It was characterized as too risky, too dangerous, too out-of-the-question — but ultimately, that didn’t deter the United States of America or Gen. Douglas MacArthur, for that matter. Just months after the Korean War began and with brilliant scheduling and coordination, U.S. Marines landed at Inchon on the west coast of Korea on this date in history, Sept. 15, 1950. …
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A suspected human smuggler breached the Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas on Friday while evading authorities, a week after a suspected illegal immigrant breached a fence at the same military base while on the run from the U.S. Border Patrol. The suspect led Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers on a high-speed chase in Val Verde County, Lt. …
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A Florida sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed an Air Force service member in his home earlier this month has been fired. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said Deputy Eddie Duran was terminated after an administrative investigation found his use of deadly force was “not objectively reasonable” in the death of Roger Fortson, a news release states. “The objective facts …
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The U.S. Air Force released new pictures of its B-21 Raider, a nuclear-armed stealth bomber currently going through testing. The new photos show the B-21 conducting tests, including flight tests and taxiing, as well as a rarely seen full-frontal view of the new aircraft stored under a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The aircraft, which is set to …
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A World War II veteran and musician from Massachusetts recently celebrated his 100th birthday by hosting a concert for his family and friends. “Music is in everyone and everything,” Roger Wonson, a drummer, saxophone player and retired engineer who lives in Beverly, told Fox News Digital. “I think I would’ve been a completely different person if I’d never been into …
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A Mexican national jumped a fence, breaching Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas on Thursday, officials confirmed. Del Rio Border Patrol agents attempted to conduct a traffic stop early Thursday morning on Highway 90 East, when a 17-year-old male ran from the vehicle and breached the base, a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital. …
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Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch on Friday to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy. People lined up well before the start of the service at the …
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A Florida sheriff’s office released body camera video that showed the fatal shooting by a sheriff’s deputy of a 23-year-old U.S. airman. Body camera footage released by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office showed a sheriff’s deputy responding to Senior Airman Roger Fortson’s apartment on May 3, for a disturbance call. The video showed the deputy arriving at a Fort Walton …
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An Air Force instructor pilot was killed Tuesday, when the ejection seat activated while the aircraft was still on the ground, the military branch said. The unidentified pilot was assigned to the 80th Flying Training Wingat Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, the Air Force said in a statement to Fox News Digital. The pilot was inside a …
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Two fighter jets briefly touched wings during the Fort Lauderdale Air Show in Florida over the weekend in an incident that could have been much worse. A spectator recorded video of the frightening moment when two jets in the Polaris Ghost Squadron clipped wings while performing an aerial stunt for the crowd. The two jets were getting into formation with …
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