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News of the Force: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - Page 2

Please disregard the "Page 3" you received of today's issue. It was sent in error, and here's the corrected version.)

U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force failed to report the accused Texas church shooter's domestic violence conviction to the FBI as required by Pentagon rules, a move that allowed him to legally buy his guns.

After several delays, Raytheon has delivered part of the Operational Control System (OCX) to the U.S. Air Force.

A member of the Saipan Southern High School Class of 2012 is now a senior airman with the U.S. Air Force at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

A former U.S. Air Force researcher was wrongfully discharged, discriminated against and issued a threat that she "would be treated like Edward Snowden," according to a federal lawsuit she filed in Cincinnati, Ohio.

New and evolving U.S. Air Force missions are making mission success more dependent than in the past on installations in the continental United States.

U.S. Air Force researchers are kicking off a program to develop new trusted computing microelectronics technologies to enable broader use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronic components in military systems.

U.S. Air Force researchers are asking for industry's help in developing seamless, adaptive, and self-healing airborne networks to enable manned and unmanned aircraft to connect and disseminate important information.

U.S. Air Force electronic warfare (EW) experts needed high-voltage power supplies for AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures (ECM) pods aboard F-16 and A-10 combat aircraft, and they found their solution from the Crane Aerospace & Electronics' Keltec segment in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

The 308th Rescue Squadron, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., welcomed their new commander during a change of command ceremony on Nov. 4th.

Hurricane relief flights out of Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, during 2017 have surpassed the numbers flown for Hurricane Katrina.

Cascade Township, Mich., has appointed Adam Magers as its new fire chief. Magers also serves as a technical sergeant and assistant chief of operations for the Michigan Air National Guard's 110th Attack Wing.

EAA pilots, along with members of the Civil Air Patrol, have conducted a ground school for each group of children who attended the event in Dothan, Ala.

On Sunday, the Civil Air Patrol's 95th Composite Squadron, in Texarkana, Ark., participated in the #22Standing campaign which hopes to end veterans' suicides.

And Jerry Wyatt Morgan, Sr., 77, of Dayton, Tenn., passed away at his home on Saturday, Nov. 4th. Jerry lived all of his life in Dayton except for the years he served country with the U.S. Army. Jerry retired as a first sergeant after serving for twenty years. He served tours in Germany and Vietnam. He was a board member of Rhea of Sunshine, a member of American Legion Post 100, a former Rhea County Commissioner, a member of the Civil Air Patrol, and was an instructor with the Army ROTC. Jerry had also been employed for 13 years as a security officer for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

U.S. Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating a close call on Oregon's Willamette River between a Portland Spirit cruise ship and several teen rowers.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man after his vessel began taking on water yesterday off the coast of San Onofre State Beach, Calif.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 66-year-old woman who needed medical care from the Carnival cruise ship Sensation, off the coast of Key West, Fla.

A U.S. Coast Guard Station Brant Point, Mass., crew has rescued two missing kite surfers and responded to a sailboat that lost power and ran aground.

As the weather gets colder the U.S. Coast Guard is warning boaters of the dangers of the Great Lakes.

The U.S. Government yesterday announced that it would offer a second retired U.S. Coast Guard cutter to the Sri Lankan Navy.

The Coast Guard is searching for possible missing people after a boat caught fire and sank on Monday afternoon about 3 miles off Freeport, Texas.

And the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary's Flotilla 1-7 will give decals to boats that pass the free boating safety check from 8-11 a.m., PST, on Nov. 11th at the Shoreline Boat Ramp in Santa Rosa County, Calif.

The parting shots

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross is doing business with a close relative of Russian President Vladimir Putin and failed to disclose their relationship while being confirmed for his Cabinet spot, documents show.

In Russia, a Siberian tiger pinned the handler who was bringing it food, biting and clawing at her. The woman was only saved when quick-thinking onlookers shouted and threw stones at the beast until it backed off.

Two former New York City police detectives, Edward Martins and Richard Hall, quit the force on Monday after they were charged with raping a teenage prisoner.

A Russian media outlet has accused Google News of what it's calling "political censorship."

A Canadian County, Okla., deputy sheriff is off the force after getting arrested on Friday night in Piedmont, allegedly while driving his patrol car drunk.

A Los Angeles Police Department captain is accusing the LAPD of "twisting" the city's crime statistics to make the city seem safer.

And we've all been in need of an emergency pizza delivery before, but one pizza fan was so overcome with hunger they thought it could constitute an emergency and called 911 to complain that the toppings on his pizza were wrong.