That is the word from USAF Gen. Richard Meyers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who told reporters earlier this week that the Pentagon had completed a poll of Iraqis to gauge the mood toward insurgents. A DOD press article, citing “department officials speaking on background,” says the mid-July poll of 1,200 Iraqis in cities from Baghdad to Irbil revealed that 94 percent say there is no excuse for attacks on Iraqi police forces. Some 97 percent cannot excuse attacks on civilians.
New B-52 Radar Makes First Flight
Dec. 12, 2025
The Air Force’s radar modernization effort for the B-52 Stratofortress entered flight testing recently, a “milestone” for the once over-budget system that senior leaders call the start of a new era for the Cold War bomber.

