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  • Colorado business leaders urge state’s AG to halt legal fight over SPACECOM move to Alabama

    Colorado business leaders urge state’s AG to halt legal fight over SPACECOM move to Alabama

    January 26, 2026

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — The Colorado Springs Chamber & Economic Development Corporation, southern Colorado’s largest business organization, announced plans

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  • Training command holds T-7A Red Hawk arrival ceremony, marking new era in pilot training

    Training command holds T-7A Red Hawk arrival ceremony, marking new era in pilot training

    January 26, 2026

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    AIR FORCE

    A T-7A Red Hawk assigned to the 99th Flying Training Squadron, the first Air Force unit to receive the aircraft, is staged during

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  • Alabama National Guard activates 350 members to prep for winter storm response

    Alabama National Guard activates 350 members to prep for winter storm response

    January 24, 2026

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    Uncategorized

    Alabama National Guard personnel and equipment stand ready for action in this 2025 photo during a winter storm that hit the state one

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  • Anniston company garners $49 million contract with Army Corps of Engineers Europe District

    Anniston company garners $49 million contract with Army Corps of Engineers Europe District

    January 20, 2026

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    ARMY, CONTRACTS

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Army has awarded HGS Engineering Inc., headquartered in Anniston, a $49 million contract for environmental compliance and

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  • 908th Flying Training Wing at Maxwell AFB promotes from within for Grey Wolf helicopter training command

    908th Flying Training Wing at Maxwell AFB promotes from within for Grey Wolf helicopter training command

    January 15, 2026

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    AIR FORCE

    Photo: A U.S. Air Force MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter from the 908th Flying Training Wing flies over central Alabama, July 17, 2025. The

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  • The Secretary of Navy and FOX News weren’t the only visitors in Alabama last week… and more will come

    The Secretary of Navy and FOX News weren’t the only visitors in Alabama last week… and more will come

    January 13, 2026

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    OPINION

    Photo: Fox News interviews the Secretary of Navy with the USS Alabama battleship in the background. COMMENTARY By Troy Turner [email protected] Alabama remains

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  • Austal USA christens the future USNS Lansing multi-use fast transport ship

    Austal USA christens the future USNS Lansing multi-use fast transport ship

    January 12, 2026

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    NAVY

    Special to AlaDefense.com MOBILE — The final U.S. Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship – the future USNS Lansing (EPF 16) – was christened

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  • Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers to be honored for his role in advocating the creation of U.S. Space Force

    Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers to be honored for his role in advocating the creation of U.S. Space Force

    January 8, 2026

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    SPACE FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The Air Force Historical Foundation is honoring Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers with its Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond Award

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  • Mobile company picks up Navy contract to deactivate oiler ship USNS John Ericcson

    Mobile company picks up Navy contract to deactivate oiler ship USNS John Ericcson

    January 7, 2026

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    CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy has awarded Alabama Shipyard LLC a nearly $17 million contract for the deactivation of Military Sealift

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  • BL Harbert International adds Huntsville data center project to its lengthy government resume

    BL Harbert International adds Huntsville data center project to its lengthy government resume

    January 6, 2026

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    ARMY, CONTRACTS

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Army awarded Birmingham-based BL Harbert International LLC a nearly $172 million contract for the conversion of existing

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  • Alabama company lands $1.87 billion contract for operations work at major Air Force test base

    Alabama company lands $1.87 billion contract for operations work at major Air Force test base

    January 3, 2026

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    AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS

    A 96th Test Wing F-15E Strike Eagle flies during a test mission with laser-guided rockets May 22, 2025, over Eglin Air Force Base,

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  • TURNER:  Black-eyed peas tradition seeded in Civil War lore

    TURNER:  Black-eyed peas tradition seeded in Civil War lore

    December 31, 2025

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    ARMY, OPINION

    Sherman’s march to the sea, November-December 1864. (Felix Octavius Carr Darley/J. P. Finch,1883, via Library of Congress) By Troy Turner [email protected] Southerners associate

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