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Search results for "A US Air Force B-52 bomber crashes at Edwards Air Force Base in California"

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Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech:
"Even our nuclear arsenal doesn't work. It came out recently they have equipment that is 30 years old. They don't know if it worked."
By Louis Jacobson• June 18, 2015
Henry Kissinger stated on September 06, 2014 in an interview on NPR:
"There were fewer civilian casualties in Cambodia than there have been from American drone attacks."
By Jon Greenberg• September 11, 2014
Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":
Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."  
By Jon Greenberg• September 23, 2014
TikTok posts stated on November 03, 2023 in a TikTok post:
A “B-2 stealth bomber seen over New York” means “Hezbollah may declare war on Israel.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 10, 2023
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2016 in Dallas fundraiser:
The U.S. has to go to "plane graveyards" and museums to get parts for its 20-year-old jet fighters while it sells new jets to other countries.
By Filipa Ioannou• July 23, 2016
Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“U.S. is testing new most deadly nuclear bomb from B-1B Lancer.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 26, 2022
Paul Ryan stated on May 02, 2017 in a news conference:
"We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama.
By Tom Kertscher• May 11, 2017
Facebook posts stated on May 05, 2022 in a video:
Says video shows "Ukrainian forces shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds (of) troops on Kyiv airport."
By Monique Curet• May 10, 2022
Marco Rubio stated on April 25, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Summit:
The United States "is not building the aircraft, the long-range bombers, the additional aircraft carriers, the nuclear submarines."
By Amy Sherman• May 5, 2015
Kate Obenshain stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor":
Compared to President Obama, "President Reagan rushed home from Santa Barbara vacation, from the Reagan ranch when the Korean jetliner was shot out of the air by the Russians."
By Jon Greenberg• July 21, 2014
Viral image stated on March 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:
CNN tweeted a picture of a Serbian resort and said it was in Ukraine.
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 25, 2022
TikTok posts stated on June 24, 2023 in a TikTok post:
Joe Biden launched unarmed nuclear bombs as a “Russia threat.”
By Tom Kertscher• June 30, 2023
Yard sign stated on June 15, 2011 in a yard on Route 12 near Keene, N.H.:
Says President Obama "has fired more cruise missiles than all other Peace Prize winners combined."
By John Gregg• June 30, 2011
Facebook posts stated on April 17, 2019 in a viral image:
Prominent Democrats were born in April 1948, "nine months after" a UFO crashed near Roswell, N.M.
By Madison Czopek• May 7, 2020
Leon Panetta stated on October 23, 2011 in congressional testimony:
"After every major conflict ... what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep, across-the-board cuts."
By Louis Jacobson• October 26, 2011
Rachel Siegel stated on April 08, 2019 in an email to supporters:
"The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission."
By Colin Meyn• April 11, 2019
John Cornyn stated on November 04, 2010 in a statement:
Says Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, is "the largest military installation in the free world."
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 15, 2010
Ted Cruz stated on November 06, 2017 in Fox News interview:
"The Democrats filibustered the legislation that would’ve resulted in this shooter being in federal prison instead of murdering those innocents in that Texas church."
By Manuela Tobias• November 10, 2017
Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video:
The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 7, 2025
Hillary Clinton stated on September 09, 2016 in a television ad:
Says New START, passed while Clinton was secretary of state, is a "treaty cutting Russia’s nuclear arms."
By Lauren Carroll• September 21, 2016

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No, these aren’t images of the B-52 bomber crash at Edwards Air Force Base

By Maria Briceño• June 16, 2026

Was Joe Biden’s uncle eaten by cannibals after World War II crash? Experts say it’s highly unlikely

By Louis Jacobson• April 18, 2024

Meet Donald Trump's 88 military advisers

By Allison Graves, Aaron Sharockman• September 8, 2016

FACT SHEET: Who was in military?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 21, 2007

Fact-checking claims about Russia, Ukraine and MH 17

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Derek Tsang• July 23, 2014

PolitiFact Sheet: Defense spending under Obama and Congress

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 14, 2015

PolitiFact Sheet: Military spending under Obama and Congress

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 14, 2015

Did Donald Trump’s firing of aviation officials make the DC crash likelier? Doubtful, experts say

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero• January 30, 2025

Fact-checking claims about MH 17, Russia and Ukraine

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Derek Tsang• July 23, 2014

France gave the US Statue of Liberty, Qatar offered Trump $400M plane. Experts say it’s not the same

By Grace Abels• May 15, 2025

Trump ordered a hiring freeze. Did it include air traffic controllers as Rep. Jasmine Crockett said?

By Grace Abels• February 7, 2025

Are there more plane accidents happening this year? That’s not what federal data shows

By Loreben Tuquero• February 24, 2025

MSNBC host O'Donnell mostly wrong on GI Bill being called welfare

By W. Gardner Selby• February 17, 2012

Fact-checking Chuck Schumer on Coast Guard staffing’s role in Mexican ship’s Brooklyn Bridge crash

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 22, 2025

Trump blamed Iran for a strike that hit a girls’ school. Open-source intelligence contradicted that

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• March 11, 2026

The US may not have an Iron Dome, but the military is spending on this technology. Here’s how.

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 13, 2023

Rick Perry’s bargain haircut?

By W. Gardner Selby• January 10, 2012

‘Mother of all bombs’ dropped on ISIS target: What we know so far

By Lauren Carroll, Gabrielle Healy• April 13, 2017

Fact-checking the latest claims about the Islamic State

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• September 11, 2014

Kamala Harris didn’t break protocol, only past practice, in not returning military salutes

By Tom Kertscher• March 26, 2021