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Posted Nov 16, 2021, 11:24 am
Genesis Sandoval
/Cronkite News
Arizona lawmakers joined hundreds on the White House lawn Monday as President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that includes billions of dollars for road, transit, environmental cleanup and other projects in the state. ... Read more»
Posted May 28, 2021, 11:49 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael “Mick” McGuire, the former head of the Arizona National Guard who was a ubiquitous presence at the governor’s weekly briefings about the COVID-19 pandemic last year, has filed paperwork to run for the U.S. Senate next year.... Read more»
Posted Apr 7, 2020, 9:03 am
MacKinley Lutes-Adlhoch
/Cronkite News
The Air Force plans to retire 42 A-10 aircraft at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson next year, according to a state lawmaker, a move that would cut the base’s fleet of the storied “Warthogs” in half.... Read more»
Posted Apr 2, 2012, 9:12 pm
Will Seberger
/TucsonSentinel.com
As the CD8 GOP primary race nears Election Day, Dave Sitton addressed a room of about 30 people who would make an impressive "who's who in Tucson-area retired brass" list on Monday evening.... Read more»
Posted Dec 21, 2011, 1:30 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Citing the economic impact of 280 new jobs, Mayor Jonathan Rothschild expressed support for a new drone pilot center at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Wednesday. (with video)... Read more»
Updated Nov 24, 2011, 1:39 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords helped serve Thanksgiving dinner to airmen and military veterans at Tucson's Davis-Monthan AFB on Thursday—her first constituent event since being shot on Jan. 8. (Updated with video)... Read more»
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Posted Nov 3, 2011, 3:07 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Davis-Monthan Air force Base officials announced Thursday that they will cut the base's civilian workforce by 60 positions.... Read more»
Updated Sep 16, 2011, 5:51 pm
Dylan Smith, Janet Rose Jackman & Ryan Kelly/TucsonSentinel.com
The commander of Davis-Monthan Air Force base said "no gunman or weapon was found" after the Tucson air base spent a day locked down following reports of an armed man Friday. (with video)... Read more»
Posted Sep 16, 2011, 3:08 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Air Force officials have released a pick-up plan for parents with children attending schools on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.... Read more»
Posted Mar 28, 2011, 5:34 pm
Spring Eselgroth
/Cronkite News Service
At Tucson's "Boneyard," row upon row of B-52s, F-4 Phantoms, A-10 Warthogs and some of the rarest military aircraft dating back to World War II provide a panoramic vision of aviation history. But there is more to the 309th AMARG than storing mothballed aircraft .... Read more»
Posted Jan 20, 2011, 5:56 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has released the route she will take to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Friday morning. Giffords is expected to leave UMC at about 9:15 a.m.... Read more»
Posted Jan 4, 2011, 4:05 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Extra noise and irregular flight patterns will be the result of practice flights from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Wednesday and Thursda... Read more»
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Posted Sep 23, 2010, 2:23 am
Gabrielle Giffords
/Former U.S Representative
The question is not if we will see increasing demand for solar power in the coming years, it is only whether Arizona will dominate this emerging industry or will settle for a small slice of the pie. Our state can and must be at the very epicenter of this burgeoning industry. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 10, 2010, 4:17 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Four U.S. airmen, including two from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, were killed when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on Wednesday.... Read more»
Posted May 27, 2010, 7:43 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
A new Tucson-based Border Crime Prosecution team will investigate and prosecute the smuggling of weapons, humans, drugs and money across the border by the Mexican cartels.... Read more»
Posted May 6, 2010, 10:01 am
MaryLee Moulton
/Arizona Education Network
We don't really have much of a choice when it comes to the Proposition 100 vote. Would you rather pay a temporary 1-cent sales tax to educate children and fund public safety or a permanent property tax to pay for more jail cells?... Read more»