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Politics
Breakneck pace of crises keeps National Guard away from home
SHADDADI, Syria — In the searing 108-degree heat, far from his Louisiana health care business, Army Colonel Scott Desormeaux and his soldiers are on a dusty base near Syria’s northern border, helping Syrian rebel forces battle Islamic State militants and keeping an eye on Russian troops in the region. Continue reading →
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World
With undersea robots, an Air Force navigator lost since 1967 is found
On a July morning in 1967, two American B-52 bombers collided over the South China Sea as they approached a target in what was then South Vietnam. Seven crew members escaped, but rescue units from the Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard were unable to find six other men, including a navigator from New York, Maj. Paul A. Avolese. It was not until last year that scientists scanning the seafloor found one of the B-52s and recovered Avolese’s remains. Continue reading →
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