FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news on Jan. 9: For a guy who's spent the majority of his twenty-plus year career in a basement laboratory sifting through the specifics of the biomedical world -- you know, the nuts and bolts of what's physically possible and what's not -- Michael McLoughlin has a surprisingly Zen-like perspective on the development of his latest product. "Like a lot of things in life," says McLoughlin, Vice President of Research at Marylan  more

YUMA, Arizona, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release on Jan. 10: Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf was joined by United States Senator Martha McSally, Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls, U.S. Border Patrol Yuma Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony Porvaznik, and Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot to announce the Federal government has completed construction on the first 100 miles of new border wall system along the southwest border. "As of t  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following news release: In 2018, Arizona women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $762, or 83.7 percent of the $910 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Richard Holden noted that the 2018 women's-to  more

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE, Arizona, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force (355th Fighter Wing) issued the following news on Jan. 10: The 355th Wing is pivotal in the overall mission of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, hosting the 354th Fighter Squadron and the Air Force's primary training squadron, the 357th FS. Airmen assigned to the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's 354th Aircraft Maintenance Unit are responsible for 26 A-10s belonging to the 354th FS. "Being a crew chief here basically means being the f  more

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE, Arizona, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force (355th Fighter Wing) issued the following news on Jan. 10: In a constantly changing Air Force, better processes and innovations are always on the horizon. One of these ideas is from Davis-Monthan's 355th Maintenance Group. The Air Force Repair Enhancement Program was brought to Davis-Monthan in the early 1990's as one of the first of its kind. The program, which is now Air Force-wide, fixes equipment in-shop instead of shipping th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release on Jan. 9: The chief of staff, Air Force announces the assignment of the following general officer: Brig. Gen. Gregory Kreuder, senior defense official/defense attache, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq, to commander, 56th Fighter Wing, Air Education and Training Command, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Arizona Field Office issued the following news release: The 2019 corn for grain crop is estimated at 8.55 million bushels, 94 percent above last year's production of 4.40 million bushels, according to the December 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average yield of 231.0 bushels per acre is a re  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The White House issued the following news release: Daniel Asia, of Arizona, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2024, vice Bruce Carter, term expired. Jennifer Yue Barber, of Kentucky, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador. Jennifer Yue Barber, of Kentucky, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America to th  more