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Iraqis to Take Over Anbar Province
Once the most violent place in Iraq, Anbar province will come under Provincial Iraqi Control on Saturday, a senior military official said. So far, nine Iraqi provinces are under Provincial Iraqi Control in which Iraqi security forces perform day-to-day operations and U.S. troops provide assistance as needed.

F-35 Offers Multirole Surprises
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will "redefine the concept of multirole strike" aircraft, Lockheed Martin officials say, but they offer few details to flesh out that claim.

Antidepressant Use Soars Among Deployed
For the first time in history, a sizable and growing number of U.S. combat troops are taking daily doses of antidepressants to calm nerves strained by repeated and lengthy tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a Time magazine report.

D-Day Frogman Returns to Normandy
This week, an 85-year-old veteran returned to northern France for the first time since he stepped ashore at Utah Beach as a 21-year-old explosives specialist. His daughter, Donna Barlow, a DODDS teacher, and her family arranged the trip to Normandy from their home near Heidelberg, Germany.

Japan Wants Electronic Attack in Next Fighter
Lockheed Martin?s F-22 Raptor still appeals to Japan?s leadership, but there?s an implacable demand for Japan?s industrial participation in any aircraft it operates, which appears to be diminishing demand for the Raptor.

Boeing Eyes Options for Next-Gen UAV
Boeing says it plans to explore proposals for the U.S. Air Force's forthcoming Next-Generation Unmanned Aerial System (NG-UAS) program, which aims to field a new combat drone by 2015.

Hover and Stare: FCS Testing UAVs
Given Defense Secretary Robert Gates' order to the service branches to hurry up and get more unmanned aerial vehicles out to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, there's a scramble afoot to develop and deploy next-generation UAVs as quickly as possible.