In case you missed it, here is a report in the San Francisco Chronicle about the gaffe by the airport authority in Oakland, Calif. They wouldn’t let a planeload of marines into the passenger terminal during a two-hour layover on their way back to Hawaii after a tour in Iraq.
The Pentagon announced new long-term agreements with four defense companies May 13 to develop and produce large numbers of low-cost cruise missiles. And while the effort will focus mostly on the Army to start, it pairs with Air Force efforts to find more affordable munitions.