because air force one isn't the name of the plane. for any air force jet carrying the president of the united states. today, we're taking a deep dive to look at the only american symbol that can get you from here to beijing in roughly 12 hours. typically, air force one referred to one of two highly customized boeing 747s. as tall as a six-story building. the 747 model replaced the smaller model under george h.w. bush. today's air force one has 4,000 square feet floor space inside and can comfortably carry about 100 passengers and crew. it includes a medical suite that can function as an operating room. not to mention the latest in communications technology and emergency countermeasures in case of an attack. it wasn't always so fancy. the first plane to be designated air force one was a 121. just 116 feet long. it made headlines earlier this year after it was discovered rusting at an arizona airport. the owner of the plane which carried president eisenhower in the late '50s is trying to house it in a museum but so far no takers. hello.

air force? >> sure. the consequences are pretty stark for both of these services and, of course, the marine corps as well. it was framed to us as part of the pentagon presentation that the marine corps is one of our hedge present forces globally. they're out there ready to respond. of course, that's leaving out the air force which just evacuated personnel last night from u.s. citizens from yemen and other places. so we're forgetting the air force, but the marine corps does have that significant role. and when we talk navy cuts, i'll include them as well. it's pretty consequential. let me start with the air force however. after discussing the marine corps briefly. the air force is the second biggest loser under these budget debates -- they're not strategic as you've already clearly outlined for the audience, and i think that's exactly why everyone's frustrated in washington. this is not strategic-driven, okay? and we can just say that up front. i don't think anybody disputes it anymore. the army is gettin

we are down at eglin air force base in florida. we have operations going on with operational airplanes at marine corps air station yuma as well as nellis air force base, edwards air force base. we are at the uss ross today on the east coast of the united states doing short takeoff and vertical landings with the f- 35b. we have eight countries under contract to buy the f-35. this is an airplane that is continuing to progress. we continue to do flight tests. we are dropping munitions out of the airplanes today. air-to-air missiles. we have our laser guided bombs. they are precision error-to- ground weapons. -- air-to-ground weapons. those are being dropped off of f-35 today. we are increasing the production and dropping the price.we are deploying the airplane to many locations. we believe the f-35 is progressing toward initial operating capability for the u.s. marine corps. we our focused on doing that in 2015. host: 2015 is when they will be ready for war?or some type of mission? in 2015, the united states marine corps has declared t

the air force exists. when you talk about economies of force and having aspirations to the air forceder, is your best bet in many ways. what we do is go out and bring air superiority anywhere in the world so that we can go and see, hear, understand the environment with all of the other elements we have to understand decision quality information so that we are acting with efficiency and prudence and in a way that has a cause and effect relationship to bring peace and stability and not conflict if it all possible. we can then move things to wherever that place in the globe thingswe can deliver whether it is humanitarian or other things. nobody can stop us if we have that will. finally, we can bring to bear the capabilities. we can drive deterrents to those who might oppose america's desire to be a leader for peace and good in this world and we can deliver it in any environment, contested or uncontested -- it doesn't matter. we can provide our president options and of those options mean we do not have to say

air force exists. when you talk about economies of force, when you talk about having as separations to be -- aspirations to be a world ledder and have to do in an affordable way the air fest is best bet because we good out and bring air and space superiority anywhere in the globe our president or nation needs it to be so we can go and see, hear, understand the environment, that the ifr and all the other elements we have to understand decision, quality information so we're acting with efficiency and prudence and we're acting in way that has a cause and effect relationship of bringing peace and stability and not conflict. that we can then move things to wherever that place in the globe is that is a point of interest and we can deliver things, whether it's humanitarian or other things, and we can get it there and nobody can stop us if we have that will. and then finally, we can bring to bear the capables to drive reassurance to our friends. we can drive deterrence to those that might oppose america's desir

the air force believes that it can provide adequate if not good close air support to the battlefield, to the grunts on the ground, with an f-35. they have done it previously with f-16's, which are also fast movers. they do not loiter the way that a-10's. if you are in the acquisition world, they say don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. in some cases, you may find that in the short term, the air force may settle on the f-35 that is not perfect but is good. host: we have steve o'brien, vice president of lockheed martin, who talked about the cost overrun, the delays, we will get what he said, get your response. [video clip] >> we understand to make the flight test, but the program is on track, just as the secretary of defense and said in front of congress recently. we are driving the price down. from the first year of production to the 70 or of production, we have reduced the cost of the airplane by over 55%. we are not satisfied there. we will continue to drop this price. in 2018, the average cost will be $85 million, about $75 million in today's dollars. that is in line with

air force. they can fly for 24 hours straight, 500 kilometers per hour. their eyesight is superior to those of humans. all four drones are used in military operations in mali. >> we do not have all the means necessary to carry out this kind of operation. during the war that we lead in libya, the united states gave us 80% of the targets we dealt with. >> on the other side of the atlantic, a very different situation. thousands of drones are in the hands of the u.s. air force. these images of a secret drone project in the 1960s show the united states understood the importance of unmanned aerial vehicles at an early stage. france has decided to buy a dozen from their american counterparts. after years of hesitation and trailing behind in the technology race. >> a former general told me he did not want the topic to be mentioned. there have been many obstacles coming from within the french air force. >> an ethical issue delayed the program. drones can be equipped with missiles, deadly robots operated

air force personnel to take care of that.2007, one of the air force's weapons handling teams at minot, north dakota, was tasked with the decommissioned nuclear weapons down to their base in louisiana. the missiles were not supposed to be shipped with their live nuclear warheads, the warhead part was supposed to be taken have you the missiles and replaced with dummy weights for balance. but in august, 2007, instead of picking up the missiles with the dummy weights on them, the minot crew did not see what they were supposed to be doing. they didn't follow the procedures they were supposed to be following. and oh, yes, accidentally, without meaning to, without knowing that they had done it, they loaded onto that louisiana-bound air force bomber six missiles tipped with live nuclear war heads. half a dozen nuclear warheads, each with roughly the capacity to cause hiroshima times ten were sent up into the air on a cross-country domestic american flight without anybody knowing they were there. happily the plane had no trouble in fl

drone operators all have college degrees since the air force only commissioned officers to fly drones so being a drone operator is kind of a dull long hours dead end job choice but more than that drone operators also experience clinical distress unlike fighter pilots who drop their farms and then fly away drone pilot actually watch hours and hours of close of video of people killed by their strikes the irony is that even though the drone pilot is remote they just leave. damage they inflict directly whereas the fighter pilot who is actually there only has a remote idea of the people they've just killed drone pilots get to see in a vivid detail the people and property they've just destroyed who wants to sign up for that in the air force today on the aircraft systems and remotely piloted aircraft conduct over five hundred missions a year ninety six percent rise since two thousand and nine in the ninety's there were about fifty drone pilots today there are over thirteen hundred and the air force foresees that number steadily increasing so the air force is going to have to come up with som

his air force is in place and has a navy. he's got conventional forces and not demonstrated hesitation in terms of using it. >> in terms of chemical weapons, is it true you can't strike the sites because that could detonate the weapons themselves? >> without getting into a full explanation, you could strike the sites and you can destroy them, and you can minimize the down wind hazard that would ensue. so there is a way to do that to control it. all the discussions so far have been we intend not to do that, but what the intent is to strike assad's ability to deliver. in terms of a military imperative, there doesn't seem to be one relative to the issue of chemical weapons. >> so chris, we hear a lot of bluster from russia and iran, the head of the counsel warning of quote the imminent destruction of israel is that tough talk from russian iran, is it tough talk? >> there is a very real concern but we have to look at the history how they project force. overwhelmingly that is through surrogate forces such as hasballah. on one hand

that air 51, the secret air force base in nevada actually exists.gent mulder knew it in "the x files". >> the proof is here. >> it was the world's worst kept secret. even the president in "independence day" got included in. >> there is no area 51, no recovered space ship. >> excuse me, mr. president, that is not entirely accurate. >> we always suspected. so what was the government hiding all of these years? hidden history. the u.s. had been flying spy planes over the soviet union but they couldn't risk being spotted at normal altitudes, so the air force began to develop planes that could fly much, much higher at 90,000 feet. and they found the perfect high altitude base at home in the deserts of nevada. conspiracy and ufos, this was supposed to be, of course, a tightly guarded secret. but it is no surprise that people in the area and then around the country began to suspect that there was more than just sand in the middle of the mohave. >> i think maybe reverse engineering ufos out there. >> truth revealed. now, actual government proof including map

>> the air force has stood up and in these times we aren't doing this anywhere else. it's in the air staff, the major general maggie woodworth, and the top priority is to fix this. there are too many reports and instances and we will fix it. within the reserve component of the air force and putting us and the national guard took a stand down date to have that discussion and also pushed out the tools the commanders can use and so that is what we have been doing. >> he's very concerned about it. we had a stand down with three stars. every three-star had to address all. i went to the reserve center in texas to address the reserve component. and we are stressing three things. first of all, the real emphasis on the east coast training at every level, both in the entry level training and then continuing our pme and the list of officers to talk about expected conduct and the ethos of being a warrior and treating everyone with fairness and dignity. the last thing is we are taking a hard look at being able to harden the target if you will by getting the supervision back on the

you'd think an air force nurse could do better than night-shift as a home-care. why: general discharge, two medical leaves, each less than 30 days-- maybe drug rehab. well, i didn't see any track marks on her arms. if it's drugs, it's probably amphetamines; go pills. air force keeps them around like vitamins. maybe her go-go lifestyle got the best of her. it's jell from an ice pack. the seal must have been broken. "for use with food and medical supplies. conforms to u.s. military specifications." right down to the serial numbers. man: the ice pack was traced to your dispensary. you worked in the infirmary together. it's even known you fraternized with her. all right, is the lieutenant right, airman? were you fraternizing with matson? yes, sir. before i was married. well, she didn't have any contraceptives in her apartment. no condoms, no evidence at all that she had a boyfriend. not even that she was pursing a heterosexual relationship. you were her beard. because a young, unattached woman gay or straight would be harassed here. yes, ma'am. and lately she was hav

parking lot, and in 2003, air force academy officials were accused of downplaying dozens of assaultsmpus. the pentagon currently estimates that 26,000 people in the armed forces were sexually assaulted last year, up from 19,000 in 2010. only 3,000, a fraction of total estimates were reported. joining me, i go to you first. as ladies, i think there's great hope in the fact that there's a woman in charge. i think part of the problem is there's not been enough millennium in leadership positions. >> it took women in congress, particularly kristin jill i brand and others to push for this we should also make a point that there are men who are victims of this assault, but i think the culture of the military is at the core here. the problem is we had this recruiting frenzy, because we ramped up so many wars, we need to start going back to the idea of a high quality, where there's high levels of discipline. but we have to get it back to a culture. >> i wouldn't impugn the men and women who have gone over and sacrifice their lives, but i do think -- we know that secretary hagel has some ideas

air force. this is an air force wing in montana, about 150 minuteman interintercontinental ballistic missile. they will not tell us exactly what "tactical errors" were made that led to the fail mark on the inspection. they say the nuclear weapons were always safe. but, jake, this is the second of three wings, there's only three nuclear wings in the u.s. air force, two of them so far this year, this is number two, have failed security and safety inspections, another one earlier this year at minot, north dakota. in that case 17 members of the military were removed from their positions after that wing failed. so the big question here, i think people agree the nuclear weapons are safe, that's what the air force tells us. no indication they're not, but are procedures just getting lax in the nuclear community? >> what does this mean for national security? >> what it means for the pentagon and national security is the worry that some of these procedures, that some of the personnel are just getting lax

if you consider your air force, your swing for us, global force, which i do this is disconcerting. these are the kinds of things you will give up. the air capabilities, the secretary talked about these groups. all of the associated shifts -- >> two or three cut down from where we are now? >> correct. technically it is an 11 carrier force with a waiver of one. >> we have come down to eight is the sequestration went through. >> that is the prediction. >> tell me in a practical way how that may end up hurting the united states. >> these are global lily pads we can take anywhere that is water. we can use it to use whatever we need to do. primarily they are a deterrent force. they are a fourth multiplier. the navy does not have a choice. cannot recall who mentioned it. if you look at the u.s. navy budget and composition, 60 of the navy touches something that has to do with the aircraft carrier. that is what goes into it, the ships that say with it, etc. you can see the damage that would be done to our world wide forces. i reference the marine corps. we would be giving up a lot. we saw th

as a former air force general, do you think that's the case?you think the timing here is irrelevant? >> john, i don't think it is. i'm an old fighter pilot. i certainly don't want to second-guess a chairman of the central command commander. what i focused on in the president's remarks were he said he wanted to take action to deter future use of chemical weapons and to degrade the capability to use those weapons. i am not at all convinced that a t-lamb strike and a t-lamb strike only will act as a deterrent to future operations and i'm very, veryerned that using cruise missiles only will allow us to get to the target set that enables his use of chemical weapons. the chemical weapon target set is mobile. were i the commander, the air commander, the subordinate to the centcom commander i think i would have strongly advocated the use of man's systems. now, i understand, that that increases the risk significantly for the president but i would have made the best case that i could make that the b. 2 and f-22 were appropriate against this target cess.

it's the 341st missile wing at air force base in montana. it received a rating of unsatisfactory on its latest inspection. air force commander says the inspection is made to be tough. it doesn't mean the safety of america's nuclear arsenal is in danger. this is the second major problem this year for the air force nuclear team. in march, the 91st missile wing at fourth in dakota's minot air force base received such poor inspection received launch operations. a delay now. could cost some of us thousands of dollars next year. we'll explain coming up. and the continuing saga of the san diego mayor filner. out of treatment for the monster inside him. but returning to the office to find the locks changed. and in addition, why hooters will not serve him wings and things. an interesting photo ahead from a local and the journalists of fox news on this tuesday fox report. i just think it's better to work with someone. someone you feel you can really partner with. unfortunately, i've found that some brokerage firms don't always encourage that kind of r

in every operation at our active air force and army where side-by-side. e have to if you're going to sustain this force. >> jump in on the hon. same question to you. a c darcy make some operational nature. >> there is an insurance strong argument. concern the weather now we will assume risk. i think that the counter point to that argument is by increasing your capability and the reserve component you mitigates their risk significantly because many of this bill sets when they across the spectrum are in the reserve components and in many cases perishable skills. the air force, fighter pilots, and they are reserved. logistics', engineers, medical abilities, those individuals not only have a military skills set of bring with them innovation and other creativity from their civilian career. a lot of the evidence is resaw in terms of medicine on the battlefield cam from our military and reserve doctors. sayonara to mediate the risk would need to where cut the capabilities that currently exists and perhaps grow and enhance those. >> the ec a push away from using t

three hundred forty first missile wing at air force base in montana filled with the military calls a short inspection of its nuclear weapons this is the formal check of whether the unit is following the rules to ensure the safety security and control of the three intercontinental ballistic missiles that operates here's what the commander of the wing had to say about this unsatisfactorily breaking what i can say is that these inspections are as exacting a test as one can possibly imagine they are a pass fail test of enormous complexity imagine being in a college physics class and working through five pages of calculations on a problem but you receive no credit if your answer is off by even a decimal point. that is the nature of our job and i wouldn't have it any other way now this is the third time following the colonel's metaphor that the three hundred forty first wing missed a decimal point in two thousand and eight and two thousand and ten they also failed a safety and security inspection now commander of the air force global straight command lieutenant james quasi so that a group

air force unit that operates the nation's most powerful weapons bombed its safety and security the three hundred forty first missile wing air force base in montana filled with the military calls a short spectrum of nuclear weapons this is the formal check of whether the unit is following rules to ensure the safety security and control of the three intercontinental ballistic missiles that operates here's what the commander of the wing had to say about this unsatisfactorily rating quote what i can say is that these inspections are as exacting a test as one can possibly imagine they are a pass fail test of a normal complexity imagine being in a college physics class and working through five pages of calculations on a problem but you receive no credit if your answer is off by even a decimal point. that is the nature of our job and i wouldn't have it any other way now this is the third time following the colonel's metaphor that the three hundred forty first wing missed a decimal point in two thousand and eight and two thousand and ten they also failed a safety and security inspection now comm

the assad air force is prime to be taken down in one strike.re going to do that, we should go all in on the mission of completely destroying syria's chemical weapon capability, otherwise stay out. >> andrew, you're a former special operations officer. how do you see this? what do you think the best options are, and in terms of -- they aren't even talking about ending the conflict at this point, which is not possible to do simply from the air or even if it was american boots on the ground, not even clear that's possible. >> well, i think coming at this from a slightly different perspective i've been doing interviews with syrian refugees and deserters and all the options i hear people talk about, what i'm seeing is these young men deserting from a syrian military who were as much hostages of the regime than anyone in syria. they're as much victims of what is going on. whatever happens in the next couple days, they will suffer and be underneath american bombs and missiles and whatever the strategic objectives, i think it's clear we're not talking

this is the first stealth airplane for the air force and navy. issions that were generally air to air missions or air to ground. f-35 will expand the mission set. you will be able to do electronic attacks, intelligence operations, reconnaissance operations, command and control operations we never saw and a fighter jet before. that is the value of the f-35. we are able to do it in a much more efficient manner. why is southwest airlines so successful? they fly a single airplane. their maintenance crews are trained on a single airplane. that is the value of f-35. now you have a single supply chain. you have an airplane that is common across the three u.s. services. you have the eight partner countries. we are sharing that burden and the national security and cooperation among our best allies. that is the value of f-35. host: that is our topic, the future of f-35. we are joined by steve o'bryan. we will take your questions and comments in just a minute. republicans, 202-585-3881. democrats, 202-585-3880. we have a fourth line for active and retired mi

the most formidable air force in the middle east. its supporter iran is unlikely to intervene directly not least of all fearing a retaliatory attack on its nuclear facilities but also given the softer approach towards the west of the newly installed president hasan rohani. but the other ally in the region, the lebanese group hezbollah. >> iran has some ability to retaliate, this is the natural response iran prefers to use, an attack on israel would be likely the expected reaction from the regime. >> the attacks could be launched from hezbollah south of lebanon. it's known that hezbollah has access of rockets capable of hitting all the way down here in tel aviv, an israel fear. as syria's ambassador to be u.n. has said, israel is in the state of war and preparing for worst. >> john thank you, back to you, the biggest hot spots in the world, which makes it even more delicate for the obama administration, right? >> oh, yes. very much so. i think everyone's seeing that perhaps the initial action may be directed towards israel and i think

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for the air force and navy.lew missions that were generally air to air missions or air to ground. f-35 will expand the mission set. you will be able to do electronic attacks, intelligence operations, reconnaissance operations, command and control operations we never saw and a fighter jet before. that is the value of the f-35. we are able to do it in a much more efficient manner. why is southwest airlines so successful? they fly a single airplane. their maintenance crews are trained on a single airplane. that is the value of f-35. naÏve have a single supply chain --now you have a single supply chain. you have an airplane that is common across the three u.s. services. you have the eight partner countries. we are sharing that burden and the national security and cooperation among our best allies. that is the value of f-35. host: that is our topic, the future of f-35. we are joined by steve o'bryan. we will take your questions and comments in just a minute. republicans, 202-585-3881. democrats, 202-585-3880. we have

he will come to land marine one and board air force one. from there, he would head to buffalo, new york, where he will speak at the university of buffalo. from there, he'll board a bus to continue his tour. that will be at a high school in syracuse. again, we're looking at several helicopters but one of them will -- marine force one carrying the president, a rather convenient way to travel, directly by helicopter to joint base andrews in maryland to get on air force one. and be heading off opt two day tour of schools, to promote his efforts to make college more affordable for students. now later this morning, we will get details on president obama's plans to hold colleges accountable for the cost of going to schools. carla campbell reports from the newsroom. the president is pushing on the proposal on the two day tour. >> president obama will lay out the details today and tomorrow when he makes stops through new york state and pennsylvania. we'll take a live look of the pictures once gep much joint base andrews where president obama is goin

in every operation of our active air force and army are in, we're side by side with them. ntain that. i think we have to if we're going to sustain the force. >> great. marcia, i know jeff would want to jump on that. same question to you, the operational mix and nature of the reserve? >> there's a strong argument for the fact we are concerned right now about whether or not we're going to assume risk reducing the size of the armed forces, and i think that the counterpoint of that argument is by increasing your capability in the reserve component, you mitigate that risk significantly. .. in our reserve component and will perhaps grow and can grow. >> do you see a push of a friend using the army reserve? we know the army guard with software ampersand missions they've been doing successfully for the last 10 years inside manco said though. do you see them into building on the army site or somewhere else is army reserve back to the strategic side? >> there have been, but because we have a civil affairs capability and send specially in ability, there is a demand signal from combata

. >>> six people have been killed by a bomb attack on a yemen air force bus. 26 others were injured. r local correspondent joining us next, what do you know about this blast? >> reporter: well, what we know so far from the security forces that the bus carrying aviation cadets and air force officers, it was on its way to a military base when the blast took off according to many sources, it was a bomb which was planted inside the bus. they are talking about at least six people killed and dozens injured. this is a severe blow to the government and also definitely a security breach which comes against the backdrop of heightened security here in the capital and also increased fears of more attacks by some groups and what we get so far from the government, they described the attack as a terrorist attack, and all of the government thinks al qaida in the arabian peninsula, the most aggressive of the al qaida offshoots outside of pakistan and it comes just two days after a speech by the country's president who said that he vowed to continue the fight until al qaida is defeated and that comes a

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air force helicopter crashed in a mountainous area of a marine base. three crew members were rescued. they strnt confirmed whether the body part found belongs to the fourth missing crew member. prefecture say the remaining eight ha-60 helicopters are stationed at the u.s. airbase also on the main island. military spokesperson say no decision has been made on when to resume flights. the japanese prime minister called the crash extremely regrettable. he spoke with the u.s. ambassador to japan, john roos, effort be made to prevent future accidents. roos promised the u.s. will fully investigate the cause of the crash and provide information. a u.s. state department spokesperson also provided cooperation. >> our relationship with japan is a very close one and we will continue to work together on a variety of issues. >> a defense department official told nhk they were ordered to swiftly investigate because of the crash and work to prevent a recurrence. >>> residents of okinawa have spent the last couple of years protesting against the deployment of another u

is there a way -- see my point about crippling the army and the air force and stopping air power whicheir biggest advantage, assad i think you would agree with me, air power is their biggest advantage. my point is if you do cripple them assad will still be there but can't do anything with chemical weapons warfare. you can cripple their chemical weapons warfare operation. in other words, you and i want to stop, the whole world wants to stop assad from doing this again. he's liable to do it again in a couple of weeks. to stop him from doing that don't we want to cripple all their armed forces and their advantage? >> you know, you talked about a head fake. i'm hoping that he will do more damage than his remarks would seem to imply. because i agree with you that this has to hurt. this has to make a real impression on assad's military and they have to say wait a minute, guy, we don't want to fight the united states. you know, we're fighting and dying enough right here at home. and we don't need to take on the world's only super power. so maybe we'll see a tougher hit than we've been toledo

government personnel flew out of yemen today on a c-17 air force cargo plane. leaving only a kel stal emergenskeletal emergency staff behind because of what the state department is calling the extremely high threat level. th all of this comes after the interception of al qaeda communications threatening major attacks on u.s. interests. joining me now from new york, nbc's ama, but richard, first to you. you just finished interviewing john mccain there in cairo. what is he saying about the situation in egypt and the threat level in neighboring yemen? >> reporter: i just left the senator a couple of minutes ago. i was afraid i wasn't going to get to your show in time. he said he is very concerned about what is going to happen in egypt. he thinks that unless there is some sort of reconciliation between the military which he believes did enact a coup against the muslim brotherhood government of mohamed morsi, that unless there is some sort of way to get people negotiating and finding a peaceful resolution that the muslim brotherhood could go underground, it could be

let's talk about if syria is attacked, how well might it be able to respond, and the country's air forces one of the most formable in the middle east, but will it strike back to the west through the forces of hezbollah? we take a look at that. >> reporter: it is still far from clear that an attack on syria, for using chemical weapons on its own people last week will come or not. but assuming one happens in the next couple of days how might the government of syrian president bashir al assad actually respond? the syrian air force could launch air raids on jordan or even some suggest israel itself. they might themselves up against the most formidable air force they've ever had to do battle with in the middle east. there is the second option. it's supporter iran unlikely to interconvenient directly not least of all fearing a retaliatory attack on its nuclear facilities but also given the soft approach towards the west of the newly installed president hassan rohani. but iran might mobilize it's other ally in the region, hezbollah. >> iran has limited impact to retaliate in a terror fashion. t

when the air force part the air , the guardof them and reserve did not. we have three appropriations that congress set to get us and we keep them qualified on the mobility air force side by using our appropriation to keep those folks ready. we mitigated some of the effects of this taccone and cut. we do have free appropriations. if you combine that into two or one, you would not have been there. that's my closing comment on that. >> general mills? during the earlier parts of the discussion, we talked about ac potential for accessing rc ase members into the we have a reduction in ac forces. at the same time, we had a question from the audience about how do we manage the outflow from the reserves so that we can get rid of the nonperformers, those who are overweight or not progressing, not showing up for drill? we all have those in our units. how do we pick the right people coming out of the ac to fill spots we open up from the outflow? enterhink we're going to a a really golden year of being able to handpick talented individuals who are leaving for whatever

the air force hopes that air force, navy, and marine corps hope that over the life of the program, the more nations that buy it, the more you buy the unit cost of the plane go down. host: here's is a look at some of the countries involved. mark from new jersey up next, retired military. caller: maybe your guest can a slightly how the a-35 could take in place of the a-10 warthog combat. when you look back at the b-52 's that have been around for 50 something years and its specific role and content julie -- and continuously upgraded, you have what that vulcan cannon in a, which is low and slow over the battlefield in protecting the troops, how can come that low-end phone loan provide a much cover power? guest: i did a story recently because of the senate armed service committee was associated with its defense authorization bill, had lingered on the issue of close air support. there was concern, senator bill nelson of florida who have , wasl interest in the f-35 raising the concern as to whether or not there will be a close air support cap created by retiring the a-10's and replacing them

you will this go after assad's air force and his about to -- you want to gain air security as soon as you can. the other key capability that syria has is their air supply capability. these are russian-made aircraft. those capabilities are somewhat unique to an air force with assad because that's how they actually transfer the capability in terms of nuclear air mass. >> are we going to hit those? >> i think they are going after airfields. i think they are going after aircraft on the ground and we fell through with that. >> there are reports not confirmed at all that they are moving civilians to some of the military sites to use them as human shields. how does the united states play that? >> that's a challenge. that's a wild card. you hear about media reports with human shields. saddam hussein tryed the to do the same thing. that's just something that's another card that the military planners have to play or have to understand that could be in play as perhaps a deterrin detergento to strike. >> the united states has to think of possible retaliation? >> could be. that's part of the chall

and the aircraft was operated by the soviet air force from 1954 to 1968.er flying the l-29, we started thinking, "oh, that'd be kind of a neat airplane." i think, um, a lot of people are asking us, "is that a mig? is that a mig?" and we didn't have a mig at that time. so we started looking around and, um, this aircraft caught our attention. and once we saw it and obviously then had the opportunity to fly it, we had to--we had to have one. back when the aircraft was in service, the instructor sat in the back. so, actually, if you're sitting in the back and you know what you're doing, you can override all the instrumentation in the front and give the guy a run for his money who's flying the aircraft. but, um, overall, you know, the airplane, if you respect it, it's a--it's a beautiful aircraft to fly. it's very responsive. but it will bite you. and, unless you know what you're doing, you can end up in some trouble. but, you know, hey, 1947 technology. um, what do you expect for a first time? the mig-15 was the most widely produced jet aircraft in history. 18

hitler's nazi army and air force crushed norway, denmark, holland, norway, and france. governorgreat britain was left standing alone. in 1940, the battle began. almost every night until may 1941, the planes would drop tens of thownldzs -- thousands of tons of bombs over london, liverpool, birmingham, southhampton, bristol, and other industrial cities and ports. everything that we valued most in life stood on the brink of destruction. the essence of jew jew the precious legacy of the enlightenment. and thomas jefferson's immortal aver pursuit of happiness. and we also value the survival of great britain. in 1789, al sander hamilton said we think in english. with that brief statement, he encapsulated the profound intent yule and cultural ties that binds the united states and britain. in 1940, the fate of the world hung on the united states. that summer republicans and democrats would hold their conventions in preparation for the november presidential election. so what are conventions? conventions are about bands playing, delegates parading through the aisle. sporters chee

spy satellite from vanderburgh air force base. force security and police shut down a nearby beach as a precaution, but everything went off without a hitch and the u.s. now that a new pair of eyes in the sky. >>> there's more to tell you when we come back. we're with some of the people who came here 50 years ago, and came back here today with dreams of their own. ♪ we shall overcome >> now is your chance to share your dream. >>> we're back with a live look at the nbc news dream project on display at the crossroads of the world's times square in new york city. all day your tweets have been streaming in using the #dreamday. so many completing the sentence, i have a dream that -- and all week we've spoken with some of the thousands who made the trip here to the national mall to take part in the anniversary of dr. king's dream, telling us their stories, including some who were there to hear it in person 50 years ago. >> that's your bus. right there. >> uh-huh. >> okay. >> do i have anything? >> my grandmother told me, she said, guess w

in germany, charles was wined and dined and honored by the nazi air force minister. they bought the propaganda hook, line, and zinger calling the spirit of the german people magnificent, intoxicated with their advances in aviation, and especially admired their strengths. forever lindbergh german strength and veer rielty were the keys to the future. when he returns to the united states in 1939, he became the public voice of isolationism. he hammered roosevelt for failing to appease hitler and for alienating the powerful nations of germany and italy and japan, and the standard line was that is unless the united states meddled in the affairs of foreign countries, and he insisted the only real danger to america was roosevelt himself, and in any case, it was pointless for the united states to intervene in europe because he believed that with germany's powerful army and air force, hitler was unbeatable. lindberghbergh was sure that the die was cast. well, it was so completely obvious to lindbergh that germany would win the war that he wondered why in the world roosevelt pe