President Barack Obama yesterday praised a Senate vote that
struck down $1.75 billion in additional funding in the fiscal 2010
defense budget for more F-22 Raptor fighter jets. Defense Secretary
Robert M. Gates recommended to the president earlier this year to
end production of the F-22 at the conclusion of its current funding
program in fiscal 2009.
B-52 Stratofortress Went Down During Guam Liberation Day
Celebration In 2008
A solemn ceremony took place Tuesday morning to honor the crew
of a B-52 Stratofortress, call sign RAIDR 21. The bomber went down
July 21, 2008 during a celebration of Guam Liberation Day, the day
Allied forces re-took the island from Japan during WWII.
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