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    Independent Pilots Association President Bob Travis, center, speaks during a vigil Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Louisville, Ky., after a UPS plane crashed at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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    Former Wright-Patt officer killed in UPS crash
    Texas Roadhouse in Hamilton recently opened in front of Meijer on Main Street. It is one of the places offering free meals to servicemembers on Veterans Day. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    List: Places offering free meals on Veterans Day to those who have served the country
    Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony on Sept. 26 held by onMain ahead of construction of the first building on the former Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    A law enforcement officer points a crowd control weapon at a protester in East Side, Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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    Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, nominated for Air Force chief. CONTRIBUTED
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    Gate 12A at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. U.S. Air Force photo by Jack Gardner
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    Officer Training School trainees run during an official Air Force Physical Training test, Aug. 8, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The Air Force PT test is comprised of four components: aerobic, body composition, push-ups and sit-ups. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Charles Welty
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    Department of Defense memo proposes sweeping reorganization of acquisition work
    A U.S. Air Force crew chief assigned to the174th Attack Wing, performs post-flight maintenance on an MQ-9 Reaper on Mar. 10, 2025 at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base in Springfield.  (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Shane Hughes)
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    Space Force finds a home at Springfield Air National Guard Base
    The 29th annual Air Force Marathon was held at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. Here’s highlights of the 10K, Full Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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    PHOTOS: 2025 Air Force Marathon at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
    Sarah Bowers. Air Force photo.
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    Volunteers keep the Air Force Marathon moving
    Brig. Gen. Douglas Wickert shortly after his promotion in October 2024. Air Force photo by Photo by Chloe Bonaccorsi
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    A Beta Technologies craft. GE Aerospace image.
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    Air National Guard 178th Wing Command Chief Charles Hansel assumed command of the Springfield wing during a ceremony at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. STAFF/SYDNEY DAWES
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    Hamilton man is new enlisted leader of Air National Guard wing in Springfield
    U.S. Space Force and Air Force Reserve senior leaders answer questions during a town hall for members of the 310th Space Wing on the service’s new part-time personnel model at Peterson Space Force Base Event Center, Aug. 2, 2025. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Frank Casciotta)
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    Air Force reservists may now apply to Space Force
    Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing board an Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment during a combat readiness inspection at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base, July 14, 2025. Guard photo.
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    Springfield’s 178th to welcome new top enlisted leader
    Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the keynote address in the Ohio Chamber's 2025 Dayton Regional Impact Ohio Conference on Tuesday, Aug. 26, in the Apollo Room in the Student Union at Wright State University. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Sinclair Community College President Steven Johnson holding a model of the BETA Technologies’ electric aircraft, the ALIA CTOL (Conventional Takeoff and Landing Aircraft) that the college hopes to have in the first quarter of 2026. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF
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    Sinclair to have its own electric airplane for future classes
    Demonstrators gathered on Thursday on the sidewalk along Presidential Drive in Fairborn near Wright State University in front of a DoubleTree by Hilton that U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-Dayton) was scheduled to speak at during a meeting with a defense trade group. Demonstrators were holding signs criticizing Turner for not hosting town halls or public meetings. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Turner speaks as Fairborn rally urges him to commit to public ‘town hall’ meetings
    After pulling down the red cloth to  reveal the sign announcing the new Elmer “Bill” Ross Fire Station 2 at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Bill’s son Steve (third from left) accepts a handshake from Congressman Mike Turner as Bill’s daughter Angie manages a smile through what had just been an overflow of tearful emotion. Flanking the group are WPAFB Fire Chief Jeffrey Kitzmiller on the left and Colonel Dustin Richards on the right. WRIGHT-PATT AFB / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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    U.S. Airmen assigned to the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 393rd Bomber Generation Squadron conduct hot-pit refueling for a B-2 Spirit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, May 28, 2025. The 509th Bomb Wing and its fleet of B-2s serve as part of the U.S. Air Force's conventional and strategic combat force with the capability to project U.S. airpower anywhere around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Hastings)
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    Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing board an Ohio National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment during a combat readiness inspection at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base, July 14, 2025. Guard photo.
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