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Military personnel told last month to stop calling Iran conflict “Operation Epic Fury”

Washington — An Air Force email from August and obtained by CBS News shows the Pentagon was instructing personnel to stop referring to ongoing U.S. military operations in Iran as “Operation Epic Fury” — three months after the Trump administration declared it had ended.  In response to questions from CBS News, the Pentagon said Wednesday…

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Phoenix air traffic controller saves day when 2 American Airlines flights with same call number converge: “Pretty incredible”

An air traffic controller’s quick thinking helped avert a dangerous situation late Thursday night when two American Airlines jets — one landing in Phoenix, Arizona, and the other simultaneously taking off — shared the same flight number and radio frequency. The veteran air traffic controller realized that American Airlines Flight 2482 from Chicago that was…

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