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  2. Iowa-class battleship - Wikipedia

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    The Iowa class was a class of six fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940. They were initially intended to intercept fast capital ships such as the Japanese Kongō class and serve as the "fast wing" of the U.S. battle line.

  3. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    The host unit at Wright-Patterson AFB is the 88th Air Base Wing (88 ABW), assigned to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and Air Force Materiel Command. The 88 ABW operates the airfield, maintains all infrastructure and provides security, communications, medical, legal, personnel, contracting, finance, transportation, air traffic ...

  4. Joint Region Marianas - Wikipedia

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    Joint Region Marianas will oversee support services, policies, and resources for Navy and Marine Corps bases and some functions on AAFB. Air Force provides some support services to all Department of Defense components and tenants located on AAFB. Joint Region Marianas is located on Nimitz Hill between Naval Base Guam and Andersen AFB.

  5. Deaths in 2024 - Wikipedia

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    Robert F. Titus, 97, American air force brigadier general. [313] Philip Williams, 70, Canadian actor (Jason X, The Hardy Boys, Cyberchase). [314] Wu Chien-pao, 73, Taiwanese politician and convicted game fixer, member (1998–2011) and speaker (2002–2010) of the Tainan City Council, esophageal cancer. [315]

  6. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    Scam letter posted within South Africa. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks.The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.

  7. Offutt Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    Offutt Air Force Base / ˈ ɒ f ʌ t / (IATA: OFF, ICAO: KOFF, FAA LID: OFF) is a U.S. Air Force base south of Omaha, adjacent to Bellevue in Sarpy County, Nebraska.It is the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), the 557th Weather Wing, and the 55th Wing (55 WG) of the Air Combat Command (ACC), the latter serving as the host unit.

  8. Oscoda–Wurtsmith Airport - Wikipedia

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    On 18 January 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to add Wurtsmith Air Force Base to the National Priorities List making the base a Superfund site. Discovery of groundwater contaminated with metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons , and volatile organic compounds , including trichloroethylene , 1,1-dichloroethane , 1,1,1 ...

  9. Connecticut Air National Guard - Wikipedia

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    Connecticut ANG units are trained and equipped by the Air Force and are operationally gained by a Major Command of the USAF if federalized. In addition, the Connecticut Air National Guard forces are assigned to Air Expeditionary Forces and are subject to deployment tasking orders along with their active duty and Air Force Reserve counterparts ...