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No, A Huge Meteor Did Not Threaten A US Base With Destruction

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On July 25th, a fireball graced the skies over icy Greenland near Thule Air Force Base, the U.S. Air Force’s northernmost base and a key to its aerospace defense strategy. The meteor released 2.1 kilotons of energy over a installation designed to detect nuclear missile launches, which led to a predictable media freakout; Fox News posted a story about the incident beneath a picture of an explosion — definitely not this one — with a mushroom cloud spilling from Earth into space:

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We Have Some Questions About That Airman-Designed 3D-Printed Gas Mask

Military Tech

If there’s one thing the Pentagon loves, it’s improving the U.S. armed forces without paying for it.  

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A Suspect Is In Custody After An Airman Was Found Dead In Guam

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(U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

A suspect has been taken into custody – but not charged – in connection with the death of an airman at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, who may have been stabbed, according to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

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Soldiers And Airman Booted From VP Pence’s Detail After Bringing Women Back To Panama Hotel

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U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth

U.S. service members with Vice President Mike Pence’s communications team during a visit to Panama were removed from their duties after they were caught on a security video bringing women back to their hotel in Panama, NBC news reported on Aug. 24.

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11 Objects That Only Veterans Will Look At And Think ‘Sure, That’s A Toilet’

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U.S. Navy photo by Chief Master-at-Arms Tony Guyette

There are always differences between service members’ experiences. You’ve got soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors, and coasties; grunts and POGs; officers and enlisted; short-timers and lifers; the list goes on. But there are some things we all have in common, something even deeper than a shared sense of duty, and a love of country — like, way deeper, a rumbling way down, in the colon.

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UNSUNG HEROES: The Airman Who Saved 10 Men From A Burning Chinook

Unsung Heroes
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On March 4, 2002, Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham was serving as a pararescueman near the village of Marzak in the Paktia province of Afghanistan. He was the primary Air Force combat search and rescue medic assigned to a task force sent to recover Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman, a combat controller for a SEAL team, and Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. Roberts, a SEAL, who were trapped in Al-Qaeda-held territory.

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