Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
compliance flight full review rules sure tapes
After every flight there is a third-party review of the flight tapes to make sure that there was a full compliance with all flight rules and regulations.
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Drafts are not final, and they're subject to change until they're final. So... by mutual agreement, the secretary of the Air Force and the deputy secretary of defense decided that there was more work to do and that's being done.
allowed government greece greek spokesman transit
A spokesman for the Greek government said that they would be allowed to off-load and transit through Greece soon.
area bombing event nato strike took
They were, in fact, herded into an area and were, in fact, told before the event took place, 'Now you're going to see what a NATO bombing strike is like,'
attention movies pay portray
They (Paramount Pictures) have a right to make the movies any way they want to make them. We pay attention to how they portray the military.
aggression assets continue fewer misleading point repression today
They have fewer assets today than they had yesterday, yes. But I would be misleading you if I told you that they are not yet, that they are at a point where they can't continue their aggression or repression of the Kosovar Albanians.
chain command expression extent occurs respect sexual speech
The extent to which disparaging speech or expression with respect to sexual orientation occurs or is tolerated by individuals in the chain of command will be assessed.
arms benefits increased military money pay
we have increased military pay and benefits and increased money for arms procurement and training.
eliminate mission performing reduce steps stop worldwide
We have a worldwide mission to perform, and we are not going to stop performing that mission. We can never eliminate the risk, but we can take steps to reduce the risk.
certainly forces moving police seen signs special troops
We have not yet seen signs that Serbian troops or special police forces or paramilitary are moving out, but we've certainly seen preparations for moving out.
degraded second
We have not degraded it to that point. But we're only in the second day.
export land longer mines
We no longer deploy those land mines. We no longer make them, and we no longer export land mines of any sort.
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We have taken a lot of steps not only to arrest the decline in military spending, but in fact to reverse it.
air fought four history last military successful wars
In the last four years, the (U.S.) military has fought one of the most successful air wars in history