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  • Air Force awards $3.8 billion contract to Huntsville-based joint venture company

    Air Force awards $3.8 billion contract to Huntsville-based joint venture company

    March 16, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Air Force has awarded a new Huntsville-based joint venture company a massive $3.8 billion contract over a 12-year period to provide test operations, technology development, equipment sustainment and support services for a key U.S. military facility involved in evaluating aircraft, missile and space systems. Beyond New Horizons, LLC, is…

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  • Maxwell AFB memorial honors Vietnam hero who died on classified mission

    Maxwell AFB memorial honors Vietnam hero who died on classified mission

    March 11, 2024

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    AIR FORCE

    By Katie Lange, DOD News Many military men and women do heroic things that they can’t get credit for because they’re involved in classified missions. For Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Loy Etchberger, he finally did get credit in the form of the Medal of Honor 42 years after he lost his life saving others…

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  • Meet Miss America: from Air Force pilot (and Space Camp veteran) to public limelight

    Meet Miss America: from Air Force pilot (and Space Camp veteran) to public limelight

    March 1, 2024

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    AIR FORCE

    By Katie Lange, DOD News (More photos below story.) Air Force 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh made big plans for herself when she was young, although she never really factored becoming Miss America into that equation. However, after a tough competition in January, Marsh became the first active-duty service member to earn the crown. The 22-year-old U.S.…

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  • F-35 fighter jets boost Alabama’s $multi-billion defense industry

    F-35 fighter jets boost Alabama’s $multi-billion defense industry

    February 12, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] MONTGOMERY – Lightning struck this city, and everyone here to watch had spent years looking to the skies waiting on it. “Well y’all, the wait is over,” declared Gov. Kay Ivey. Minutes later, a giant aircraft hangar door slowly began to rise, and there it was: One of the most technologically…

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  • Selma hero: WWII submarine commander sacrificed his life to save his ship

    Selma hero: WWII submarine commander sacrificed his life to save his ship

    February 7, 2024

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    NAVY

    By Katie Lange DOD News Navy Cmdr. Howard Walter Gilmore ordered many daring maneuvers while his submarine, USS Growler, prowled the waters of the Pacific Ocean during World War II. It was the last command he gave, however — given from atop the submerging vessel — that earned him a place in history and the Medal of Honor. He…

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  • Alabama Shipyard wins service contract for USNS Laramie

    Alabama Shipyard wins service contract for USNS Laramie

    February 2, 2024

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    CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] MOBILE – The U.S. Navy has awarded an $18 million contract to Alabama Shipyard LLC for a routine dry-dock overhaul of the Military Sealift Command’s replenishment oiler USNS Laramie. The Laramie is a fleet replenishment oiler assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. It has a crew of more than 75 civil service…

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  • ‘Masters of the Air’ creators visited Maxwell AFB to study its impact on WWII bombing strategy

    ‘Masters of the Air’ creators visited Maxwell AFB to study its impact on WWII bombing strategy

    January 25, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY

    By Airman 1st Class Tyrique Barquet Air University Public Affairs MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — The creators of the highly acclaimed miniseries “Band of Brothers” and now the upcoming television series “Masters of the Air” visited Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery to discuss the base and Air University’s pivotal roles in the development of the…

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  • Alabama National Guard stands by #ALwaysReady claim with winter storm response

    Alabama National Guard stands by #ALwaysReady claim with winter storm response

    January 25, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] When popular Alabama weatherman James Spann speaks and warns of imminent danger, the Alabama National Guard listens. During the early morning hours of Jan. 15, Spann issued a winter storm warning as Alabama’s coldest weather of the 2023-24 winter season marched its way toward the state in the form of an…

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  • Huntsville-based Intrepid nets impressive $534 million Army contract

    Huntsville-based Intrepid nets impressive $534 million Army contract

    January 23, 2024

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    ARMY, CONTRACTS

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Army has awarded Huntsville-based Intrepid LLC a $534 million contract for a wide variety of support services at various locations through July 2029 and including support for air and missile defense initiatives. The work includes “programmatic and technical support in the areas of program operations, systems engineering, systems test,…

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  • Auburn University, U.S. Army announce new $50 million joint project

    Auburn University, U.S. Army announce new $50 million joint project

    January 13, 2024

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    ARMY, CONTRACTS

    By Troy Turner [email protected] AUBURN — The U.S. Army and Auburn University continue to develop a strong relationship contributing to national defense, with the Army this week announcing a $50 million project for the university to aid in developing advanced manufacturing materials and research for future aviation and missile systems. Auburn officials are calling it…

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  • U.S. looks to prevent conflict in space through deterrence

    U.S. looks to prevent conflict in space through deterrence

    January 12, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    (Editor’s note: Huntsville, Alabama, is home to a robust defense and commercial space industry base that serves as a major contributor to the U.S. military.) By David Vergun , DOD News  Russia and China are deploying capabilities that can target GPS and other vital space-based systems in an effort to degrade the military space advantage of the…

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  • USS Alabama Memorial Park celebrates 59th anniversary

    USS Alabama Memorial Park celebrates 59th anniversary

    January 9, 2024

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

    MOBILE, Alabama – The USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park is celebrating its 59th anniversary this month, having opened to the public on Jan. 9, 1965, following a public campaign that included Alabama schoolchildren donating their pennies, nickels and dimes to have the historic ship towed to Mobile Bay. USS Alabama, a 35,000-ton South Dakota class…

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