Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) cut to the chase with VA Secretary James Nicholson at a Thursday Capitol Hill hearing when he declared that the VA has put at risk for identity theft about 10 percent of the American population. And, Sanders pointed out that the loss of personal data on active and reserve military personnel places them and their families in physical jeopardy.
The 13th Fighter Squadron from Misawa Air Base, Japan, deployed its new F-35A fighters to a major exercise for the first time, sending them to Pacific Air Forces’ premier air combat training event: Red Flag-Alaska.