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  • Alabama F-35s participate in Northern Lightning 2024

    Alabama F-35s participate in Northern Lightning 2024

    August 19, 2024

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    AIR FORCE

    MONTGOMERY – F-35 fighter jets from the Alabama Air National Guard 187th Fighter Wing recently participated in the Northern Lightning training exercise, designed

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  • Austal USA eyes steady growth with new production facility, and more new ships

    Austal USA eyes steady growth with new production facility, and more new ships

    August 17, 2024

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    COAST GUARD, CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] MOBILE – Austal USA continues to have a productive summer as it works to fulfill multi-ship contracts with the

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  • Alabama readies for a quantum leap, with Huntsville-based Davidson leading the way

    Alabama readies for a quantum leap, with Huntsville-based Davidson leading the way

    August 14, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, CYBERSECURITY, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE – Quantum computing, a technology combination capable of being superior to and advancing basic artificial intelligence applications, is

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  • Army helicopter instructor killed, student injured in Fort Novosel crash

    Army helicopter instructor killed, student injured in Fort Novosel crash

    August 7, 2024

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    ARMY

    An AH-64 Apache flies over the Fort Novosel post run on April 12, 2024. (Photo by Brittany Trumbull) By Troy Turner [email protected] FORT NOVOSEL,

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  • Army SMD commander supports creation of a space-specialty MOS; a sign of the times

    Army SMD commander supports creation of a space-specialty MOS; a sign of the times

    August 7, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, OPINION

    Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey (U.S. Army photo by Carrie Campbell) ANALYSIS By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE – The commanding general of the U.S.

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  • U.S. Air Force chooses Maxwell AFB to host Warrant Officer Training School

    U.S. Air Force chooses Maxwell AFB to host Warrant Officer Training School

    August 1, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] MONTGOMERY – Maxwell Air Force Base, already the hub for much of the U.S. Air Force’s most strategic educational

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  • A battleship, a cruiser and a contest among state troopers

    A battleship, a cruiser and a contest among state troopers

    July 29, 2024

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    NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] It’s unlikely that the World War II sailors who once sailed on the USS Alabama battleship ever envisioned their

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  • Maxwell AFB, 42nd Air Base Wing welcome new commander

    Maxwell AFB, 42nd Air Base Wing welcome new commander

    July 24, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, SPACE FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] and Senior Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger Air Force Public Affairs MONTGOMERY – Maxwell Air Force Base, which plays

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  • History-rich Waterman shipping company in Mobile earns share of DOD contract

    History-rich Waterman shipping company in Mobile earns share of DOD contract

    July 17, 2024

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

    By Troy Turner [email protected] Waterman Transport Inc., based in Mobile, is among more than two dozen transportation and shipping companies across the U.S.

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  • Navy eyes shipboard lasers to augment costly traditional munitions

    Navy eyes shipboard lasers to augment costly traditional munitions

    July 8, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy, actively engaged in defending Red Sea shipping against missile and drone attacks and with an eye

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  • USS Mobile to dock for planned upgrades after 7th Fleet deployment

    USS Mobile to dock for planned upgrades after 7th Fleet deployment

    July 7, 2024

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    CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The USS Mobile, an Independence-variant littoral combat ship built in her namesake city, will undergo maintenance, modernization and repair

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  • Space Camp scholarships create excitement for future generation

    Space Camp scholarships create excitement for future generation

    July 3, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    By Jason Cutshaw U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command HUNTSVILLE – Twenty future explorers began a journey into the future in the

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