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From seat-reclining disputes to disagreements over when it’s OK to switch seats, many Americans say airline etiquette has gotten worse over the past five years, according to a new survey from the travel website The Points Guy (TPG).Among the respondents’ biggest pet peeves were people listening to audio without headphones,…
Veterans who served in the Air Force, Navy, or Coast Guard had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, rates 15% to 29% higher than Army veterans, according to a new study.The study, published in the journal Neurology last month, analyzed records for nearly 10 million veterans receiving Department of Veterans Affairs…
The US Army awarded a nearly $50 million contract for machines that act as giant dehumidifiers, turning air into drinking water for service members who may be operating in remote locations where conventional water resupply could be difficult or dangerous.An announcement posted to the Pentagon’s website this month said Florida-based…
Cost and scheduling challenges have pushed the US Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress modernization program billions over budget, according to a new report.The aging B-52 has long been a workhorse of the Air Force, which is replacing the bomber’s decades-old engines to keep the aircraft flying into the 2050s. But the…
If there are people, equipment, or supplies in the US Air Force that need to be moved from one place to another, chances are the Air Mobility Command is on it.One of the Air Force’s major commands, or MAJCOMs, the Air Mobility Command was activated in 1992 and serves four…
When Israel’s top air defense system first came online more than two decades ago, the idea that it might one day be used to battle hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles seemed far-fetched to some.”I can tell you that I didn’t imagine that we would use Arrow as much as we…
European countries are showing growing interest in the Israeli-made David’s Sling missile defense system, a senior Israeli official told Business Insider. The continent is racing to bolster its air defenses in preparation for a potential war with Russia.Roughly a dozen European countries have shown interest in purchasing David’s Sling over…
