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NEWS ABOUT: Air National Guard

Air National Guard stories: 6 news summaries
runaway plane

Cockpit Recorder No Help in Northwest Flight Probe

Device captures just half an hour; record of 78-minute gap lost

Oct 23, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Because the aircraft has an old cockpit voice recorder, the world may never know why the pilots of Northwest Flight 188 lost contact with ground control for 78 minutes. The recorder on the Airbus A320 has a maximum memory of 30 minutes, after which it tapes over itself. So investigators... More »

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Wisconsin • FAA • Northwest Airlines • San Diego • NTSB • Delta • pilot • Minneapolis airport • pilot fatigue • Air National Guard • airlines • F-16 • NORAD

runaway plane

Flight Attendant: 'I Have No Idea' When We're Landing

Investigation continues into errant Northwest flight

Oct 23, 09 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The passengers aboard the Northwest flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles—possibly while the pilots napped—didn't have a clue anything was amiss beyond a nagging sense that the flight was taking a long time. One tells the Star Tribune that he asked about it, and a... More »

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Minneapolis • Northwest Airlines • San Diego • aviation • air travel • Minneapolis airport • pilot fatigue • Air National Guard • pilots

Gregg Pulled In Profit on
Air Force Base Earmark 

No personal gain from earmarks, says senator

Feb 27, 09 8:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama can be glad Sen. Judd Gregg, briefly nominated for commerce secretary, backed out. Today, the AP reports that Gregg invested heavily in efforts by his brother Cyrus to redevelop New Hampshire’s Pease Air Force Base, while earmarking federal dollars for the redevelopment. “These earmarks do not... More »

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New Hampshire • Air Force • governor • Air National Guard • senator • Judd Gregg

 Rather's Suit 
 Likely to 
 Embarrass 
 Bush 

Documents may have been falsified, but Bush's National Guard record still spotty

Dec 28, 08 7:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Regardless of the outcome of former anchor Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS for his firing over a George Bush National Guard story, one man is not going to be pleased: the president. The case is bound to revisit embarrassing charges that Bush received favorable treatment and dodged requirements serving in... More »

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CBS • Dan Rather • lawsuit • Air National Guard • George W. Bush • Texas Air National Guard

 Big Sur Evacuated
 as Fires Rage 

680 square miles scorched by wildfires

Jul 3, 08 3:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - California residents have been ordered to evacuate the coastal resort Big Sur as wildfires rage in the hills above the town, USA Today reports. Ash rained on people as they packed cars before fleeing to safety. The Big Sur blaze is one of more than 1,100 wildfires in the... More »

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Arnold Schwarzenegger • wildfires • California wildfires • Air National Guard • California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection • Los Padres National Forest • Big Sur • Monterey County Office of Emergency Services • National Interagency Fire Center • Sequoia National Forest

F-15 Fleet Grounded After Crash

Officials worry structural defect may have triggered accident

Nov 6, 07 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The US Air Force has grounded all 676 F-15 fighter jets after a plane flown by a member of the Missouri Air National Guard crashed last week during a training exercise. Investigators believe the crash may have been caused by a structural defect.  A pilot whose name was not... More »

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Boeing • Air Force • accident • Lockheed Martin • F 16 • Air National Guard • F-15 fighter jet

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