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German purchase of nearly three dozen F-35s from US cleared by State Department A deal for the sale of 35 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Germany still requires final approval from Congress, a formality that will clear the way for Berlin to make one of its most significant military upgrades in years. Read more >

Women service members warn lawmakers of heightened obstacles to abortions as some states ban the procedure Air Force Maj. Sharon Arana was a single mother of two and a week away from graduating from officer training school when her birth control failed in 2009. Read more >

Air Force grounds almost 300 training planes as ejection seat safety concerns spread The Air Force has temporarily sidelined nearly half of its combat training aircraft and a smaller portion of its primary training aircraft while it reviews the safety of a potentially defective ejection seat part. Read more >   Pandemic border closure stifles Red Cross aid to North Korea Humanitarian aid from the Red Cross to North Korea dropped last year by about 86% compared to 2020 due to COVID-19 travel restrictions imposed by the communist regime, a report said. Read more >   Japan-based Marine says separation order for vaccine refusal is ‘unlawful’ A Marine in Japan who refused a COVID-19 vaccine is being court-martialed for missing two flights to the United States to be discharged. Read more >

Russian charged with using US groups to spread propaganda A Russian operative under the supervision of one of the Kremlin's main intelligence services has been charged with recruiting political groups in the United States to advance pro-Russia propaganda, including during the invasion of Ukraine, the Justice Department said Friday. Read more >   Former California-based airman gets 15-year sentence for making child pornography A former Air Force airman was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, the U.S. Justice Department said in a news release. Read more >   Blinken, Russian top diplomat speak about Griner, Whelan Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov by phone on Friday and urged Moscow to accept a U.S. offer to release WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American detainee, Paul Whelan Read more >   South Korea should preserve missile-defense status quo, Chinese diplomat tweets South Korea’s government has long accused China of retaliating against South Korea for allowing the U.S. to deploy the first THAAD battery in 2017. Read more >   Report recommends testing for those exposed to ‘forever chemicals’ often found at military sites Roughly 2,854 locations in the United States are contaminated to some degree by PFAS, and about a quarter of those sites are linked to military installations, according to a report. Read more >   DC mayor requests help from National Guard to address migrant 'humanitarian crisis' D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has asked the Pentagon to activate the D.C. National Guard to help address a swelling number of migrants arriving in buses at the city’s Union Station, she told reporters Thursday. Read more >

 

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