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CONGRESS EXAMINES TROOP SIZE OVER SEAS
Lieutenant General Norton Schwartz of the USAF, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on July 7, 2004 in Washington. The Committee is looking into troop size and strength abroad as well as the readyness of the Reserve at home...(UPI Photo/Michael Kleinfeld)

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Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Ido Nehushtan was awarded the prestigious Legion of Merit by the United States, officials said.
Air Force rethinking plan to move planes
Lawmakers from Gulf Coast states welcomed word the U.S. Air Force is reconsidering its decision to relocate the 136th Airlift Wing from Fort Worth, Texas.
The Pentagon said mistakenly discarded remains from the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks did not include any victims from the airliner crash in Pennsylvania.
Air Force cutting 13,500 civilian jobs
The U.S. Air Force said Wednesday it is eliminating about 13,500 civilian positions as part of a mandate to reduce personnel costs.
No further delay for U.S. Air Force tanker
The U.S. Air Force will not further delay the award date for its $40 billion air tanker contract, a U.S. official said.
Gen. Norton Schwartz, the U.S. Air Force chief of staff, faced biting criticism from his service's senior leaders in a video teleconference last week.
After more than a year of development, the U.S. Air Force chief of staff has approved a new charter for the Air Force Expeditionary Center.
The U.S. Air Force chief of staff has called for an expansion of unmanned aerial vehicle capabilities to support future ground operations.
The Air Force chief of staff said Tuesday he will ask U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates for more F-22 Raptor jets.
The head of the U.S. Air Force, during a visit to bases in Nevada, called the evolving role of unmanned aerial systems crucial in the war on terror.
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Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad