With the handover of GT015, a German two-seat Eurofighter
aircraft, the final aircraft out of Tranche 1 destined for the four
partner Air Forces of Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom
in the core program has been delivered on March 20, 2008.
A US air strike killed five terrorists and wounded several other
insurgents from among a group that was attempting to emplace a
roadside bomb in the Basra, Iraq, area Monday, US military
officials said.
Critics say the Pentagon is playing the Army and Air Force
against one another, in its quest to deploy more combat-proven
Predator unmanned aerial vehicles to Iraq. That strategy may help
win the battle in the short term... but the Defense Department
could lose the war in the long run.
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO)
announced Monday the remains of a US serviceman, missing from
World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his
family for burial with full military honors.
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