we have the greatest air force the world has ever seen. because their number one mission when they come to work every day, is air dominance, to be the best air dominant force on the planet. you can't have two number one missions. the fact is space is one of several collateral missions that are subordinate and will always be subordinate as long as they're in the air force. that's the problem i have. if you want to make space, space professionals, the best they can be, they need to come to work every day, knowing space dominance is the number one mission thark mission. that culture can only be bred if we segregate them, properly resource them, educate and develop them so they can meet these new challenges. the fact is when i first came here along with mr. turner 15 years ago, space was not that integral in war fighting. today it is absolutely integral. just like it is in our commercial lives if you've got a hand-held phone you look at, you're using space when you use that phone. if you put your debit card or credit card in a gas pump, you're

the air force's number one priority remains people. growing in strength is crucial for readiness recovery and readiness depends on the contributions of the total force, active, guard and reserve. our request grows total force strength to approximately 502,000. a total force increase of 5800 from fy '17. it increases the active duty force by 4100 with an increase of 1700 for the guard and reserve. this budget begins to address the pilot shortage by adding training capacity in our formal training units while also increasing our incentive pay structure. it will provide serge to support two new f-16 training units and other initiatives to increase pilot production and training. we will also increase pilot retention bonuses from 25 to 35,000 per year, the first increase since 1999. this budget will allow us to continue our progress in tackling maintain manpower shortfalls while also addressing critical capability gaps and critical career fields such as nuclear, cyber, and the rpa enterprise. to help with retention, we will continue to offer

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we'll only empower it by empowering the air force, funding the air force. we're doing this coming off sequestration, what a great message we have, these are our new priorities, we're going to create a new service branch. and obviously, the just the minimum out sha that will be required for establishing this is burdensome and something we need to consider that should be undertaken in a study. emblems, uniforms, how people report to each other. all of this is are issues that i think bear more than a meeting and they bear more than just discussions in a subcommittee of the armed services. we've not had secretary mat toys te mattis here to tell us what this means. if you read the bill it requires that the person who become the space corps join the joint chiefs of staff. we're expanding the president's joint chiefs of staff. we should hear from the secretary of defense as to whether or not the joint chiefs of staff need to be expanded. to establish a service branch. now, i can tell you as you all probably know that the secretary wilson, secretary of the air forc

peterson air force base. representative coffman, already also in the colorado delegation supports me in this. we just recently learned that the complete divestment of the 200 air lift squadrons, 20 military members and two c-21 aircraft after reaching air force's budget justification attached to the president's budget. we received no notifications, phone calls, briefings, or otherwise on this, and the 200 air lift squadron at peterson provides secure, priority air lift of military and civilian leaders, which would have to be, i guess, farm out to private vendors, sensitive cargo air lift for norad's defense targeting mission, and all to save $482,000, and i'm convinced, mr. chairman, this someone of the cases where the military is making a penny wise and count foolish decision because to save $482,000, you're going to lose twenty pilots, experienced pilots, and we have a huge pilot shortage in the air force and guard and to lose 20 of them for a very modest savings is, to me, penny wise and count foolish. i'm

air forces and also the russian air force and hitting each other and this of course came after sunday when the u.s. shot down a syrian fighter jet and that has prompted russia to announce that any coalition airplane flying on the west of the euphrates river or potentially targets that could be tracked down here's exactly what the ministry of defense said any aircraft belonging to the u.s. led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river with the russian air forces operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems well that statement certainly sounds threatening but bear in mind the russia also made it very clear that no coalition play will be shot down automatically that everything will be decided on a case by case basis and action we only be taken if a coalition airplane poses a threat to russian aircrafts another thing to bear in mind is that on sunday's incident is barely the first time that the u.s. has attacked syrian government forces in fact there been four attacks in the past three months and the u.s. actions in syria certainly raise concerns w

he was at the air force base six hours away but he said he would be there. he wanted him to meet a married heterosexual, an aclu, attorney. he was defending people who were being kicked out of the military. now he was devoting himself to helping vietnam vets get up grades on less than honorable discharge which not only robbed them of veteran benefits but saddled them with life time stigma. as soon as he meets him, he understands this is the ideal case. he instructs him to write a letter to his superior saying i am a homosexual and i want to stay in the service and that was followed by a move to discharge him, he was kicked out of the military and the aclu and the others who joined the case took it first to the military court and they upheld the decision to dismiss him from the federal court. they took it to the federal court, this was 1978, and he won. the federal court ordered to military to reinstate him. rather than reinstate him, the military decided to offer him a huge amount of money. in today's money it was approximately $3 million. he decided if he h

led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river with the russian air forces operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems well that's taking a certainly sounds threatening but bear in mind the russia also made it very clear that no coalition play will be shot down automatically that everything will be decided on a case by case basis and action we only be taken if a coalition airplane poses a threat to russian aircrafts another thing to bear in mind is that on sunday's incident is barely the first time that the u.s. has attacked syrian government forces in fact there have been four attacks in the past three months and the u.s. actions in syria certainly raise concerns with the u.n. it does bring up a broadly or deep concern of the risk of possible miscalculation and escalation in the conflict in syria so essentially what we're seeing here is the potential fallout between coalition partners as straightly its latest position clearly show that some of us allies. do not feel safe in syria international relations professor jamal wakim told us that austr

my name is thomas, and i teach a course for the air force. i thought of asking you to compare what you've done to michael orrin's book, but i think you pretty well explained the differences there. you might want to comment. anyway, i do have a question. you referred to the cia, and there's always this unanswered question of the attack on the liberty. there have been various explanations offered, none of them seem particularly convincing. i'd ask you to address it. and if you'd like to compare the or run book d orrin book to yours, i'd appreciate it. i think your sources sound very good, by the way. >> thank you. so it's a good deon the french role -- question on the french role in the crisis. it's a common misconception to assume that israel won the war thanks to american weapon system. it's not -- israeli victory in the six day war was manufactured in west europe. two-thirds of the tanks in in the israeli armored brigades, there were 1,000 tanks in the idf at the time, and i'll remember this information for a couple of years, and then i'll f

the plan for the egyptians, code-named the dawn, called for a surprise aerial strike by the air force, to knock out all of israel's vital installations. the railroad, the port, oil refineries, the power grid, army bases, that paralyzed the country. and when it was left powerless, the ground forces, thousands of tanks would come across the border in breakthrough defenses and go north until they had linked up with the jordanian border and cut the country in half. it was the brainchild of the de facto chief of the egyptian army. man.e was also a colorful philandererfamous and substance abuser. given by egyptian standards he had raised the political corruption to a new art level. disastrously in the 1956 war with israel, catastrophically in the egypt intervention. he was looking for a way to regain his reputation and he seized on this as providing that type of vehicle. and he proved that the operation could work. on may 18 and economic 4, 1967, he sent fighters over the israeli border to photograph the most sensitive strategic site, the nuclear reactor. the israeli army fired missiles at

the air force asked for 858 million. the army for 820 million. what is the explanation for the committee, and how should we accept over the budget request is adequate when the services are asking for so much. and really, it has been a great description by the congresswoman that we are in a holding pattern and so, we want to work with you. how quickly can we get this done? >> it's not sufficient to address all the shortfalls that grew over the years. i would be the first to admit that. and if the congress sees fit to give us enough money to do all that, then we could probably do it a lot faster. but for me to give you an estimate would take a lot of analysis and a firm stable budget horizon that we have not enjoyed in a decade. >> thank you very much again for all of you being here tonight. >> thank you mr. chairman. i'm not sure when the secretary said he kept others up at night he quite had this in mind. [laughter] mr. secretary, please know that the war fighters in my district in northwest florida are as proud of you as i'm searching you are of

the end capability of what it can do is what the air force is interested in. that is forcing design and strategic decisions on what they want to carry. host: we have a rendering from your article. what is wrong with the current drones the military is using? guest: range. most of the problems come from range. the air force likes to go into places, even if they are defended by ground launch missiles or other aircraft, and strike targets on the ground. that can be enabled with drones. they are great at spying ahead, looking down at whatever the target is going to be, clearing the way, making sure the radar system of the enemy do not shoot at demand airplanes. drones are great at doing that. airplanes have to carry them in because the range has been so limited. that is where it is going. air-launched drones are the next, new big thing. what they look for is very much up for debate. world are around the actively researching a slew of different designs which makes it very interesting for journalists to cover. host: it also strikes me disposable drones could be partic

training, error and missile defense systems in air force modernization. part of the training provided to saudi arabia will be on subjects such as avoiding civilian casualties. more important, as the counters isil coalition makes -- they are bridge through iraq and into syria. the land bridge could ultimately extend to lebanon and improve irans support for his bluff.t of now is not the time to undermine our critical error i ally in the critical middle eastern world. >> i take the floor today strenuously argue against the proposition being pushed by senator paul and murphy and others to deny arms sales of about $500 million to the kingdom of saudi arabia. the package they're trying to exclude from the 110 billion-dollar arms deal is precision guided munitions that would be used by the f-15s and the package of joint attract munitions, laserguided bombs and aircraft, the bottom line the package we're talking about, precision weapons that the saudi air force and militaries could use and operations against f iran's proxy and yemen and other rights and that the

welcome to the air force base. >> all right.35 first-hand you can get a sense of what a game changer this plane is, but is it worth the billion dollars price tag? >> the most basic cost benefit of the airplane is its survivability. you can spend a lot of money on a cheaper airplane and you are going to die. and that's just as bold as i can be. war is an ugly business. and when we want to fly these fighters, we want not only just to go in and do our mission, we want to bring the airplane and the pilot home alive. >> that was jon scott reporting. thank you very much, very exciting stuff. >>> a new invention by a young air force grad could soon make a difference on overseas battles. >> this is what we have been using. >> it doesn't look that intimidating. >> no, of course not. >> it is really unassuming. >> how this new breakthrou my belly pain and constipation? i could build a small city with all the over-the-counter products i've used. enough! i've tried enough laxatives to cover the eastern seaboard. i've climbed a mount everest

led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river with the russian air forces operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems russia also made it very clear that no u.s. led coalition would airplane would be automatically shot down the everything will be decided on a case by case basis that they will only take action if the coalition aircraft pose a threat to russian planes but bear in mind that this is not the first time the u.s. has attacked probably syrian government forces in fact there has been four attacks over the past three months and their actions have certainly raised concerns with the u.n. here's what they said. it does bring up broadly or deep concern of the risk of possible miscalculation and escalation in the conflict in syria so essentially what we're seeing here is a potential fall out between u.s. led coalition partners with australia now halting airstrikes and clearly show that some his allies may feel threatened are not safe because in u.s. actions you know it will things they are going to comment on this afternoon as well thanks fo

ob., he does a hell of a j he is a great air force tactician. is this picture kind of depicts, he makes friends with and gets in tight with chang kai-shek and madam chang kai-shek. and that is a good thing great madam chang kai-shek went to wellesley, spoke better english than i do, and was very charismatic. and she made a difference when she came to the united states and met with american politicians. but we will build over the next several years a chinese air force that is pretty damn good because of him. i guess absolutely hammered in 1937. he will moved to southwest of to setupng --chongqing the new school. there's another guy you might've heard of by the name of evans carlson, united states or in court. according to some in the united states marine corps, he was just a communist. as a captain, he is in charge of detachment down in georgia. when he gets done with his time there, he gets the opportunity to add for president for the next assignment. he says, i would love to go to china and i would like to see what the communist are doing. and

air force you've got the syrian air force that's likely where things will escalate more than the even on the ground but they need to take out these terrorist groups inside syria and that will help everybody at least going to mediate some kind of of a ceasefire for the entire syrian country well it's also look at recent history the u.s. a stepped up its fight against the syrian armed forces you think that israel perhaps has felt emboldened by that. well again knowing israel and how they prepare i would think they're not looking for risky lation because there's worries of the war inside of syria today and i know i don't think is really wants to be a part of that in terms of fighting within syria you know it's a matter of protection of your borders shells landed in syria i mean and inside israel and they took action against those launchers so i think that's all it is it does not i would make more out of the than it is and when you get that full volley u.s. army retired general thank you very much and if your time thank you. well syria's also recently been hit by the u.s. on monday moscow

are united states air force and who put the bills for these junkets? the american taxpayer. we pay almost $200,000 for every hour that air force one is in operation and to date we have 44 trips. if you want to compare that to president obama's tenure at its not even close over the same time. math. in the past we happily accepted it and we have never had a president who spent 40% of this day hopping between his own properties from his beachfront property in mar-a-lago all across the country. this is a man who campaigned i'm going to be working for you. particularly ironic that president trump has played well over 200 rounds of golf at his own clubs of course after only one term in office. given this unending pattern of expensive and unethical travel the very least that we can do as members of this committee is to make invisibility or for the money to ensure trump makes tee times. i hope every member who claims to care about fiscal responsibility would join us in supporting this important amendment as the process moves forward if we have a right to oversight. we have a right t

air force, marriott was discharged from his job as an am in today, friday afternoon. it stems from being six minutes late for a meeting he called for with his commander. because of his lateness, he was court-martialed and has what is equivalent to a misdemeanor on his record. that will make it difficult for the sole breadwinner of this family to find a civilian job. >> it takes a toll with responsibility, it takes a toll with your reputation and ultimately your finances. >> this is a man who dreamed of retiring for the air force like his father. he comes from a long military background. >> my goal was actually to be a kernel or comanche it feels surreal in a sense that's not going to happen. he had been stationed at lakers for seven years i spoke with him out of his office in hammonton new jersey he requested a meeting with his commander because he felt like he was being mistreated. i was trying to do the docs work that day and i had some folks under me that i had to supervise i was aware of the meeting and i became that i wanted to call ahead. >> maria was court-mart

said the idea will be opposed by the services just as the army and navy five for the idea of an air force. the sooner or later, sense tells us we'll end up with a specialized force in the combat zone. as opposed to borrowing from people from the current services without the needed skill set and who remain bound by rigid career progression of the existing services that have little to do with cyber security mission. we should explore the merits of a dedicated cyber source. a separate standard might have different pay, different pay scales and benefits an appropriate career progression and all the other incentives, and opportunities that current services cannot provide at this time due to statutory human resource requirement. we must maintain a competitive advantage against our adversaries in all aspects to include the cyber domain alongside the air, ground, and see. for instance, china's competing hard with us and is now considered a near. cyber capabilities. we cannot let them take the advantage. we must be less reactionary and more proactive in strengthening the cyber defense of both our

base -- traverse air force base.is locked down to what the basis calling a security incident. there are reports of an active shooter on the base. live aerials of a plane that looks like it is circling around. officials say details are sketchy. police are investigating. the lockdown comes the same day they were conducting exercises. this is a real incident. >> we are learning a civilian who answered the phone, and not giving a lot of details saying they don't know what is happening. that these official is asking for the public to stay away to ensure any emergency responders can do what they need to do. this is something we will continue to follow. traverse air force base on lockdown tonight. there are reports of an active shooter. we will follow as the day goes on.>>> workplace shootings have become very commonplace across the country. we will talk with a former fbi agent about what goes into an investigation such as the magnitude of what happened in san francisco.>>> in weather, prepping for heat watch and portions o

we pay almost $200,000 for every hour that air force one is an operation and to date we have 44 trips. if you want to compare that to president obama isn't even close or the same time period. in the past the american people happily accepted it but we've never had a president who spent nearly 40% of his days hopping between his own properties as you can see again from this chart. from his property to the various gulf ports all across the country. this is a man who says i'm going to be working for you. i'm not going to have time to play golf. it's ironi ironic president trus played over 200 rounds of golf at his own clubs of course after only one term in office. get this unending expensive and unethical travel to the very least that we can do as members of this committee is to maintain visibility over the money and military spending to ensure that he makes his times. every member of that claims to care about this responsibility will join us in supporting this important amendment as the process moves forward. we have a right to oversight on the expenditures of the air force and certainly

a couple of interesting stories, this want of russia threatening the raf in us air force jets after ana p pa re ntly force jets after an american jet apparently attacked a syrian plane. that's right. all getting very located isn't it rushed up i won't pretend to be an expert but it was a syrian jet brought down by an americanjet. syrian jet brought down by an american jet. the first time in americans have bought down a foreign jet since kosovo. to write it off as the raf being under threat as a big extreme. there was a suggestion that the russians will be tracking planes. it goes back to this problem that russia is there with the syrian airforce, that russia is there with the syrian air force, cooperating that russia is there with the syrian airforce, cooperating with that russia is there with the syrian air force, cooperating with the syrian government. we and the americans have certain preferred partners who are in the opposition, but there are other groups that neither the russians or the americans are very keen on. the americans are very keen on. the americans on the british are a

from the first move which was wiping out the arab air force, two armored warfare israelis, you have togive them credit. they were real professionals in the israeli army. it's not just me talking, it's the cia. the cia set all the time egyptian forces were in a defensive posture they don't have a chance in the world to win against israel. if the israelis attack, it will win in a week. if israel attacks, it'll win in a week. that's what the cia said and that's what they wrote in a memo that they delivered to lyndon johnson. i don't think the arabs have done it. >> a call on unicycle. let me ask what you do that in your talk about the issue of sources. talk about the sources that went into that you consulted for this book and perhaps, talk about the areas where the evidence was fragmentary and thin ice, perhaps. >> okay. i regret the fact that i didn't have more time or internal security documents because those would have been valuable. i don't think i'll ever see them. i think they are waiting to be declassified and when the date arrives they shred them, that's what i was told. i didn't

at the reagan's, they were literally putting in an old air force one and i was just curious, how did something like that, do they buy that? i am curious. guest: yeah, about 13 years ago, the reagan library opened an addition to the building that includes the air force one that ronald reagan used and seven other presidents. it was 90,000 square feet. it is on long-term lease from the patterson air force base museum that has all the other aircraft, except that one. that room also has marine one helicopter and also has what i consider to be the most interesting and odd artifact in a presidential library n. 1984, the reagan's stopped by valley, ireland for a goodwill visit and had a drink at the o'farrell's pub. the reagan foundation bought the pub after it went under and they rebuilt it inside the air force one pavilion. and under glass like holy relic, there are glasses and bottles used for the reagan's visit. host: focusing on the reagan library. c-span visited many libraries over the years n. 1999, c-span had a chance to tour the reagan library with nancy reagan, here is a bit from t

there were proposals from the air force, navy and army. the air force was focused on icbms. was byy proposal von braun,.r in the 1950's my dad started in 1952.n this the navy one which surprised the navy. the technical had said they had a rocket and we don't. the navy had to work on the three stage rocket. the first stage which was a upgraded viking. do not confuse liking with the nasa program from the 70's. this was at upper atmospheric research. they upgraded the viking at the first stage and new rockets for the second and third state. tnik iniets launched spu 1957. it was the first satellite. the person who dubbed it project vanguard was in paris when the satellite lost. they wondered if the soviets atomic bomb on this icbm, then the soviets launched sputnik two. the first three stage test of vanguard called tv three. eisenhower's administration would launch a satellite into orbit. which horrified the people at project vanguard that there was a low probability of working. launchpad it the lost three feet off of the path. it blew up on national tv. the satellite that my da

the bottom line, the package we're talking about, the precision weapons that the saudi air force and military could use in operations against iran's proxy in yemen and other threats that the kingdom faces. the flaws of the saudi government are real. they are known to me, but my friends on the other side, particularly senator paul, constantly put saudi arabia and iran on the same thing. i think that is a very unwise analysis to suggest that saudi arabia is as bad as i ran. it is just missing the point big-time. the iranian theocracy is the most destabilizing force in the mideast. they have aggressively pursued military action through proxies and directly been involved in military action in syria. iran's efforts to dominate iraqw lebanon, syria, and now human, have to be pushed back. here's what secretary mattis said about this proposal. i asked in the question, how would i ran view passage of this proposal limiting precision guided weapons to saudi by the congress? i believe iran would be appreciative of not selling these weapons to saudi arabia. that's pretty direct. iran would be re

our united states air force. who foots the bill? the american taxpayer. we pay almost $200,000 for every hour air force one is in operation. to date we have 44, 44 trips. if you want to compare that to president obama, it's not even close over the same time period. in the past that was an expense of the american people happily accepted. we've never had a president to a spent nearly 40% of his days hopping between his own properties as you can see again from the chart come from us probably in mar-a-lago to his various golf courses all across the country. this is a menu promised in 2015 i'm going to be working for you. i'm not going to have time to play golf. particularly ironic that president trump's on track to play with well over two what rounds of golf at his own clubs of course after only one term in office. given this o unending pattern of expensive and unethical travel, the very least that we can do as members of this committee is to maintain visibility over the money that our military spending to ensure that trump makes his teatime. i hope every mem

six or seven countries have committed their air force is to strikes on the half of iraqi and syrian forces fighting the islamic state and will continue to do so. that is part of what we get from the leadership that we take internationally. countries are willing to commit to help us, and nato is very much considers itself in the terrorist struggle -- and the struggle against terrorism. host: what do you expect to happen on thursday? i/o my diplomatic career to not making irreconcilable -- i owe my diplomatic career to not making irreconcilable forecast, but i agree with stephen are longer that -- with steve or longer -- steven organizethat they will the government and i think her steadfast support, as i have said, channeling her in a margaret thatcher, is in this they of tragedy will help her in that regard. host: thank you for stopping by. with the grandow corporation serving as the international vice president and a representative in a number of countries, including grace. the story from london -- the death toll at 7,

air force reconnaissance plane above the baltic sea. the pentagon saying the russian jet was flying erraticly and unsafely as officials try to diffuse tensions with russia after u.s. forces downed a syrian fighter jet over the weekend. state department trying to reestablish communication channels with the kremlin. >> we'll work diplomatically to reestablish deconfliction. the russian federation has indicated their purpose in syria, like ours, is to defeat isis and we'll see if that's true here in the coming hours. >> bill: moscow is threatening to target u.s. and coalition planes that fly into certain parts of syria. watch that story. more coming up. >> shannon: fax news alert at british police identify the suspect connected to the van attack outside a london mosque. 47-year-old darren osborne is the father of four who drove a van into a crowd of muslims as they were leaving a mosque early yesterday. now he is being held on suspicion of attempted murder and alleged terror offenses. good morning, benjamin. what do we know more about this

they talk so the air force general and said tell us about the future of the air force. he explains we will have stealth fighters in space this, and all this kind of stuff we will have. i'm reassured because i want to be in a country that has that air force. it sounded very good. in the navy admiral says we will have undersea this and stealth and these kind of things. i want that kind of maybe. i'm feeling good because i like what the air force guy set in the navy got. ok, perkins. you are the future guy for the army. tell us about the future. what they really wanted me to do was what? predict the future. they said sometimes you army guys are shortsighted. we want you to look out 50 years. look out 50 years and basically predict the future of what is going to happen. i paused for a moment. one of my previous times in the army i have done stuff with media. they teach you if you're in an interview and some he asks you a question and it's a tough question, just respond with another question. as we say in the army -- ok, perkins, predict the future 50 years from now. i pause

from the first point was wiping out the air force to armored warfare. and you have to give them credit. those were really professionals in the israeli army. so it's not just me talking. is the cia. the cia said all the time egyptian forces are in posture. they don't have a chance in the world to win against israel. if israel attacks it will win in one week. it doesn't matter that is with the cia said. that is what they wrote in a memo that they delivered. so i do not think that they could have tenant. >> thank you. let me ask a little bit about you already hinted in your talk about the sources. talk with us more about the sources that went into that you consulted for this book and talk about what are some of the areas where the evidence still very frightened terry where one on thin ice perhaps. >> okay. so i regret the fact that i did not have general security documents because those would have been valuable.don't think i will ever see them. i think there waiting to be declassified.when the date arrives it will simply shred them that is what i was simply

air force. president reagan is visiting berlin to help celebrate its 750th anniversary and hopes to gorbachev toael tear down the wall. he returns from a successful summit in venice, it literally -- italy. the 40th reagan is chief executive and has been here before. with today's visit we look back on history. we start with the first such trip in 1945. residential trips have not always seen the fanfare created by media. u.s. residentirst to visit berlin, president harry arrived ineventfully -- he, winston churchill, and josef stalin would decide the fate of germany. u.s.ag raising ceremony at headquarters in berlin, what is now known as clay compound. in that speech truman said "we are not fighting for conquest. andant a peace prosperity for the world. if we can put this to work for p's we could look at the greatest age of history for mankind." a blockade in 1948 and 49 proved futile in light of air operations. , it came the berlin wall was with desperate hope and overwhelming warmth that berline

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fox has is the story of the air force's firing party. >> ceremonial guards man >> the air force lost n a dozen air men during deployment since 2016. according to the honor guard scheduling office. >> rain or shine, the guards men present during a family's last good-bye >> there's no bigger honor than sacrificing your life for our country, those individuals deserve to be honored and i felt like this is the best way to do it >> gar fine said performing is an honor. it can have an emotional toll >> i heard a little girl crying. she was asking if that was her daddy. it broke something inside of me but it definitely did hurt. this was somebody's father. >> reporter: part of the mission. >> it's one of these things you have to do your very best and perform at the highest of standards to show that you want to honor this fallen individual >> those left behind are presented a flag to sprays the member's service and many go out of their way to express gratitude. mary sent a letter in april saying i wish i could have spoken to each and every one of you personally and thank you for participating.

an eye in the sky for firefighters coming up how drone technology is part of the firefightering air force. >>> meteorologist jeff rainy nothing but blue skies from back towards half moon bay track ago cooler weekend forecast i'll let you know when the clouds roll back in at 5:20 tonight. >>> caught on camera, suspected car thief in action. livermore police say this surveillance video shows a man stealing a work truck loaded with tools. one of more than 150 cars stolen in the city just this year. nbc bay area jodi hernandez is live in livermore tonight with details on what police call a rising trend in the city. jodi. >> reporter: that's right, janelle. i'll tell you it wasn't tough at all to find victims. it seems everyone here in livermore knows somebody who has had a car stolen. in fact last week nine cars stolen in just one week. >> we've been here 16 years. so never had any incidents. >> andrew means says he and his family have always felt safe in the livermore neighborhood until now. early tuesday morning thieves broke into his house where the family was asleep. he says they took a n

led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river with the russian air forces operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems well that statement certainly sounds threatening but bear in mind the russia also made it very clear that no coalition play will be shot down automatically that everything will be decided on a case by case basis and action we only be taken if a coalition airplane poses a threat to russian aircrafts so essentially what we're seeing here is a potential fallout between coalition partners as straightly as latest decision clearly show that some of us allies do not feel safe in syria. right well let's try and talk about some of the ramifications of this now with middle eastern affairs commentator and writer abdel bari atwan and joins us now welcome back to r.t. how significant is this development of shooting down a second drone it's a third craft in light of all that's happened this week. it is extremely dangerous . this kind. american determination to shoot down syrian warplanes or draws this determination means that they are ignori

army and navy and air force and how much it costs to support that as part of our contribution to nato. it is measured in terms of defense expenditures as a proportion of gdp and our defense expenditures as a proportion of gdp is about 3%. the german total expenditures on their own defense, their own army and air force is about 1.3% of their gdp. other countries, the british contribute to percent, the 3%, andpend more than that's because of different perceptions of risk. perceptions of security risk. ago,les, two plus years all the members of nato agreed unanimously to move to at least spending 2% of gdp on defense. many european countries are ,ither meeting that standard maybe six or seven have met that standard and the rest are moving to that standard. host: joining us from san diego. caller: i have always been surprised at how little europe has spent on its own defense. i am grateful president trump pulled out of the paris accord because i felt underlying it was economics, this whole idea that the west owes the debt -- owes a debt to part of the world and i was so moved by theresa m

air forces and also the russian air force and hitting each other and this of course came after sunday when the u.s. shot down a syrian fighter jet and that has prompted russia to announce that any call this an airplane flying on the west of the euphrates river are potentially targets that could be tracked down here's exactly what the ministry of defense said any aircraft belonging to the u.s. led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river where the russian air force is operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems well that statement certainly sounds threatening but bear in mind that russia also made it very clear that no coalition play will be shot down automatically that everything will be decided on a case by case basis and action we only be taken if a coalition airplane poses a threat to russian aircrafts so essentially what we're seeing here is the potential fallout between coalition partners as straightly as latest decision clearly show that some of us allies do not feel safe in syria. and let's get the views now of military analysts come o

on the important tans of the marines, navy, the air force. as the chairman said we need to get this right and make this strategic and not tactical and if we don't get it right we will be paying for it the next 50 years. i talked to secretary mattis about this. we look forward to working with you because it needs to be military, executive branch and this committee and the congress to make sure we get that right. i want to mention, i look forward continuing to working with you and the other service chiefs on this important initiative to get in our specific forces correct because a lot of us don't think it has been optimized and some think it was static for decades and we want to work with you on that. admiral richardson, i want to talk about the arctic. the department of defense in january this year came out with a new arctic strategy and directed by this committee and the congress. much better than the old one and talks about opening sea lanes and lines of communication and commerce, transportation, protecting the sovereignty of the arctic, re

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