MOODY AFB, Georgia, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Nellis Air Force Base (99th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Capt. Christian Little, 93 AGOW A team of Tactical Air Control Party members tested mesh communication networks during exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at San Clemente Island, Ca., Jan. 25 - Feb. 2, 2024. Within the exercise, TACP from the 14th Air Support Operations Squadron experimented how they can best use communications equipment to create these mesh communication networks on t  more

MOODY AFB, Georgia, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Nellis Air Force Base (99th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Capt. Christian Little, 93 AGOW Tactical Air Control Party members and their teams from the 14th Air Support Operations Squadron traveled to the forward edge of exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 to operate from San Clemente Island and Travis Air Force Base, Ca., Jan. 25 - Feb. 2, 2024. Throughout the exercise, the 14th ASOS conducted forward-based command and control with Agile Contr  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 29 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2024: Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) today announced that it has awarded more than $8 million in total funding to 28 affordable housing rental projects through its 2023 Multifamily Housing Bridge Fund (Bridge Fund). The program was developed to support projects facing delays due to the steep rise in inflation and con  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Cedrick Hill, 31, of Marietta, Ga., has been sentenced to 26 years of imprisonment for the violent assault of an FBI special agent and the sale of multiple kilos of methamphetamine. While trying to evade arrest, Hill drove a vehicle at high speed while the agent was trapped in the driver's side door of the defendant's truck, resulting in the agent's hospitalizatio  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Andrew "Drew" Maloney, 57, of Roswell, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to a criminal information charging him with conspiracy to pay health care kickbacks. The guilty plea is part of a global settlement with the United States and several states in which Maloney and the clinical laboratory that he owned, Capstone Diagnostics, of Atlanta, Georgia, have also agreed to pa  more

MACON, Georgia, Feb. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release: A Columbus resident and confirmed member of the Bloods criminal street gang who fired multiple rounds at an FBI agent to evade arrest in 2022 was sentenced to prison for his crimes this week. Jarvis Smith, 29, of Columbus, was sentenced to serve 117 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release on Feb. 27, after he pleaded guilty to one count of  more