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The old Lost River Voyage dock at Silver Springs State Park in Silver Springs, Florida is shown on Tuesday Sept. 28, 2014. The park is trying to decide what to do with the the dock, which is also an old Sea Hunt set. The State took over operation of the historic tourist attraction on Oct. 1, 2013. The park service has spent the year renovating, returning the park to a more natural state. (AP Photo/The Ocala Star-Banner, Alan Youngblood)

AIR FORCE SAYS IT’S READY

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Image: Wikimedia Commons

So help me God: Military practices face scrutiny from non-believers

By Mark A. Kellner - Deseret News

Airmen take the Oath of Enlistment during a reenlistment ceremony in December, 2013. (U.S. Air Force)

Airman denied reenlistment for ‘so help me God’ refusal, says atheist group

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A team of Baytown, Texas, firefighters provided a little extra support for the grieving family of an Air Force veteran who died of a heart attack last week. (KHOU)

Texas firefighters mow lawn for veteran’s grieving family

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Rockets propelled by RD-180 engines transport U.S. national security satellites to space. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. military dependence on Russian rocket engines raises security concerns

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This photo taken Friday, July 11, 2014, shows Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James as she speaks to The Associated Press during an interview at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Air Force Secretary: Situation in Iraq is ‘much, much better’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - In a March 25, 2003 file photo, a B-1 bomber proceeds on its mission after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker in the skies near Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Air Force officials are expected to decide by next month whether to go forward with a huge expansion of a bomber training area over the Northern Plains. The Air Force says expanding the Powder River Training complex to cover an area larger than West Virginia is needed to maintain readiness, and it’s too expensive fly some bombers from the Dakotas to Utah and Nevada for combat exercises. Elected officials, pilots and others are resisting what a Montana official called a federal government “airspace grab.” (AP Photo/Staff Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby, file)

Decision coming on bomber training area expansion

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

** FILE ** Staff Sgt. Jesus Yanez stands in front of his sector station July 2, 2014, on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Yanez has served in four military branches throughout his career. He is a 455th Expeditionary Base Defense Squadron defender and a native of El Paso, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez)

American Spartan: Man served in Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds execute a maneuver while visitors watch from Falcon Stadium after the graduation ceremonies of the Class of 2009. This was the 51st graduating class, and consisted of 1,046 newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenants (US Air Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

Air Force command nominee is 1st woman, non-pilot

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A group of concerned citizens in Vermont is suing the Air Force to prevent F-35 jets from being based at a local airport. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy Lockheed Martin/Released)

Military grounds all F-35 jets during fire probe

Associated Press

F-35A Lightning IIs, perform an aerial refueling mission with a KC-135 Stratotanker May 13, 2013, off the coast of northwest Florida. The 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is a joint graduate flying and maintenance training wing that trains Air Force, Marine, Navy and international partner operators and maintainers of the F-35 Lightning II. The F-35As are assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd FW. The KC-135 is assigned to from the 336th Air Refueling Squadron from March ARB, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen)

Air Force sued over F-35 basing decision

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A group of concerned citizens in Vermont is suing the Air Force to prevent F-35 jets from being based at a local airport. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy Lockheed Martin/Released)

Vermont citizens sue over Air Force F-35 basing plans

The Washington Times

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds execute a maneuver while visitors watch from Falcon Stadium after the graduation ceremonies of the Class of 2009. This was the 51st graduating class, and consisted of 1,046 newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenants (US Air Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

Air Force secretary gets sick flying with Thunderbirds

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A B-2 Spirit multi-role bomber conducts air refueling operations with a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Pacific. The B-2 Spirit will be included in upcoming modernization planning being conducted by the Pentagon. (Department of Defense)

Stealth bombing until 2058: B-2 receiving massive upgrade for future missions

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

U.S. airmen prepare an MQ-9 Reaper for flight during exercise Combat Hammer, May 15, 2014, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force)

Air Force generals will face off over difficult budget, job cuts

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, June 17, 2014 photo, tourists return from the beach at the Fort Walton Beach Holiday Inn Resort in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. The hotel is built on what the U.S. military knows as Eglin Air Force Range Test Site A5. The resort hotel and military test site opened for business in late May. In exchange for allowing the Innisfree Hotel company to build the 152-room resort, the military was able to construct a radar intake site under a huge dome on the roof of the hotel painted like a beach ball, seen at upper right. (AP Photo/Melissa Nelson-Gabriel)

Fla. resort hotel doubles as Air Force test site

By Melissa Nelson-Gabriel - Associated Press

U.S. airmen prepare an MQ-9 Reaper for flight during exercise Combat Hammer, May 15, 2014, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force)

Air Force begins 25-year plan for next-generation drone fleet; stealth capabilities stressed

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

An MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a mission over southern Afghanistan. Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen shot down a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone operating in international airspace off the country's coast, a Defense Department official confirmed Wednesday. (USAF via Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Air Force General appeals for new bomber for aging fleet

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) recovery team works at the site where military aircraft wreckage was found on Colony Glacier, Alaska, June 12, 2012. The site was judged to be the location where a a C-124 Globemaster crashed in 1952. (U.S. Army via The Associated Press)

Mystery solved: 17 service members killed in 1952 crash recovered, identified

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times