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February 26, 2017     Maintenance needs limit availability of B-1 bomber fleet The Air Force’s most maintenance-intensive aircraft isn’t its oldest, or even its stealthiest. It’s the B-1 Lancer, and the bomber needs about 150 hours of maintenance after each flight.   Shulkin proposes eliminating 40-mile, 30-day rule for non-VA care Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin on Sunday proposed eliminating a controversial policy that limits veterans from receiving private-sector health care.   Investigation: US missile defense system expansion goes forward despite key deficiency The Pentagon is pushing ahead with an expansion of the nation’s homeland missile defense system, despite a newly recognized deficiency that affects nearly all the system’s rocket interceptors, a Los Angeles Times investigation has found.   Joseph Wapner, folksy 'People's Court' judge and WWII combat veteran, dies at 97 Joseph A. Wapner, a retired California judge whose flinty-folksy style of resolving disputes on the show "The People's Court" helped spawn an entire genre of courtroom-based reality television with no-nonsense jurists and often clueless litigants, died Feb. 26 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 97.   Small crew's versatility is key to operating Mayport's littoral combat ships Like everyone else on the Navy’s littoral combat ships, cooks have to possess multiple skills to ensure the vessels function at optimal levels.   Father of dead Navy SEAL wants investigation; refused to meet Trump at ceremony The father of a Navy SEAL killed during a raid in Yemen is demanding an investigation into its planning and criticized the Trump administration for its timing.   Navy civilian perished in Nagano avalanche, Japanese officials say Mathew Healy, a physician assistant who worked on Okinawa, was last seen around noon Monday at the Happo-one ski resort in Nagano prefecture.   From Fort Eustis to the West Wing: McMaster is seen as a soldier-scholar As outspoken as he is smart, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster will now tackle a different type of battle as national security adviser to President Donald Trump.