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...cargo plane, prompting President Nixon to tell officials to "get rid of that son of a bitch." A court order saved Fitzgerald's job, but he says it's under threat again. Fitzgerald, 79, tells TIME his role has eroded under President Bush. His reports on how much aircraft should cost "have been ignored" by superiors, he says. In 2002, he lost his last two procurement analysts. Last month, at the Administration's urging, the same judge who issued the order to protect Fitzgerald's job rescinded it, saying the Air Force had fulfilled its obligations. And last week...
...wanted to travel to the ravaged regions were told they could be flown into the worst hit areas of Uri but were unlikely to be brought back immediately as the military helicopters were pressed into service mainly to bring the injured in for treatment. Could U.S. troops and aircraft in Afghanistan be deployed? That question is a sensitive one on the Pakistani side because of America's unpopularity in the Islamic country...
Another feature of CollegeFest was BlueBetty, an Airstream RV which was unveiled earlier this summer. Fondly known as Betty, this mobile marketing vehicle simulates the JetBlue flying experience, complete with JetBlue aircraft seats and a chance to sample JetBlue’s in-flight entertainment system...
...time Washington started recognizing that everyone benefits from aviation. Though military, business and private aircraft all use the infrastructure, U.S. commercial carriers primarily carry the costs. Why shouldn't a corporate hotshot in his Gulfstream jet pay a fair share to use the same services? And why should everyday passengers pay for an airport that no commercial airline can ever serve? It's unfair that airline security costs (to protect our citizens from attack from the air) are paid for predominantly by passenger ticket taxes. Since everyone benefits, why not use some of the revenue collected from everyone on April...
...There was euphoria in the Pentagon. The looting in the streets of Baghdad and the continuing attacks on coalition troops were considered temporary phenomena that would soon subside. On May 1, President George W. Bush announced, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended," on the deck of an aircraft carrier, near a banner that read MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Shortly thereafter, Franks moved his headquarters from Qatar back to Florida. He was followed there in June by McKiernan, whose Baghdad operation included several hundred intelligence officers who had been keeping track of the situation on the ground. "Allowing McKiernan to leave...