News Radio 710 KEEL » air force http://710keel.com Depend On It! Tue, 21 May 2013 03:34:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Woman Asks Husband to Shoot Her So She Can Avoid Military Deployment http://710keel.com/woman-asks-husband-to-shoot-her-so-she-can-avoid-military-deployment/ http://710keel.com/woman-asks-husband-to-shoot-her-so-she-can-avoid-military-deployment/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:00:40 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=107113 Woman convinces husband to shoot her so she wouldn't have to deploy with the Air Force.

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]]> http://710keel.com/woman-asks-husband-to-shoot-her-so-she-can-avoid-military-deployment/feed/ 0 Photo by Amanda Currier Welcome Back, Corporal Brown! http://710keel.com/welcome-back-corporal-brown/ http://710keel.com/welcome-back-corporal-brown/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:43:22 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=43163 A big homecoming today for Caddo Sheriff's Corporal Levi Brown...he returned to work this morning as a deputy after serving eight years in the U.S. Army. Brown had only been a sheriff's deputy for a couple of years when he was called to serve in the Iraq War in January 2003. His job at

]]> http://710keel.com/welcome-back-corporal-brown/feed/ 0 Can Electricity Shock Your Brain Into Learning Faster? It Works for the Air Force http://710keel.com/electricity-brain-learning-air-force/ http://710keel.com/electricity-brain-learning-air-force/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:44:33 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=62881 One of the toughest things to teach Air Force pilots who guide unmanned attack drones is how to accurately spot targets in complex radar images. Researchers, however, have found a way to cut that lengthy training time in half.

Delivering a mild electrical current to pilots’ brains through EEG electrodes placed on the scalp — a process called transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) — can accelerate learning and improve pilot accuracy. In addition, that accuracy is sustained for up to 40 minutes, whereas it otherwise typically declines after 20 minutes.

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]]> http://710keel.com/electricity-brain-learning-air-force/feed/ 0 Akira Ohgaki, Flickr / Giuseppe Bellini, Getty Images Missile Test Fails http://710keel.com/missile-test-fails/ http://710keel.com/missile-test-fails/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:18:22 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=10029 Air Force Global Strike Command says an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile had to be destroyed -- minutes after it blasted out of an underground silo on the California coast on a test flight.

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]]> http://710keel.com/missile-test-fails/feed/ 0 Photo by Jonathan Sunderman/U.S. Navy via Getty Images Remember The Real Meaning of Memorial Day http://710keel.com/remember-the-real-meaning-of-memorial-day/ http://710keel.com/remember-the-real-meaning-of-memorial-day/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 18:24:09 +0000 gonzo http://710keel.com/?p=6470 The last Monday in May. A convenient three-day weekend to kick off summer. A weekend to get together with friends and family...throw some burgers and steaks on the grill...relax by the pool...maybe get away for a little vacation. To many, that's what Memorial Day is all about.

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]]> http://710keel.com/remember-the-real-meaning-of-memorial-day/feed/ 0 Barksdale Air Show http://710keel.com/barksdale-air-show/ http://710keel.com/barksdale-air-show/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 16:51:04 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=5341 It's springtime in the Ark-La-Tex and that means that it's time again for the big Barksdale "Defenders of Liberty" air show.

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]]> http://710keel.com/barksdale-air-show/feed/ 0 AF.mil photos Global Strike Expanding Again http://710keel.com/global-strike-expanding-again/ http://710keel.com/global-strike-expanding-again/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:43:02 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=5093 The United States Air Force has announced plans to transfer the munitions squadrons responsible for nuclear mission support from Air Force Materiel Command to Air Force Global Strike Command over the next twelve months.

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