Jan. 7—Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has the attention of President Joe Biden and Congress, putting it in a strong position to continue getting needed federal support as long as divisions in Congress do not lead to defense budget cuts, according to Michael Gessel, the Dayton region’s top lobbyist in Washington D.C. Gessel, 69, is vice […]
Jan. 7—Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has the attention of President Joe Biden and Congress, putting it in a strong position to continue getting needed federal support as long as divisions in Congress do not lead to defense budget cuts, according to Michael Gessel, the Dayton region’s top lobbyist in Washington D.C. Gessel, 69, is vice […]
Eleven people have been killed by Russian shelling in Ukraine’s partially occupied Donetsk province, officials said. Regional governor Vadym Filashkin said five children were among the dead and eight further people were wounded in the attack on the Pokrovsk district. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military claimed it successfully attacked the Saki military airbase in the west of […]
Eleven people have been killed by Russian shelling in Ukraine’s partially occupied Donetsk province, officials said. Regional governor Vadym Filashkin said five children were among the dead and eight further people were wounded in the attack on the Pokrovsk district. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military claimed it successfully attacked the Saki military airbase in the west of […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Eleven people were killed Saturday in Russian shelling in Ukraine’s partially occupied Donetsk province, according to regional Gov. Vadym Filashkin. Five children were among the dead and eight further people were wounded in the attack on the Pokrovsk district, he said. Ukraine’s military claimed Saturday it successfully attacked the Saki military […]
We have our first look at the B-1B bomber that crashed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota last night. The Air Force says the mishap occurred when the B-1 attempted to land at the installation, which is also its home. You can read more about what is already known about this mishap in […]
Ukrainian polar scientists located at Ukraine’s Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctica shared an amazing video of a penguin sliding down a hill on its tummy. This unusual type of movement was described by Oleksandr Poludny, the meteorologist of the 28th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition. Read also: Photos offer glimpse of recovery progress for four endangered felines […]
A drone attack by an Iran-affiliated terrorist group on a military base in Iraq early Monday morning left three U.S. service members wounded, the Pentagon said, and prompted retaliatory strikes. The attack on the Erbil Air Base was conducted by Kataib Hezbollah militants, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement. One of the three […]
One of hundreds of Belfast students staying on campus over Christmas has spoken of the importance of “having a bubble” to battle loneliness when away from family over the holidays. Gyan Wickremasinghe is a student at Queen’s, originally from Sri Lanka, who has been studying in Belfast for five years. He is one of 800 […]
By Marianna Parraga, Mayela Armas and Trevor Hunnicutt CARACAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some of the Americans who were freed by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government in a U.S. prisoner swap have landed at a U.S. military base in San Antonio, Texas, a Reuters witness said. The individuals were freed on Wednesday in exchange for the U.S. […]
Russia and Ukraine launched more than a dozen drones at each other’s territory for a second straight day on Sunday, one of which apparently targeted a Russian military airport while a Ukrainian civilian was killed when drone debris slammed into his house near the Black Sea. At least 35 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight […]
One person was killed Saturday in an early morning crash, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The single-vehicle collision happened at about 4 a.m. in Richland County, said Lance Cpl. Nick Pye. A 2005 Saturn sedan was driving west on U.S. 76/Garners Ferry Road when it ran off the right side of the road […]