An Air Force B-1B bomber headed for a mission over Afghanistan crashed into the Indian Ocean on Wednesday after experiencing "multiple malfunctions" shortly after taking off from the island of Diego Garcia. All four crew members ejected from the $200-million bomber before it crashed into the ocean about 30 miles north of the island, Pentagon officials said.
A federal court jury has convicted two employees of a Los Angeles defense contractor of criminal conspiracy, bribery and receipt of stolen government documents in connection with a scheme that occurred at a U.
KNOB NOSTER, Mo. -- The Pentagon is moving the jet that fired the opening salvos of the last two U.S. wars to within easy striking distance of Iraq, erecting tent-like portable hangars for the batwinged B-2 bomber on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia.
KNOB NOSTER, Mo. -- The Pentagon is moving the jet that fired the opening salvos of the last two U.S. wars to within easy striking distance of Iraq, erecting tent-like portable hangars for the batwinged B-2 bomber on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. Four of the new $2.5-million maintenance hangars, each serving two planes, will be built on the British-held isle and one at Fairford, England.
An Air Force B-1B bomber headed for a mission over Afghanistan crashed into the Indian Ocean on Wednesday after experiencing "multiple malfunctions" shortly after taking off from the island of Diego Garcia.
A federal court jury has convicted two employees of a Los Angeles defense contractor of criminal conspiracy, bribery and receipt of stolen government documents in connection with a scheme that occurred at a U.