Its air defense force constitutes a massive threat to the IAF.
These UAVs should have the main task of finding and attacking PLA SAM sites that will severely restrict Taiwan Air Force defense operations.
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Such data will be screened and cleared for release to the Japanese by defense technology experts from the U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense.
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In the case of the air, that would mean an air force primarily devoted to air defense.
China's recent provocative activities will likely spur debate about putting U.S. interceptor missiles in space, the head of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, Air Force Lt.
Lockheed is mobilizing grass-roots Web efforts and traditional lobbying to keep the plane going, and the Air Force will ask Defense Secretary Robert Gates for more planes.
This point was repeatedly made in response to criticisms that the Air Force and the Defense Department had not worked out a strategy for funding the B-2 in an era of diminishing defense spending.
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And records show that the number of courts-martial proceedings, the judicial process the military uses to determine guilt or innocence and the appropriate punishment for soldiers accused of criminal and disciplinary offenses, have been the lowest on record for the Navy, Army and Air Force Department of Defense.
As a result of these incidents, the Air Force's senior leadership was replaced and a task force led by former Secretary of Defense Dr. James Schlesinger was appointed to review the nuclear mission as handled by the Air Force.
At that point, much of the action in missile defense shifted to the Air Force, which was the lead service for military uses of space.
The Israel Defense Forces said its air force struck about 60 targets in Gaza overnight, including the headquarters of the Hamas-run police force in Gaza City and five rocket-launching sites.
From August 1998 to February 2000, Myers was commander-in-chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Space Command, and commander of Air Force Space Command, responsible for U.S. defense via space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations.
Feith, the highly respected U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy, and Air Force Brig.
Not coincidentally, the first commander of the newly-created Strategic Defense Initiative Organization was an Air Force general.
In addition to Shell and Chevron, the participants include the Environmental Defense Fund, the Clean Air Task Force, the Heinz Endowments, EQT Corp.
Palin was updated constantly even by the Elmendorf Air Force in Anchorage in whatever defense tactics would be needed in the case of such an attack.
In addition to Shell, Chevron and the Heinz Endowments, the participants in the new center include the Environmental Defense Fund, the Clean Air Task Force, CONSOL Energy, PennFuture and other groups.
It is claimed that between February 2001 and March 2002 Mr McKinnon hacked into dozens of US army, navy, air force, and Department of Defense computers, as well as 16 Nasa computers.
However, DOD also is inviting the Russian military to take part in a Joint Center for Year 2000 Strategic Stability to be located at the North American Aerospace Defense Command headquarters, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
Participants included Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Paul Wolfowitz, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.
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In an appearance before the House National Security military research and development subcommittee, the director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), Air Force Lt.
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That's the plan behind the Power Line Urban Sentry (PLUS) project currently being run by the Air Force Research Laboratory and private firm Defense Research Associates, and it's already yielded UAVs that can land on power lines and charge in three hours.
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel discussed the matter Monday with Air Force Michael Donley, according to the Pentagon.
In addition to Shell and Chevron, the participants in the new center include the Environmental Defense Fund, the Heinz Endowments, the Clean Air Task Force, EQT Corp. and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.
The defense secretary had used a similar approach in dealing with the Air Force two years earlier, replacing a Secretary and Chief of Staff too committed to the F-22 fighter with new leaders who would not oppose his counter-insurgency-centered spending priorities.
The company said that the Department of Defense authorized the purchase of six F-35A aircraft for the Air Force and tentatively approved the purchase of six F-35B aircraft for the Marine Corps.
Having recently reversed himself on the bomber and approved Air Force plans to develop a new long-range strike aircraft, the defense secretary needs to also revisit his decision on F-22.
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The Coast Guard plane and two F-15s from the North American Aerospace Defense Command were still watching the Cessna before it went down, the Air Force and Coast Guard reported.
Neville Chamberlain, who was neither, starved the army and navy on the theory that the revolution in military affairs of his time made the only defense feasible that of a "Fortress Britain" protected by the Royal Air Force -- and then failed in building up the air force.
Accompanies the Report of the Secretary of Defense Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons Management Phase I: The Air Force's Nuclear Mission, September 2008.
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