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Air Force Capt. Victoria A. Pinckney, 27, of Palmdale and Tech Sgt. Herman Mackey III, 30, of Bakersfield were killed along with Capt. Mark T. Voss, 27, of Colorado when their plane crashed in Kyrgyzstan on May 3. -
The USS Anchorage left its homeport of San Diego recently to head to its namesake city for commissioning. The Navy shot time lapse footage of the Anchorage's departure from San Diego, showing how much work goes into putting a ship to sea. -
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker crashed Friday in northern Kyrgyzstan on its way to Afghanistan. The fate of the three crew members is still unknown at this time. -
Back when Vice Adm. David Buss started his military career in 1978, the idea of unmanned aircraft operating alongside conventional aircraft sounded like something out of a George Lucas film. -
The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy have called off their search for a missing British yachtsman who fell overboard - a search that involved the San Diego-based USS Peleliu. -
The Navy is charging two Naval diving unit senior leaders with involuntary manslaughter and dereliction of duty in connection with the drowning deaths of two Navy divers in February. -
The Navy's very first squadron of drones will be based at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado. The base is holding a ceremony Thursday to show off the new squad of manned and unmanned helicopters. -
A Camp Pendleton Marine was savagely beaten at a Santa Monica nightclub, and police are hoping the public will help them find the man responsible. -
National Air Cargo company officials have identified seven of their employees who were killed Monday when their cargo plane crashed soon after takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. -
Navy Lt. Dennis W. Peterson of Huntington Park, California went missing in 1967 when the helicopter he was piloting crashed in North Vietnam. In March, his remains were identified, and he will be buried along with the remains of his fellow crew members at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday.
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