WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on Aug. 24, 2023: By Joseph Clark, DOD News The Defense Department will begin training Ukrainians to fly and maintain F-16 fighter jets in the coming months, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said today. The training is expected to begin in October at the Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona, and will be facilitated by the Air National Guard's 162nd Wing. The U.S.-led training   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, demanding answers on possible failures in intra-agency intelligence sharing following the DHS Secretary's admission before the Senate that he was unaware of cartels' use of wristbands in human   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Arizona Senator and U.S. Navy combat veteran Mark Kelly issued the following statement on the announcement from the Department of the Defense that Ukrainian pilots and maintainers will be trained on the F-16 at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona. The 162nd Wing based at Morris ANG specializes in training foreign partners on the F-16. "There is no better place in the world to ge  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 24 -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: Following an extensive national search, the University of Arizona Health Sciences has named Fredric Edward Wondisford, MD, MS, MBA, dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, effective Oct. 2. Wondisford is an experienced clinician, professor and inventor with more than 30 years of experience in academic medicine and translational research. He joins the university fr  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 25 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: Verizon, Ericsson, and MediaTek successfully completed data and voice (VoNR) sessions over Verizon's 5G network using Ericsson's new RedCap compatible software (NR light functionality) and MediaTek's RedCap testing platform. This new technology provides a path for lower-complexity and lower-cost NR devices such as consumer wearables, fitness trackers and mobile medical devi  more