National News

Dec 10, 2009

by Derek Kaufman 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs An Air Force Flight Test Center B-52H Stratofortress performs a captive carry flight of the X-51A WaveRider Dec. 9, 2009, over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The captive carry mission is…

Dec 10, 2009

The United States and Japan reached agreement on the text of a landmark Open-Skies aviation agreement, liberalizing U.S.-Japan air services for the carriers of both countries. The agreement was reached after five rounds of negotiations focusing on Open Skies, beginning…

Dec 9, 2009

$5,000 Reward Available The Oregon Financial Institutions Security Task Force (FIST) is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a serial bank robbery wanted by the FBI for a series of…

Dec 3, 2009

Arcade Joseph Comeaux, Jr.WASHINGTON The U.S. Marshals have added to their 15 Most Wanted list of fugitives a man serving three life sentences who escaped custody during his transport from Huntsville, Texas, to Stiles, Texas. During the escape, Arcade Joseph…

Nov 26, 2009

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey of nearly 4.5 million miles with a 9:44 a.m. EST landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, designated STS-129,…

Nov 1, 2009

WASHINGTON - John A. Campbell, a resident of Portage, Mich., was sentenced to 60 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. In April 2008, Campbell, who is a…