Topic: Meridian, Miss.

Storm-rattled areas of the South, from Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas to Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky, will face more potentially damaging and dangerous weather conditions into Thursday night.

The first female Marine pilot of an F-35B fighter plane completed her course of study as the first female to fly a Marine F-35C began her training.

L-3 Communications has received a $203 million contract for depot level maintenance, logistics and engineering support for the Navy's T-45 training aircraft.

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy in support of engines for the T-45 Goshawk, a jet trainer aircraft.

Nate weakened to a tropical depression Sunday morning as it spread heavy rainfall in Gulf Coast states, the National Hurricane Center said.

A military aircraft crashed Sunday in southeast Tennessee, likely killing two occupants on board, the Monroe County officials said.

L-3 Communications is receiving a $173 million contract for depot level maintenance, logistics and engineering for testing of the T-45 Goshawk training aircraft.

Raytheon plans to build the U.S. Air Force's T-100 Integrated Air Training System in Meridian, Miss., pending service approval, the company said Tuesday.

Former Mississippi State wide receiver Chris Smith was shot and killed Friday night in Meridian, Miss.

Lockheed Martin Corp. announced a 1,000-job voluntary layoff program to reduce employment in its Aeronautics Division.