in september 2017 our air force celebrates our 70th birthday and air force space command celebrates the 35th birthday. although as an air force, we've been involved in space since 1954 since the beginning. we've come a long way and done a remarkable job in bringing space capabilities in joint work fighting. there's nothing we do in a joint force that isn't enabled by space. integration has been our strength. nevertheless, we find ourselves at the intersection of high reliance and vulnerability the space domain. today in no uncertain terms, it's a air fighting demesne just like air, land, and sea. potential adversaries are denying us access to and the benefits of the space domain. let me be very clear. we do not want a conflict that extends into space, but one way to keep that from happening is to make sure we're prepared for it and be able to fight and win that conflict. if it were to occur. i think it shouldn't be lost on anybody that our space program is the envy of the world. my near term priorities are four-fold. first in partnership with betty zap as operational the national space

i want to welcome the acting secretary of the air force and the air force chief of staff, general davidank you. [applause] heredent trump: the cadets represent not only the future of our air force but the future of our country here at their skilled dedication, loyalty, and patriotism represent the very best of america. thanks especially to the air force academy superintendent, lieutenant general michelle johnson for your outstanding stewardship. you have been truly outstanding. thank you. [applause] president trump: developing leaders, character, so many things are developed at the academy. it is really an amazing, amazing job they do. we all join the proud and this thing with heritage of the long, blue line. you know what that is, fellows? [laughter] president trump: that is a long, big, beautiful blue line. i would like to welcome several members of congress who are here today, including, maybe just stand up. doug lamborn. hi, doug. ted poe. ted, thank you. don bacon. hi, don. doug collins. miceli.riend, martha i think she could lie of playing better than anybody. she is the real deal

the great air force. thank you. with that, i'd like to invite coach troy calhoun, a great coach, loved by his players. some coaches -- i like this combination much better. a great coach, troy calhoun and congratulations, coach. the >> mr. president, we are overwhelmed with the graciousness of you and your staff. this certainly has been an unbelievable trip for our young men and women who have been able to come along. we are so proud. and only three weeks under your command, they will become commissioned as second lieutenants and our united states air force. what they will bring is courage, integrity, boldness, and unquestionably, their champions before anything else. laser generally, the young men and young women of the united states air force academy. [applause] at this time, we have a couple of mementos we like to leave for the president. i would say this, or commander in chief, you look at our roster, we never have anybody that's ever worn jersey number one during the last nine years. i think we have a new tenant

i also want to welcome the acting secretary of the air force, lisa dispel in the air force chief of staffgeneral david goldfein. thank you. the cadets here represent not only the future of our air force, but also the future of our country. their skill, dedication, loyalty, and patriotism represent the very best of america. thanks especially to the air force academy superintendent, lieutenant general missile stomach dumb economic [applause] developing leaders, character. so many things are developed at the academy, it's really an amazing, amazing job they do. we all join the very proud and distinguished heritage of the long blue line. you know what that is. that's a long, big, beautiful blue line. i would also like to welcome several members of congress who are here today, including maybe just stand up for a second, doug. hi doug. tadpole, ted, thank you ted. don bacon. hi don. doug collins. and my friend, martha makes sally, who by the way can fly a plane better than anybody up here. she likes a certain plane which i'm going to mention in the minute. she likes a certain aircraft, right? t

therefore, is it still the air force is versus only rocket components. would you tell us how you see the government collaborating with industry and fronting the rocket system development and what is your vision of how industry should meet the air force's evaluation criteria? back to you for the question. the air force strategy remains threefold: first of all, it's critical that we remain assured access to face space. the second is that we would like to support competition. we see the benefit of competition in the launch industry. the third aspect of that is we would like to get off the already 180 engine. that strategy remains the same. we are investing in launch services and we don't procure rockets, we cure launch services and that remains the same and is on track. >> general raymond, i understand price is an important consideration. in my expense, other factors are given the cost of many of the payloads and how essential they are to our national security, can you discuss how the air force evaluates and includes in its procurement decisions quality of

the subject line, the future of your air force and someone crimed in perplexed saying that the air force academy is wearing tennis shoes with her class a blues. okay, so first, i was able to trace this photo back to its source. the colorado springs gazette, which is legitimate and in fact, newspaper of records for colorado springs, which is home to the united states air force academy. so, i can verify that this picture is authentic, not staged in a true and accurate representation of what happened last monday, may 15. this little girl is kristen goodone, an took over of the air force academy. the civilian in the picture with her is her wife and they have two little girls. what about this whole thing with her shoes? i connected with the chief of internal operations for the air force academy today. and here's what he told me. general goodwin was wearing authorized low quarter shoes with a high gloss finish. he sent me a section of out manual. low quarters can be worn with the service dress and service uniforms. they may be high gloss or patent finish. so joseph, it's legit, and a big thank

the 15th air force moved to air bases.ith the new bases came a new fighter aircraft, b-51 mustang with its long-range fuel tanks. >> when they introduced the p-51s with the wing tanks, they brought us right into the target area. it gave us a great feeling of having someone helping to protect us. >> that was our savior. that went all the way to the target with us and brought us home. >> the fighter escort gave the boys new confidence. but death or capture was still a constant reality. fresh from the raid on tokyo, newly appointed 8th air force commander lieutenant general doolittle came up with a new strategy. b-24 navigator son of jewish immigrants remembers the briefing. >> he said to us, you men are expendable. your object to knock out the luftwafa. we invade the continent. we don't want any enemy planes in the air. >> so is bombers were basically bait at that phase of the war. >> they routed us through fighter areas where we would bring up fighter planes. >> the boys inside the bombers had to endure the harsh conditions

air force personnel supporting ucom. how many are dedicated to work space issues? two. we do need to integrate space, i agree on that, with air, land, sea and cyber obligations. that's what combatant commanders do. but they're also fighting and winning wars. so how do we integrate this better. to me it starts with people. i'm interested in your perspective. >> thank you. i agree with you, i would like to give more space officers, general officers on the joint staff. the chief is focused on developing joint officers. that's a focus area for us as well. when we look across the enterprise, look at the united states strategic command, we have two space officers working in joint jobs u.s. strategic command. i'm in a joint bill myself as hief commander jfcc space. -- we have reachback authority to get those space effects out to theater. as far as developing joint operations, i think we're doing a pretty good job and that's a focus area going forward. >> i would say you bring up a great point. the challenges we face as a nation today are transregional, if not global. multidomai

air force one coming in. nicole: this is obviously a monumental flight is the first time to have her first fund come from saudi arabia come straight to jerusalem where there is a tarmac. this is part of his trip you continue on after this trip to italy. g7, nato. there is a plain come air force one landed in israel right now. lauren: was mr. that is never done because of diplomatic relations between saudi arabia and israel. the flight on time are relatively close, landing right now in tel aviv. nicole: let's get back to your market check if stockmarket features at the same time as we keep a keen eye on this arrival in israel. looking at stock market futures this morning slightly higher for dow futures. lauren: up 21 points. nicole: 21 points to the upside. lauren: if you look at commodities this morning, we can show you how oily gold are doing at this hour. oil prices are slightly higher. $50.71. go to $1.20. nicole: president trump has been released in his budget tomorrow. reportedly will include some steep

the three arching spires of the air force memorial represent the core values of this noble branch of our armed forces. integrity first. service before self. excellence in all you do. for 70 years the united states air force has embodied those principles. i know each of you will uphold these standards with devotion and dignity throughout your military career. and i know that each of you will continue to make your country proud. they're great people. i met everybody in the oval office. they actually said this is the first time you've been invited into the oval office. and the new england patriots said that last week, that they were not invited in. we invite them into the oval office. i think we should invite them into the oval office, right? don't you think? but we're very, very proud of you, coach. together the five branches of the united states armed forces, army, navy, marines, air force, and coast guard, are the greatest force for peace and justice the world has ever known. believe me, getting stronger and stronger and stronger by the day. one of the reasons that i was elected, one

behalf of the 115th congress, the prayer will be offered high major doug collins, united states air force. >> let us pray. eternal god, we are thankful for this moment of remembrance, for it is in the silence of this hall that we remember the sacrifices of those who laid their life down in service to this country. we remember the brothers and sisters in arms who willingly took on the responsibility and bore the burden of the defense of this country. we are thankful for their sacrifice and remembrance of their families. who saw them leave but did not see them return. i pray we will always remember that measure of devotion and in every moment of silence, we remember that we are here and in great part by their sacrifice that we honor this place on this day, for you have given us strength. always let us have the courage to act upon it as these we remember from every branch of office. we thank you, for it is in your n.me we pray, ame >> since it's founding after the civil war, the observance of memorial day has been a reminder of the cost paid by the men and women of the nation who laid down t

birthday, although as an air force we've been involved this space since the beginning. we've come a long way and done a remarkable job. today there's nothing we do, and i repeat nothing we do as a joint force that isn't enabled by space. integration has been our strength.ig nevertheless, we find ourselvesd at the intersection of high reliance and vulnerability in the space domain. today in no uncertain terms space is a war-fighting domain just like air, land and sea. potential add very sauers are developing capabilities to deny us access to and the benefits of the space domain. let me be very clear, we do not want a conflict that extends into space, but one way to keep that from happening is to make sure that we're preparing for it and be able to fight and win that conflict if it were to occur. i think it shouldn't be lost on anybody that our space program is the envy of the world. my near-term priorities are fourfold. first, in partnership with betty sa be pp, operationalize and provide with a command and control capability necessary to operate in a contested domain. se

air force all present. coast guard all present. >> today's ceremony will feature six wreaths representing army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard and those missing in action. representing the united states army, brigadier general steve siver, and major tulsi gabbard. >> representing the united states marine corps, lt. general jack bergmann, and colonel al cook. >> representing the united states navy, commander tim murphy and lieutenant commander peel olsen. -- pete olsen. representing the united states air force brigadier general donald bacon and major adam kinzinger. representing the united states coast guard, ralph abraham and seaman steve blainye. to represent those held captive or still unaccounted for, command sergeant major tim walls and colonel joe wilson, united states army. ladies and gentlemen, we will now observe a moment of silence, followed by "taps." [moment of silence] detail, attention. [playing of "taps"] ♪ ladies and gentlemen, that concludes today's sorry money. thank you for att

we can see air force one pulling up.e should note the plane that landed a short while ago, that seemed to be the advanced plane for the president and this, we believe is the actual air force one plane that has landed. i would say a few yards off the end of that arriving red carpet. and andrea, you know, let's talk a little bit about the opportunity of possibly jump starting the peace process. we've been talking about them being stalled for several years. especially when the prime minister was visiting, he says he doesn't care if it's a two state, a one state, as long as the two sides agree to it. do we have a sense of what the american administration, particularly the trump presidency, what their vision is for a peaceful solution between the israelis and palestinians? have they articulated anything behind the skicenes on what the would like to see the final outcome look like? >> they have been taking it from different direction. their vision is not to do the israeli/palestinian peace deal first. but to do the arab relati

air force one is taxiing down the runway, we're seeing it air force one, president net in the there withis wife sara waiting to -- president netanyahu there with his wife sara waiting to greet the president. >> "dancing with the stars" finale is this week, alicia vitarelli is in los angeles. >> reporter: it was one of the most shocking eliminations on "dancing with the stars." now just three celebrities remain in the fight for the coveted mirror ball trophy. the singer has found herself on top of the leaderboard all season long. she is considered the odds on favorite to win it all. are a shod jennings has topped leaderboard this season, but he has yet to see the perfect score and mlb catcher david ross has yet to score a ten from any judge all season long, can he step it up enough to win it all. the big two night finale gets started tonight at 8:00 p.m. on 6 abc. in hollywood alicia vitarelli channel 6 "action news." >> after "dancing with the stars," the new season of the bachelorette kicks off at 9:00 p.m. rachel lindsey will meet three eligible batch -- bachelors. she was a fan favori

representative collins of georgia, who is a chaplain in the air force, gave the prayer. this is about 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, on behalf the united states house of representatives 115th congress, welcome to today's reath laying ceremony. mr. collins: eternal god, we are thankful nor moment of remembrance for it is in the silence of this hall that we remember the sacrifices of those who have laid their life down in service to this country. we remember the brothers and the sisters in arms who willingly took on the responsibility and the burden of the defense of this country. we are thankful for their sacrifice and remembrance of their families. who saw them leave but did not see them return. i pray that we will always remember that measure of devotion and that in every moment of silence we remember that we are here in great part by their sacrifice that we honor in this place on this day. for you have given us strength. let us have the courage to act upon it. as these we remember from every branch of service. it is in your name we pray, amen. >> since its foundi

and the air force chief of staff general david goldfeind. you. the cadets here represent not only the future of our air force, but also the future of our country. their skill, dedication, loyalty and patriotism represent the very best of america. thanks especially to the air force academy superintendent and for your outstanding service. you have been truly outstanding and we appreciate it so much. developing leaders, character, i mean, so many things are developed at the academy. it's really an amazing, amazing job they do. we all join the very proud and distinguished heritage of the long blue line. you know what that is, fellows. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's a long big beautiful blue line. i would also like to welcome several members of congress who are here today, including maybe just stand up for a second, doug lamborn. hi, doug. ted poe. thank you, ted. don bacon. hi, don. doug collins. and my friend martha mcsally who by the way i think can fly a plane better than anybody up here. she's the real deal. she's tough. she likes a certa

wilson understands the air force's tremendous responsibility in keeping americans safe and will be guided by the core values of the force. integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all that the air force does. mr. president, i could not be happier for my friend, dr. heather wilson. i wish her and her husband, jay, the best of luck. south dakota school of mines and technology is losing an asset, but i am confident that the new era of excellence heather helped usher in leaves the school well positioned to remain a foremost engineering science and research institution. we are proud of heather's continued success and trust that she will represent us well as the 24th secretary of the air force. i would like to thank my colleague, chairman mccain, for his work to advance dr. wilson's nomination through the senate armed services committee and for granting me the opportunity to introduce dr. wilson at her confirmation hearing. it was my honor to endorse her before the committee and to cast my vote in support of her nomination this evening. i am glad that the senate has advanced anot

. >> air force? >> all present. >> coast guard? >> all present. >> today's ceremony will feature six wreaths representing the army, navy, air force, -- representing the united states army, the brigadier general in the major toby that's -- and major toby. >> representing the united states marine corps, general jack burton. >> representing the united states navy, commander tim burton. >> representing the united states air force, brigadier general and major adam kinzinger. >> representing the united states coast guard, ralph abraham and seaman steve blaney. >> to represent those held -- >> to represent those held captive or still unaccounted for, major tim walz and colonel joe wilson, united states army. >> ladies and gentlemen, we will now observe a moment of silence, followed by "taps." plays] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, that includes today's ceremony -- that concludes today's ceremony. thank you for attending. announcer: tonight on c-span, we will take you to arlington national cemetery, where president trump observed memorial day

the three arching spires of the air force memorial represent the core values of this noble branch of r armed forces. integrity first, service before self, excellence in all you do. for 70 years the united states air force has embodied those principles. i know each of you will uphold these standards with devotion and dignity throughout your military career. and i know that each of you will coinue to make your country proud. their great people. i met everybody in the oval office. they actually said this is the first time you've been invited into the oval office. actually the new england patriots said that last week, they were not invited in but we invite them into the oval office. i think we should invite them into the oval office, right, don't you think? [applause] we're very, very proud of you coach. together the five branches of the united states armed forces, army, navy, marines, air force and coast guard, are the greatest force for peace and justice the world has ever known. and believe me, getting stronger and stronger and stronger by the day. one of the reasons that i was elected

kelly: vice president mike pence is at the air force base just outside in ohio speaking to honor the us armed forces. let's listen in. >> to all the men and women of the united states air force and your families. it is an honor to be here with all of you today. my wife was born on an air force base and you'll be glad to know that as her father served in uniform. we are so proud of you all and grateful to be here. on this special day, in the special place, really, as i said before, i'm here on president trump's behalf. he's on the other side of the world simply to say thank you. the good book tells us that respect and respect. today is merely one more installment on behalf of the american people on a debt of honor and the debt of gratitude that will never be able to fully repay to all of you serve. i can't think of a better place to celebrate armed forces day than here. just two days from now, i'm told, right field will celebrate its 100 birthday and since 1948, air force base has been crucial to the united states security and national defense. in fact, today the research and developme

the air force coast guard. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> remember. take the position left and right. your attention -- at that point you pull out. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> everybody return to your spot. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> air force come forward. next person. [inaudible conversations] >> coast guard ready. >> start marching through with the wreath. >> these are life pictures from statuary hall in the us capital where shortly three members of congress are hosting a memorial day wreathlaying ceremony. still some work being done getting the ceremony together. they are practicing. it appears pennsylvania republican tim murphy, a commander in the us naval reserve, is in charge. commander in the naval reserve, democrat tulsi gabbard and steve russell will be taking part this

and a five-year air force-wide violence prevention strategy. cadets will receive this training starting this summer. and we have made significant strides in the athletic department where each of our intercollegiate athletic teams participates in small groups healthy relationships program. victim care is a fundamental priority and we have built a robust safety net for our victims regardless of when or where the misconduct took place even if it was before they came to the air force academy. 38% of reports in 2016 were of incidents prior to military service. it includes medical care, counsellors, chaplains, peerport, law enforcement investigation and a special victims council. a victims' advocacy there for support. we want all victims to get the help and care they need so they can continue on the selfless ambitious paths that brought them to our academy and reach their fullest potential as leaders of character in our air force. thank you for your time and i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you, lieutenant, general johnson, dr. va

and i enlisted in the air force because i couldn't get to the air force academy or through pilot -- or through officer school. and so i worked my way up from the bottom using general daniel chappie jones as my here row, first black four-star general in the air force. so when i got to united and had an encounter with a captain that asked me do we have white pilots anymore, and he had notice that there was more black pilots getting hired. >> hold on. hold the phone. this is a white pilot asking you. >> yes. >> do we hire anymore white pilots? >> right. i was on a probationary check ride and i said i think so and i went ahead and done my job. come to find out this white pilot was from my hometown of america's georgia, and his family owned a restaurant that we couldn't eat in. >> no way. >> yes, sir. >> that's a small world. >> yes. >> you went ahead and did your job as black foal being have been doing this for years. you keep your head down and you do your work. >> yeah. >> but how emotionally did you process that as your welcome to the company? >> well, i told myself a long time ago grow

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