Flooding overwhelmed one-third of the Air Force base that houses US Strategic Command, and 9 aircraft had to evacuate

View online           Military Select           Flooding overwhelmed one-third of the Air Force base that houses US Strategic Command, and 9 aircraft had to evacuate   Floodwaters started to creep onto the base Friday, and personnel began trying to hold back the waters with 235,000 sandbags and 460 flood barriers.   READ MORE           An off-duty pilot reportedly prevented a Boeing 737 Max 8 crash one day before the same plane crashed and killed 189 passengers and crew   This development comes as Boeing is reeling from the fallout over its 737 Max series, which has now been grounded in several countries.   READ MORE           Here's what happened after Marines and sailors in Iceland drank all the beer in town   Marines and sailors don't always mix well with alcohol.   READ MORE             The US reportedly talked India out of a missile strike on Pakistan that could have gone nuclear   India and Pakistan, bitter nuclear rivals and neighbors, nearly escalated their feud with a missile exchange, but the US reportedly stepped in.   READ MORE           The Marine Corps' top general on the West Coast is preparing his Marines for the next big war   The Corps is shifting its training to a more traditional fight, most notably in using more advanced enemies in force-on-force training.   READ MORE           The Air Force had to evacuate one of its 'Doomsday' planes from its base, and it highlights a growing problem for the Pentagon   Flooding at a US Air Force base in Nebraska damaged buildings and forced the removal of a plane integral to the US's nuclear-attack response.   READ MORE           Russia is sending nuclear-capable bombers to Crimea in response to the US deploying missile-defense systems to Romania   Russia has sent Tupolev Tu-22M3 strategic bombers to Crimea in response to the US putting missile-defense systems in Romania, a Russian lawmaker said.   READ MORE           Norway says it has proof that Russia messed with GPS signals during NATO's largest military exercise in decades   "Russia asked (us) to give proof. We gave them the proof," Norwegian Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen told reporters on Monday.   READ MORE           Here's why the Navy's torpedoes during World War II were big pieces of junk   For two years, US subs fought with faulty weapons that could go under targets, pierce them without detonating, or even sink the subs that fired them.   READ MORE           'American' companies do not owe the Pentagon anything   If a firm doesn't have freedom to pick which government projects it supports or where it sells products, it has no freedom at all, argues Erin Dunne.   READ MORE           Was this email forwarded to you? SUBSCRIBE NOW     Share this     You received this email because you signed up to the Business Insider newsleitter using the email: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   Email preferences Unsubscribe TERMS OF SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY 1 Liberty Plaza, 8th Floor. New York, NY 10006