US Air Force F-22 Goals Backed By Studies, Not By Budget

Posted at: Sun Sep 17th, 2006

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Studies are piling up behind the U.S. Air Force's hopes for a larger F-22 fighter fleet, but money isn't following suit. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne acknowledged this week that his service seems stuck with just 183...

Hold fire at Taliban fighters: they are attending a funeral

Posted at: Sun Sep 17th, 2006

The American intelligence officers monitoring the satellite feed from an unmanned spy plane at their base in Afghanistan could hardly believe their eyes. An estimated 190 Taliban fighters were lined up in tightly packed formation, captured in the crosshairs of a gun sight — as t...