Luke Air Force Base is expected to get power for a majority of the base through a massive solar project by 2011.

I applaud the U.S. Air Force’s announcement today that Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson is one of three bases selected for further consideration to station the control stations for a MQ 1/9 Predator Squadron.

A little over a decade ago, the East Valley was embroiled in a ‘mini’-scandal surrounding the sale of homes by unscrupulous realtors which were directly in a ‘high noise area’ of what is now called Phoenix/Mesa Gateway Airport. At that time, buyers were told that the ‘air base’ was closed and there were no plans on the ‘books’ to re-open it.

KUWAIT CITY - Iraqi troops south of Tikrit handed U.S. Marines a stunning surprise Sunday: seven American POWs released in relatively good condition after three weeks of captivity. They said they were treated roughly when captured, but given medical care, and some believed they were doomed.

KUWAIT CITY - Iraqi troops south of Tikrit handed U.S. Marines a stunning surprise Sunday: seven American POWs released in relatively good condition after 22 days of captivity.

CENTRAL IRAQ - Vicious sandstorms began to abate early Thursday as U.S. forces headed north toward Baghdad, warned of a possible confrontation with a convoy of Iraqi Republican Guard troops.

An entire Iraqi army corps disappeared Friday in northern Iraq’s largest city, leaving Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit as the last major holdout of his regime.

SOUTH-CENTRAL IRAQ - U.S. Marines waged a firefight with Iraqi forces Tuesday in and around the town of Diwaniyah, killing up to 90 Iraqis and taking at least 20 prisoners, according to reports from the field.