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Declassified documents reveal U.S. military tried to develop flying saucers in 1950s
Newly released diagrams show scale of the future that never was after air force cancelled funding for wobbly disc-shaped craft These days, flying saucers are most commonly associated with sci-fi films and conspiracy theories, but in the 1950s, some saw them as the future of aviation. Documents published by the…
Air Force: Hypersonic jet test ends in failure
WASHINGTON — A flight test of an experimental unmanned vehicle designed to fly at hypersonic speeds has ended in failure, the US Air Force said Wednesday. The X-51A Waverider was dropped from a B-52 bomber Tuesday and launched by a rocket booster as planned but the flight was over in…
Air Force pilots refuse to fly F-22 over safety fears
WASHINGTON — Two F-22 pilots say they have stopped flying the US Air Force’s most advanced fighter jet because of safety fears over the aircraft’s oxygen system, according to a CBS television “60 Minutes” report. The F-22 Raptor was grounded last year after a spate of incidents with pilots suffering…
Plane crashes in Gulf of Mexico, pilot ‘unresponsive’
WASHINGTON — A small private plane with only an “unresponsive” pilot on board crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday after circling for more than two hours, US officials said. The US Air Force had scrambled two F-15 fighter jets to intercept and monitor the Cessna 421 aircraft, which…
Remains of 274 U.S. troops dumped in landfill: report
WASHINGTON — The US Air Force dumped the cremated, partial remains of at least 274 troops in a landfill before halting the secretive practice in 2008, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The procedure was never formally authorized or disclosed to senior Pentagon officials, who conducted a review of the cremation…
Ron Paul calls for military cuts
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul told voters Friday in high-stakes New Hampshire that the US must transform its foreign policy to cut back on aid, military bases and combat missions. “I am sick and tired of foreign welfare,” said Paul, 76, a medical doctor who has delivered more than 4,000…
Remains of fallen troops lost at morgue: U.S. Air Force
WASHINGTON — Investigators have found “gross mismanagement” at the US military mortuary that receives the country’s war dead, with body parts lost in two cases and remains of others mishandled, the US Air Force said Tuesday. After allegations from whistleblowers at the Dover Air Force base mortuary, an Air Force…
U.S. military loses contact with hypersonic aircraft
WASHINGTON — US military scientists on Thursday launched a hypersonic aircraft but lost contact with the experimental plane in its second test flight, officials said. The unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV-2), designed as a global bomber prototype capable of a mind-boggling 20 times the speed of sound, launched successfully…
US forces fire on Libyan vessels: command
BERLIN — US planes and a destroyer attacked Libyan ships after reports they were “firing indiscriminately at merchant vessels” in the northwestern port of Misrata, US Africa Command said Tuesday. “A US Navy P-3C Maritime Patrol aircraft, a US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft and guided-missile destroyer USS Barry…
Exclusive: Military’s ‘persona’ software cost millions, used for ‘classified social media activities’
Most people use social media like Facebook and Twitter to share photos of friends and family, chat with friends and strangers about random and amusing diversions, or follow their favorite websites, bands and television shows. But what does the US military use those same networks for? Well, we can’t tell…
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