OPM Cites Veteran Preference Edge in Hiring: The federal government hired more veterans in Fiscal 2004 than it did in 2003, according to the annual employment report issued recently by the Office of Personnel Management. The 2004 data shows that the Air Force is leading the way among federal executive departments. The report covers 2004, is dated December 2005, and was presented to Congress in January 2006. Go figure.
When Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Air Force Gen. Dan Caine described the 150 aircraft used in Operation Absolute Resolve, the mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, he referenced many by name, including the F-35 and F-22 fighters and B-1 bomber. Not specified, however, were “remotely piloted drones,” among them a secretive aircraft spotted and photographed returning to Puerto…

