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Alabama’s 117th honors WWII vet in send-off to Normandy

June 6, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY

(U.S. Air National Guard photos by Staff Sgt. Kasie Faddis) By Troy Turner [email protected] BIRMINGHAM — It was years after D-Day on June 6, 1944, before World War II veteran Wallace “Wally” King stepped foot on the beaches of Normandy. But, even at the age of 101, he keeps going back, and this year, members…
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DOD’s Conventional Prompt Strike program includes hypersonic development work in Huntsville

June 2, 2025

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ARMY, CONTRACTS, NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] The Department of Defense continues to pursue an arsenal for its strike-anywhere/anytime Conventional Prompt Strike program, and a contract worth up to $1 billion is bringing more work to Huntsville. Lockheed Martin Space, based in Littleton, Colorado, with significant resources in Alabama, was awarded a contract modification providing a deal to…
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Historic Ex-USS Enterprise (CVN-65), world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier, will be dismantled in Mobile

May 31, 2025

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NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] MOBILE, ALABAMA — The world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier, the former USS Enterprise (CVN-65) with a distinguished record of military service dating back to the Cuban Missile Crisis and NASA’s Project Mercury program, will spend its final days in Mobile. The U.S. Navy and Department of Defense announced on Friday that…
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‘You gave him an aircraft carrier?’ DOD assets bring accuracy to ‘Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning’

May 26, 2025

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AIR FORCE, MARINES, NAVY

By Katie Lange, DOD News It was a lofty mission, and the Defense Department chose to accept it. As Paramount Global and famed actor Tom Cruise put together their eighth installment of the “Mission Impossible” franchise, “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning,” the studio once again reached out to DOD to use its many military assets to…
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Old Guard honors fallen with ‘Flags In’ tradition

May 24, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

DOD News Nearly 1,500 soldiers assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard,” placed U.S. flags at over 260,000 headstones and niche columns across Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, for the 77th annual “Flags In” ceremony, May 22, 2025. The predawn mission, beginning at 4 a.m. despite cold, misty conditions, marked the official start of…
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Selma-based American Apparel remains a steadfast supplier for all U.S. military branches

May 23, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

By Troy Turner [email protected] SELMA — American Apparel Inc., a Selma-based company with a longstanding history of providing apparel needs for the military, recently received in its latest deal a $14.3 million contract to provide blouses and trousers for the U.S. Marine Corps. More notable, however, is that American Apparel has become a reliable model…
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Cummings Aerospace packs speed, ease and diversity in its Hellhound as competition stiffens for combat-ready drones

May 22, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, CYBERSECURITY, MARINES, SPACE FORCE

By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE – Hellhound, the word, refers to a ferocious animal that aggressively seeks its prey, and that is the strategy Cummings Aerospace and the U.S. Army is thinking with the new Hellhound unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Cummings. The war between Ukraine and Russia has opened a mad rush of militaries…
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Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind awarded $29 million DOD contract

May 20, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

TALLADEGA — The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, doing business as Alabama Industries for the Blind, a $29.3 million contract for men’s neckties. The institute is a longtime client for the Department of Defense in providing various apparel needs. The five-year contract period runs until May 18, 2030,…
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USPS recognizes 250 years of Army, Navy, Marine Corps with new stamps

May 19, 2025

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ARMY, MARINES, NAVY

By C. Todd Lopez DOD News The U.S. Postal Service released a set of three new commemorative stamps to commemorate the 250th anniversaries of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps and recognize each service’s long-standing dedication to defending the nation. The three stamps, each featuring the name of the military service, the service seal and the…
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Alabama’s 187th Fighter Wing takes F-35s through first ‘hot turn’ exercise with live munitions

May 17, 2025

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AIR FORCE

By Air Force Capt. Michael Luangkhot Special to AlaDefense.com The 187th Fighter Wing, home of the Red Tails F-35 wing based at Dannelly Field in Montgomery, recently conducted its first hot integrated combat turn (ICT) with live munitions for the Weapons System Evaluation Program at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Alabama’s 187th is one of…
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REAL ID requirement goes into effect for visitors to Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex

May 15, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

MONTGOMERY — Visitors planning to access Maxwell Air Force Base or Gunter Annex should be aware of a new requirement that began on May 7, 2025: A REAL ID-compliant credential is required for entry. The change, mandated by the REAL ID Act of 2005, affects all individuals seeking visitor passes. Similar requirements exist at all…
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USNS Comfort to be deployed on Continuing Promise 2025 mission

May 15, 2025

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ARMY, NAVY

The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort, a routine sight in Mobile Bay in recent years, will deploy June-August to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2025 mission. Alabama Shipyard, LLC in Mobile won contracts from the Navy for two of the…
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Alabama’s 117th honors WWII vet in send-off to Normandy

DOD’s Conventional Prompt Strike program includes hypersonic development work in Huntsville

Historic Ex-USS Enterprise (CVN-65), world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier, will be dismantled in Mobile

‘You gave him an aircraft carrier?’ DOD assets bring accuracy to ‘Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning’

Old Guard honors fallen with ‘Flags In’ tradition

Selma-based American Apparel remains a steadfast supplier for all U.S. military branches

Cummings Aerospace packs speed, ease and diversity in its Hellhound as competition stiffens for combat-ready drones

Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind awarded $29 million DOD contract

USPS recognizes 250 years of Army, Navy, Marine Corps with new stamps

Alabama’s 187th Fighter Wing takes F-35s through first ‘hot turn’ exercise with live munitions

REAL ID requirement goes into effect for visitors to Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex

USNS Comfort to be deployed on Continuing Promise 2025 mission

National Park Service, Auburn University to host Horseshoe Bend battle symposium at Pebble Hill

Army enters $10 billion long-term commercial contract for Fort Rucker helicopter training

Air Force awards Torch Technologies nearly $1 billion contract for support services at Eglin AFB

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