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More than a dozen Saudi servicemen training at US military installations will be expelled from the United States after a review that followed the deadly shooting last month at a Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, multiple sources told CNN. The Saudis are not accused of aiding the 21-year-old Saudi Air Force second lieutenant who killed three American sailors in the December shooting, two sources said, but some are said to have connections to extremist movements, according to a person familiar with the situation. A number are also accused of possessing child pornography, according to a defense official and the...

Two more Chinese nationals have been arrested for illegally taking photographs at a Florida Navy base, court records show. The arrests over the weekend of Yuhao Wang and Jielun Zhang bring to four the number of Chinese people charged recently with snapping pictures at the Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida. An FBI affidavit says Wang and Zhang drove up to an air station annex entrance and were told by a security officer they could not enter the property without military identification. The FBI says the pair drove onto the base anyway and were apprehended by authorities about 30...

Aircraft meant to monitor for drug and illegal alien traffic CORPUS CHRISTI — On Wednesday morning, the first Customs and Border Protection Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) "Predator" landed at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, according to NAS Corpus Christi public information officer Bob Torres. The Predator will help in the effort to control drug and illegal alien entry into the US along a 1,200-mile piece of the Texas-Mexico border between El Paso and Brownsville, according to the Department of

As the race for the IAF bid to procure 126 Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft enters the home stretch, the United States Navy vouched for the versatility of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, one of the six aircraft in competition, with features closer to a fifth-generation fighter aircraft. The Indian Air Force is scheduled to complete flight evaluation trials during the month with the last of the six competitors. The Super Hornet from the Boeing stable has gone through all three phases of trial across different weather conditions in India and weapons at the manufacturers' locations. The Naval Air Station, Oceana here...

End of an era: Aircraft depart Brunswick Naval Air Station as Maine base readies for closing. The two last planes at Maine's Brunswick Naval Air Station lifted off Saturday in blustery winds, ending nearly 60 years of maritime patrol operations at New England's last active-duty military air base. The P-3 Orions of the VP-26 squadron lumbered down an 8,000-foot runway before heading off to a six-month deployment in Central America. After that, they fly to their new home at Florida's Jacksonville Naval Air Station. The planes took off without any speeches or fanfare ... Brunswick, once home to 4,000 sailors...

A top Chinese general will visit the United States this month and tour major U.S. bases as Washington seeks to improve relations and reduce the risk of conlict, offi

Today President Bush, accompanied by First Lady, Laura Bush and Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, gave a powerful and emotional speech to an all military audience consisting of sailors and World War II veterans at the Coronado Naval Air Station in San Diego in honor of the 60th Anniversary of Victory in Japan Day, drawing comparisons between World War II, and the battle we now face against terrorism, saying we need the same resolve now to defeat the enemy as we had then, and congratulating the troops on their service. He also spoke to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, voicing...