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Posted: 9/27/2012 9:28:30 AM EST
In this Aug. 14, 2012 photo, a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter takes off from Kadena Air Base on the southern island of Okinawa in Japan. The U.S. is hoping a dozen F-22 stealth fighters now roaring through the skies of southern Japan will prove its most prized combat aircraft is finally ready to resume full operations after years of investigations into why its pilots were getting dizzy and disoriented. But questions remain over whether the Air Force has taken enough action to fix a potentially bigger problem - the shriveling of programs to test cockpit life support systems after nearly 20 years of budget cuts, downsizing and outsourcing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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Posted: 9/27/2012 4:43:23 AM EST
FILE - An F-22 Raptor flies near Edwards Air Force Base in Calif. , in this undated handout photo provided by Lockheed Martin. Years before F-22 pilots began getting dizzy in the cockpit, before one struggled to breathe as he tried to pull out of a fatal crash, before two more went on television to say the plane was so unsafe they refused to fly it, a small circle of U.S. Air Force experts knew something was wrong with the prized stealth fighter jet according to internal documents and emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Lockheed Martin, John Rossino, File)
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Posted: 9/16/2012 1:13:29 AM EST
This undated image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Col. Deborah Liddick. The Air Force chose Liddick Saturday Sept. 15, 2012 to lead its basic training unit at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas where dozens of female recruits have alleged they were sexually assaulted or harassed by male instructors within the past year. (AP Photo/US Air Force)
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Posted: 8/30/2012 2:48:33 AM EST
In this Aug. 14, 2012 photo, U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors, right, and two F-15 Eagles prepare for take-off at Kadena Air Base on the southern island of Okinawa, in Japan. The deployment of a dozen F-22 stealth fighters to Japan has so far gone off without a hitch as the aircraft are being brought back into the skies in their first overseas mission since restrictions were imposed over incidents involving pilots getting dizzy and disoriented, a senior U.S. Air Force commander told the Associated Press on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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Posted: 8/30/2012 2:48:33 AM EST
In this Aug. 14, 2012 photo, a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor, top, waits as an F-15 Eagle begins its take off run at Kadena Air Base on the southern island of Okinawa, in Japan. The deployment of a dozen F-22 stealth fighters to Japan has so far gone off without a hitch as the aircraft are being brought back into the skies in their first overseas mission since restrictions were imposed over incidents involving pilots getting dizzy and disoriented, a senior U.S. Air Force commander told the Associated Press on Thursday Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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Posted: 8/30/2012 2:48:33 AM EST
In this Aug. 14, 2012 photo, a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor takes off from Kadena Air Base on the southern island of Okinawa, in Japan. The deployment of a dozen F-22 stealth fighters to Japan has so far gone off without a hitch as the aircraft are being brought back into the skies in their first overseas mission since restrictions were imposed over incidents involving pilots getting dizzy and disoriented, a senior U.S. Air Force commander told the Associated Press on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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Posted: 8/30/2012 2:48:33 AM EST
In this Aug. 14, 2012 photo, two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors taxi before take off from Kadena Air Base on the southern island of Okinawa, in Japan. The deployment of a dozen F-22 stealth fighters to Japan has so far gone off without a hitch as the aircraft are being brought back into the skies in their first overseas mission since restrictions were imposed over incidents involving pilots getting dizzy and disoriented, a senior U.S. Air Force commander told the Associated Press on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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Posted: 8/30/2012 2:48:33 AM EST
In this Aug. 14, 2012 photo, a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor takes off near other fighter jets at Kadena Air Base on the southern island of Okinawa, in Japan. The deployment of a dozen F-22 stealth fighters to Japan has so far gone off without a hitch as the aircraft are being brought back into the skies in their first overseas mission since restrictions were imposed over incidents involving pilots getting dizzy and disoriented, a senior U.S. Air Force commander told the Associated Press on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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Posted: 8/20/2012 6:02:35 AM EST
U.S. Air Force airman Lt. Col. Steven Vilpors walks with his wife Joanna and children Connor (R) and Alina (L) as he arrives in Baltimore Washington International Airport, Maryland December 20, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Posted: 8/20/2012 6:02:35 AM EST
U.S. Air Force airman Lt. Col. Steven Vilpors walks with his wife Joanna and children Connor (R) and Alina (L) as he arrives in Baltimore Washington International Airport, Maryland December 20, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Posted: 8/16/2012 4:40:24 AM EST
An undated U.S. Air Force handout graphic depicts the X-51A Waverider under the wing of a B-52 Stratobomber. REUTERS/US Air Force/Handout
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Posted: 8/16/2012 4:40:24 AM EST
An undated U.S. Air Force handout graphic depicts the X-51A Waverider in flight. REUTERS/US Air Force/Handout
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Posted: 8/15/2012 5:34:57 PM EST
An undated U.S. Air Force handout graphic depicts the X-51A Waverider in flight. REUTERS/US Air Force/Handout/Files
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Posted: 8/15/2012 9:32:46 AM EST
An undated U.S. Air Force handout graphic depicts the X-51A Waverider in flight. The X-51A WaveRider, an unmanned aircraft that could reach speeds up to 3,600 mph (5,793 kph), will be launched from the wing of a B-52 on a test flight over the Pacific Ocean on August 14, 2012. REUTERS/US Air Force/Handout
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Posted: 7/28/2012 9:08:38 PM EST
This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Jesse Childress. The 29-year-old, from Thornton, Colo., was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. A man who saved his girlfriend’s life at the Colorado movie shooting was remembered for his selfless sacrifice Saturday, July 28, 2012 while an aspiring sportscaster was praised for her boundless energy and an Air Force reservist as a good friend.. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, File)
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Posted: 7/27/2012 4:23:24 PM EST
FILE - In this Wednesday, June 27, 2012 file photo, U.S. Air Force chaplain Col. Timothy Wagoner sits in the McGuire Air Force Base chapel at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Wrightstown, N.J. Wagoner has left the Southern Baptist Convention after the conservative denomination publicly questioned his decision to attend a same-sex civil union ceremony at his base in New Jersey. Wagoner is remaining on active duty and has received an endorsement from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, which has more moderate views on homosexuality and some other issues than the Southern Baptists. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
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Posted: 7/23/2012 2:58:30 PM EST
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Jesse Childress. The 29-year-old, from Thornton, Colo., was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. Childress was an Air Force cyber-systems operator based at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)
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Posted: 7/20/2012 9:28:26 AM EST
FILE - In this July 16, 2012 file photo, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Luis A. Walker arrives from a lunch break during his court martial at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. A seven-member jury of military personnel is set to hear closing arguments in a case considered the cornerstone of a massive sex scandal at an Air Force base in Texas. Walker is among 12 instructors at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio who are being investigated, and faces the most serious charges _ seven counts, including rape and aggravated sexual assault. If convicted, Walker could get life in prison. (AP Photo/The San Antonio Express-News, Jerry Lara, File) RUMBO DE SAN ANTONIO OUT; NO SALES
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Posted: 7/19/2012 5:03:32 PM EST
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Luis A. Walker arrives from a lunch break during his court martial at Lackland Air Force Base, Monday, July 16, 2012 in San Antonio. Walker, a former training officer, is charged with illicit sexual contact with 10 female trainees. He is facing 28 counts including rape and is one of 12 instructors under investigation. (AP Photo/The San Antonio Express-News, Jerry Lara)
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Posted: 7/19/2012 5:03:32 PM EST
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Luis A. Walker arrives from a lunch break during his court martial at Lackland Air Force Base, Monday, July 16, 2012 in San Antonio. Walker, a former training officer, is charged with illicit sexual contact with 10 female trainees. He is facing 28 counts including rape and is one of 12 instructors under investigation. (AP Photo/The San Antonio Express-News, Jerry Lara)
