Новости за 02.05.2017

Lt. Gen. Robert D. McMurry was given a third star and became commander of the the Air Force Life Management Center while Brig. Gen William T. Cooley took over the post McMurry vacated as commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Services for Army Sgt. Josh Rodgers, who was killed in Afghanistan last week, will be Saturday. Rodgers and Sgt. Cameron Thomas were members of 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.

Duke is one of 37 service dogs from across the country competing for the American Humane Hero Dog Awards. Duke technically retired about a month ago, but their 13 years together has been a blessing, Toby Yarbrough said.

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday that Army secretary nominee Mark Green’s past comments about gays and lesbians and Muslims are “very concerning” and that Green must explain himself to the committee.

Kathleen M. Rodgers knows that deployments, homecomings and transitions are only a few of the threads giving texture to the lives of military families. In her latest book, “Seven Wings to Glory,” published in April, Rodgers draws on her experiences as an Air Force wife and Army mom to create a nuanced portrayal of military connectedness.

Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince says there is no space for dialogue with rival Iran due to its Shiite ambitions "to control the Islamic world."

To say that Jude Law is director Guy Ritchie's muse might be an overstatement, but the pair have worked together on three feature films (plus a Dior Homme ad campaign) in just the last eight years.

Private Benjamin Shorter died in a Nashville field hospital on December 20, 1862 and was buried in the Nashville City Cemetery. In 1869, all Union soldiers were relocated to the Nashville National Cemetery in graves marked simply by a row and column number.

After an American airstrike killed more than 100 Iraqi civilians in a house in the western part of Mosul in March, U.S. officials suggested the Islamic State group was to blame for the horrific toll, saying militants may have crammed the building with people, booby-trapped it with explosives, then lured in an airstrike by firing from the roof.

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers urged Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday to reconsider his support for a seemingly imminent assault by a Saudi-led coalition on the crucial Yemeni port city of Hodeida.

Congress is trying again to shorten the amount of time that veterans must wait to receive their government benefits, which has climbed to an average of three years if a veteran is forced to appeal a claim that is denied, a Department of Veterans Affairs official said Tuesday.

President Donald Trump presented the Air Force football team with the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy in a ceremony Tuesday in the Rose Garden at the White House.

President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that the nation "needs a good 'shutdown' in September" to fix a "mess" in the Senate, issuing contradictory messages ahead of key votes on a spending plan to keep the federal government running.

Witnesses say at least 10 Malian soldiers have been killed and nine others wounded in an ambush on a military convoy in central Mali.

Officials say a fire broke out at a World War II-era building in Santa Fe that was part of the set of the "Manhattan" television series.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joe Dunford will give the commencement address at the Air Force Academy's graduation May 24 to about 1,000 graduating cadets.

Gunmen attacked a police patrol in Cairo, killing three policemen and wounding five before fleeing the scene, Egypt's Interior Ministry said Tuesday.

Since 2011, Libya has become a hot spot of illicit weapons sales, many of which occur through messaging applications and social media networks, according to a report released Tuesday.

The prime minister of Libya's U.N.-backed government and a powerful rival general met Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates in the latest effort to resolve the country's long-running conflict.

President Donald Trump opened the door for possible talks with North Korea, saying he would be willing to talk to leader Kim Jong Un. At the same time, the United States was putting its military prowess on display in a reminder that the new administration is keeping all options on the table.

Top commanders of U.S. Africa Command paid a rare visit to Somalia over the weekend for meetings with political and military officials on bolstering security in the region, where local forces have been engaged in a multiyear battle with the extremist al-Shabab group.

Germany's defense minister canceled a trip to the United States Tuesday amid a widening government probe of a possible far-right cell with ties to the German army.

South Koreans clogged roads and airports this past weekend, but they weren’t fleeing tensions that have prompted global jitters over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. They were going on vacation.

There’s not much time for daydreaming when your life is as mapped out as Chris Pratt’s. In less than three years, Pratt has gone from underdog to full-fledged movie star, with fortuitously timed leading roles in three of Hollywood’s most promising franchises, “Guardians of the Galaxy,” ‘’Jurassic World” and “The Lego Movie.” With global box office receipts for the three films approaching around $2.9 billion, all wildly surpassed expectations and birthed plans for sequels.

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to his Black Sea residence on Tuesday for talks expected to focus on the unresolved conflict in eastern Ukraine and the civil war in Syria.