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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: US Army Air Force

US Army Air Force stories: 2 news summaries

Recruit Drops and Gives
the Army 100 ... Pounds

263-pound woman lost weight to enlist

Sep 30, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas woman shed 113 pounds to join the Army, saying she was startled into action after being told she was too heavy to qualify. “I’ll never see her again,” a recruiter says he thought on meeting 263-pound Ashley Barrett-Carter, the Dallas Morning News reports. Now in... More »

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Texas • weight loss • diet • exercise • military recruits • US Army Air Force

 India to Help US Hunt
 Lost WWII Crews 

Expedition to India for MIAs

Mar 20, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - US bomber crews that went missing in the Himalayas during World War II may be recovered after more than six decades, reports the Military Times. While experts have long identified potential crash sites, the US military has been unable to access the dangerous border region between India, China, and Burma.... More »

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China • India • POW • World War II • Himalayas • missing person • MIA • US Army Air Force • Arunachal Pradesh • Irwin Zaetz • Rear Admiral Donna Crisp

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