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Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashes in California. Pilot's status unknown
Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet.
A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 151 crashed around 10 am Pacific Time near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, Navy officials have announced.
Search and rescue teams from China Lake and Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, are looking for the pilot, whose status is currently unknown, said Lt. Cmdr. Lydia Bock, a spokeswoman for Strike Fighter Wing, Pacific.
The single-seater plane was based at Lemoore, Bock said.
UPDATE: This story was updated on July 31 with information from Lt. Cmdr. Lydia Bock.
A new law could finally force DoD to compensate troops who suffered from military doctors' mistakes
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act would allow service members to seek compensation when military doctors make mistakes that harm them, but they would still be unable to file medical malpractice lawsuits against the federal government.
On Monday night, Congress announced that it had finalized the NDAA, which must be passed by the House and Senate before going to President Donald Trump. If the president signs the NDAA into law, it would mark the first time in nearly seven decades that U.S. military personnel have had legal recourse to seek payment from the military in cases of medical malpractice.
Army major with Cyber Command charged with distributing child pornography
A major serving at U.S. Army Cyber Command has been charged with distributing child pornography, according to the Justice Department.
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Navy could decide whether to approve the I-Boot 5 early next year
Navy senior leaders could decide whether or not to approve the new I-Boot 5 early in 2020, said Rob Carroll, director of the uniform matters office at the Chief of Naval Personnel's office.
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Oklahoma Congresspeople slam private housing contractor at Tinker Air Force Base for negligence, fraud
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Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, referred to Balfour Beatty Communities as "notorious." Horn, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told a company executive she was "incredibly disappointed you have failed to live up to your responsibility for taking care of the people that are living in these houses."
Florida senator calls for end to military exchange program in wake of Pensacola shooting
The Saudi national who killed three students on a U.S. Naval Air station in Pensacola was in the United States on a training exchange program.
On Sunday, Sen. Rick Scott said the United States should suspend that program, which brings foreign nationals to America for military training, pending a "full review."