You may not remember: Lenny Skutnik became momentarily famous in 1982 after an Air Florida plane crashed into the icy Potomac River in Washington, D.
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The practice of inviting guests to sit in the House Gallery is a tradition dating back to 1982 when president Ronald Reagan recognized Lenny Skutnick -- a good Samaritan who pulled a survivor out of the frozen Potomac River in Washington after an Air Florida plane crashed into the 14th Street Bridge.
Commercial space launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida and from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, both of which can accommodate bigger rockets and more diverse payloads than the other sites, are subject to military oversight.
To no avail: The house is now sealed and air-conditioned, deprived of its direct connection to the sea, the gardens and the Florida air.
"Air-conditioning made Florida, and now insurance could be its downfall, " he told the conference.
The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on November 26, 2011.
There are 46, 000 troops in Special Operations Command, which is based at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.
The MOAB received international attention before the war when the U.S. Air Force tested it at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, in March.
The CRS-2 supply mission, operated by Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX, lifted off successfully on a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:10 AM Eastern time.
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Only last month, it fired one in the Gulf of Mexico towards a test range at the Eglin US Air Force Base in western Florida.
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One of those surprises came during a visit to Eglin Air Force Base on the Florida panhandle, where he went to see the old-growth long-leaf pine forest.
Currently, SpaceX -- which both works alongside NASA and counts the agency among its clients -- launches from Cape Canaveral in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, which are both government sites.
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Military authorities took him into custody September 10 at the naval air station in Jacksonville, Florida, while he was in possession of classified documents "that a chaplain shouldn't have, " said an official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Navy team had also canceled a performance set for MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, last weekend.
Rumsfeld was returning from a visit to Central Command headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, when he commented to reporters.
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Its Florida resort is more dependent on air travel, while Disneyland draws more of a local crowd.
My hot pot-loving little sister, who lives with her family in Florida, simply cranks up the air-conditioning to enjoy huoguo year-round.
It was that development that sent her back to Florida, to become director of air-defense production operations at Martin Marietta in Orlando.
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They touched down at California's Edwards Air Force Base after the mission was diverted from Florida.
Payne Stewart's Learjet stopped responding to air traffic controllers while the plane was still over Florida on a trip to Texas.
Steve Landes, who runs a Florida organization of travelers who commute by air between home and business, says many frequent travelers are switching to Southwest Airlines Co.
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Within moments, klaxons sounded at air bases from Alaska to Newfoundland and from California to Florida.
The ad, which will air in Pennsylvania, New York, Arizona, Maryland and Florida, features clips from all three major presidential candidates.
Liang is scheduled to visit the U.S. Southern Command in Florida, and tour Camp Lejeune and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina as well as the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.
Daily scheduled air service is available to Bimini from Nassau, Grand Bahama Island and Florida.
"We don't take ourselves too seriously, " said Florida Gulf Coast coach Andy Enfield, whose players tossed him in the air and doused him with water in a raucous celebration before his postgame interviews.
That air of inevitability that Mitt Romney was once again exuding following his decisive 15 point win in Florida has vanished overnight.
Jeannard, who was wearing a shirt with an Air France logo and captain's epaulets on his shoulder, had a ticket for a Florida-bound US Airways flight Wednesday and asked at the check-in counter for an upgrade, authorities said.
Built for American Airlines, NASA acquired the aircraft in 1974 and used it for test flights from Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert and ferry flights to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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