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General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark Top Speed: 1,650 MPH A supersonic, medium-range interdictor and tactical attack aircraft that also filled the roles of strategic bomber, aerial reconnaissance, and electronic-warfare aircraft in its various versions. Developed in the 1960s by General Dynamics, it first entered service in 1967 with the United States Air Force. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) also ordered the type and began operating F-111Cs in 1973.
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Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Top Speed: 630 MPH The Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy penetration strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses; it is a flying wing design with a crew of two. The bomber can deploy both conventional and thermonuclear weapons, such as eighty 500 lb (230 kg)-class (Mk 82) JDAM Global Positioning System-guided bombs, or sixteen 2,400 lb (1,100 kg) B83 nuclear bombs. The B-2 is the only acknowledged aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Jeremy M. Wilson)
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Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State slogans as they wave the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, on June 16, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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In this March 9, 2016, file photo, Gen. Joseph L. Votel (left), head of the Special Operations Command, has been nominated to become the commander of U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State group. Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Thomas (right) has been nominated to lead the Special Operations Command. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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This Tuesday March 8, 2016, booking photo provided by the Hall County Sheriff's Office, shows comedian Micah Katt Williams, jailed on charges of terroristic threats, false imprisonment and aggravated assault. The Hall County Sheriff's Office says Williams has been arrested after he threatened to kill his bodyguard while an acquaintance assaulted him. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Hall County Sheriff's Office)
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A boy gets his hand print on a Yemeni flag during a gathering by held Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, against Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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Taylor Force, 28, an Army veteran, was killed in a Palestinian stabbing attack in Tel Aviv. He was visiting Israel with a group of students as part of a Vanderbilt University graduate studies program. (Vanderbilt University)
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This image released by the Baltimore Police shows Cipisirono Cole. (Baltimore Police via Associated Press)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel refuses to limit the number of refugees her country will allow, causing a shake-up in her party. (Associated Press)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel on Tuesday for high-level talks just as an American tourist was stabbed to death several hundred yards away. A Palestinian attacker also stabbed a dozen policemen and civilians. (Associated PRess)
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Kyle Andrew Odom (Coeur d'Alene Police Department via The Spokesman-Review via Associated Press)
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Gen. Lori Robinson, the commander of the Pacific Air Forces, talks to reporters Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia. She said the U.S. Air Force will continue to fly daily missions over the South China Sea despite a buildup of Chinese surface-to-air missiles and fighter jets in the contested region. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
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An Afghan female witness talks to the media at the site of a suicide attack near the Defense Ministry compound in Kabul on Feb. 27. The Afghan Taliban say they will not participate in a peace process with Kabul's government until foreign forces in Afghanistan stop attacking their positions and leave the country. (Associated Press)
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Popularity of the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunals Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Members of the Indian delegation to the International Court of Justice, Neeru Chadha, left, and Harish Salve, center, greet a member of the Marshall Islands' legal team ahead of a preliminary hearing on nuclear disarmament at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, March 7, 2016. The Marshall Islands, home to the Bikini Atoll nuclear testing site, is urging nuclear powers India, Pakistan and Britain to resume disarmament negotiations. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)
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Sensational testimony from a key witness last week put Cristina Fernandez back in the crosshairs of the investigation into the death of Alberto Nisman, the federal prosecutor whose body was found in January 2015 days after he accused Ms. Fernandez of a cover-up of Iran's suspected involvement in a 1990s terrorist bombing in the heart of the Argentine capital. (Associated Press)
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U.S. soldiers (left) participate in a training mission with Iraqi army soldiers outside Baghdad on May 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Riot police try to enter the headquarters of Turkey's largest-circulation newspaper Zaman in Istanbul, early Saturday, March 5, 2016. The police raid came hours after a court placed it under the management of trustees on Friday. The move against the paper, which is linked to an opposition cleric, heightened concerns over deteriorating press freedoms in the country. (AP Photo)