fragments found at U.S. plane crash site in Kyrgyzstan

2013-05-04 00:29:00

MOSCOW -- Rescue teams found remains of two crew members Saturday morning at the site of a U.S. military plane crash in Kyrgyzstan, an official said. “Fragments of two bodies have already been found as we are continuing the search,”...

William C. Cox Jr. dies at 82; helped seal Dow Jones sale to Murdoch

2013-05-04 09:05:00

William C. Cox Jr., the patriarch of the Bancroft clan that controlled Dow Jones & Co. for 105 years and sold it to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in a decision sparking a family feud, died Wednesday at his home in Hobe Sound, Fla., according to his...

Body of third American found at site of Kyrgyzstan crash

2013-05-04 12:37:00

MOSCOW -- Recovery teams have found the body of the third American crew member at the site of a plane crash in Kyrgyzstan, the television network Russia-24 reported Saturday. The remains of the plane's two other crew members were found Saturday morning....

U.S. military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan

2013-05-03 04:56:00

MOSCOW -- A U.S. fueling plane crashed in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan on Friday, a local official said. The Boeing 707 took off from the U.S. air base at Manas International Airport near Bishkek, officials said. The base is a key installation for...

‘Iron Man 3′: Don Cheadle open to Rhodey recruitment for ‘Avengers 2′

2013-04-29 06:32:09

Las Vegas: Sequester grounds air shows, including Aviation Nation

2013-03-27 12:19:00

Blame the sequester for the cancellation of� popular air shows, including the long-running performance at Nellis Air Force Base in North Las Vegas, the home of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.� Aviation Nation, which routinely drew huge crowds to...

McManus: Inching toward Syria

2013-03-27 00:00:00

Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like a success story now. Yet the Obama administration is edging reluctantly into a civil war in Syria, aiding rebels...

FAA: Seven Southern California air traffic control towers to close

2013-03-22 13:15:00

Seven air-traffic control towers in Southern California will close next month as a result of forced federal budget cuts, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday. The FAA had been considering closing as many as 189 air-traffic control towers...

The Swoose

2013-03-18 00:33:35

United Arab Emirates reaches deal to buy unarmed Predator drones

2013-02-22 12:47:00

California-based General Atomics Aeronautical System Inc. said Friday it has struck a deal to sell unarmed Predator drones to the United Arab Emirates military. The agreement would mark the first time a non-NATO country has obtained the American-made...

He hit the lottery — then really won big

2012-11-24 00:00:00

I was treading water at an ad agency in Toronto when I spied an unusual ad in the morning paper. It was an announcement from the U.S. government recruiting able-bodied Canadians to apply for a lottery to enter the U.S. legally with a resident alien, or...

U.S. Air Force Captain Welcomed Home from Afghanistan by Her Doggy

2013-05-17 09:44:00

Master Sgt. Robert Shulman, a 31-year U.S. Air Force Reserve chef, takes part in the 2013 salmon cook-off.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Wreckage of the U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft that crashed near Chaldovar, Kyrgyzstan.

2013-05-05 13:10:31