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B-52s, ICBMs maintained in new defense budget
Minot Daily News
Minot Air Force Base, with its B-52s and ICBMs, is the only base with two nuclear-capable wings. However, Sen. Kent Conrad, DN.D., says he has serious concerns about Panetta's plan for a new round of base closures. "BRAC is a painful process with ...


 
The B-52'S Are Still the Bomb After 35 Years
Spacelab
The B-52's have been both leaders and a presence on the New Wave/Modern Rock scene since 1976. Though the years have passed, this band has not lost their initial spark and their music is still as exciting and unique as ever.


 
The B-52s haven't stopped partying since 1976
OC Weekly
Apart from the B-52s, Pierson operates Kate's Lazy Meadow Motel, a vacation getaway near Woodstock, New York, that looks as if it's straight out of a B-52s video. Now, she wants to try something similar on the West Coast, but with trailers.


 
Santa Barbara Independent
The B-52s Shack Up at the Ventura Theater
Santa Barbara Independent
That is, until The B-52s came along. Since forming in 1975, the kitschy pop rockers (alongside notable icons like REM and Neutral Milk Hotel) have helped to put their little college town on the musical map — and inspired a whole slew of oddball acts ...


 
Spanish foreign minister says US promises to help clean up nuclear ...
Washington Post
Francisco Franco, who ruled from 1939-1975, American B-52s had permission to rendezvous over Spanish airspace with KC-135 tanker refueling planes. Local farmer Martin Moreno tried to pry loose with a screwdriver a souvenir from one of the fallen 1.5 ...

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Big Interview with John P Calamos: From grocery store to asset giant
Investment Week
From humble beginnings as the son of Greek immigrants, to the Forbes Rich List; it has been quite a journey for John P Calamos Sr over the past 40-odd years (and that is even before we talk about flying B52s over Vietnam). His biography reads like a ...


 
WANE
Air Force Leaders Chart Service Changes
Department of Defense
“We are doing close-air support with B-52s, with B-1s, certainly with F-16s and F-15Es and AC-130 gunships.” The bottom line, he said, is there are plenty of assets that can deliver pinpoint close-air support. “The United States Army and the United ...
US Air Force to cut great number of servicemen, aircraft amid budget cutsPhilippine Star
Precision Munitions Lessen Need for Close Air Support Plane: Schwartz Answers ...AOL Defense

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