2 fighter planes bump into each other (4)

1 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-05-04 02:20 ID:mLSldbbJ

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=725275
"The U.S. military lost contact with the two Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet aircraft in Iraq on Monday night"
"The planes were flying from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson"
"officials said they suspected the two fighters collided in mid-air at 30,000 feet"

...D'oh!

2 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-05-09 00:28 ID:Lz+f1yMK

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/07/AR2005050701378.html
Report: Sub Crash Could Have Been Avoided
"The crew of an attack submarine that struck an undersea mountain in the Pacific Ocean earlier this year did not adequately review navigation charts that warned of an obstacle in the vessel's path, according to a Navy report released Saturday."

...

3 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-05-20 23:33 ID:xqYT4cFx

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8562770
"The Army is examining allegations its recruiters offered to help people cheat on drug tests or get phony diplomas in order to enlist."

http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050520-054256-5874r.htm
"In one case, a high school journalist in Colorado posing as a drug-addicted high school dropout taped a recruiter telling him how to get a fake diploma and accompanying him to a shop to get a kit that would help him pass a drug test, the Rocky Mountain News reported."

4 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-05-23 14:57 ID:e38NS0vZ

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-05-23T101933Z_01_N2337655_RTRIDST_0_USREPORT-AFGHAN-USA-TILLMAN-DC.XML
"The parents of Army Ranger Pat Tillman are frustrated and angry over the military's investigations into the former professional football player's friendly-fire death in Afghanistan in 2004"

"A report [] found that the U.S. Army determined within days of his death that Tillman had been killed mistakenly by fellow Rangers but did not tell his family or the public for weeks and even destroyed evidence."

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