were there any american ground forces involved or was this all air activity at this time? say that again where they're american ground forces if a lamps on 719. yeah, no lamps on 79 was just total vietnamese ground job the us army helicopters only supposed supposed to put the people in so we but simpson wasn't ready and crandall wasn't ready. but newman said they got to go so we deployed a caisson. and butch simpson, it's in my diary that that's published and stars and stripes. which simpson lasts maybe four days crandall, maybe six days and i've lived with that but i always wondered whether i could have done one more thing. to prevent them from see nowadays if you see something that's really really bad. you can raise the flag and say you don't get it this person's in the wrong position. we're more like politically correct now we can we can sort of like throw the the wheel chalk and the wind to stop something from happening supposedly, you know, sort of like, you know, you wonder i mean i have kids and i have grandkids but you wonder like when we see on television now, will

a cuban exile air force with b26 bombers. they are the instruments with which the cia plans to overthrow fidel castro. havana, summer 1960. fidel castro admits publicly for the first time there is unrest inside cuba. counter revolutionary activity. among his opponents now is his former minister of public works, leader of the mrp. >> the mrp was highly organized and well extended over the whole country. reached almost every section of the cuban life, city institutions, professional organizations, labor unions, the militia, the army. and we have people inside fidel castro's office. >> the mrp operates in the cities. it's an underground movement specializing in sabotage. in the mountains is another anti-castro force, the guerillas. in september 1960 it has become a serious threat to fidel castro. he comes to take personal command of the military operation. but resistance continues. late in september castro leaves and comes to new york. he's an uninvited guest. he'll attend the u.n. general assembly. while he's in new york he gre

an air force would be 26 bombers. they are the instruments that with the cia plan to overthrow fidel castro. havana, summer of 1960. fidel castro admits publicly for the first time there is unrest inside of cuba. counterrevolutionary activity. above his opponents now is his former administer, leader of the mrv. >> they are highly organized and well extended over the whole country. we reach every section of the human life. civic institutions, organizations, labor unions, the militia, the army, and we have people inside of fidel castro's house. the >> the mrp operates in the cities. they specialize in sabotage. in these mountains, there is a another anti-castro force, the guerillas. in 1960's, it became a serious threat to fidel castro. he takes personal command of the military operation. resistance continues. late in september, castro comes to new york. he is an uninvited guest. he will attend the u.n. enteral assembly. -- general. while he is in new york, he sees nikita khrushchev. the date is september 20 6, 1960. --

a cuban exile air force with bombers. they are the incidents with which the cia plans to overthrow castro. >> havana the summer of 1960. fidel castro admits publicly for the first time, there is unrest inside of cuba. counter revolutionary activity. among his opponents now is his former minister of public works. >> the am our p was highly organized over the whole country. we've reached almost every section of cuba cuban life. professional organizations, labor unions, the militia, the army and we have people inside of fidel castro's house. >> it's an underground movement specializing in sabotage. in the mountains is another anti-castro force, the gorillas. in september of 1960, it has become a serious threat to fidel castro. he comes through to take personal command of a military operation. but resistance continues. late in september, castro leaves the -- incomes to new york. he is an uninvited guest. he attends the un national assembly. while he is in new york, he sees his ally hikita khrushchev. the date is september 26,

so i went to flight school with the air force through an expedited program and went back into theater in august of '72 flying a reconnaissance f-force and stayed in until '77 and then ended up joining the air national guard after that and making a career out of the air national guard. subsequent to that, we went to desert storm in 1990. my unit got called up. we did that. we won that war, rah, rah, rah, and then retired in '92. a buddy of mine called me back on active duty in 2005, and i went back, boots on the ground, in iraq. i was 55 years old. my girlfriend was having a pagan baby. she said, you're going back? she believes in reincarnation. she said you are probably one of the people that were in cesar's army, you don't realize it. i didn't even think twice about when the guy calls me up and says, clyde, i need you to go back to iraq in '05 to help do some stuff. i said, no problem. i didn't even think about it. it's sort of like in your blood and i don't have any real fear of getting shot because i've been shot already. and combat is -- doesn't -- it's just -- i don't really have

air force r.o.t.c. your junior and senior year, you would be on contract and then you would be a pilot when you graduate. absolutely, that's what i wanted, and i went across campus and changed my major from medical to history. i wasn't very disciplined with academics. i was probably a.d.d. and didn't know it because i just couldn't sit down and study very long. fortunately, from my upbringing and having a good memory of hearing things and seeing things, i was able to get through the university of georgia in four years, which now is not the norm, by the way. they string it out because they're having a good time. they go five and six years. but i was working my way through school so i had to get through and get out. three days after i graduated and finished university of georgia, i entered flight school in valdosta, georgia at moody air force base. you probably can imagine after hearing my story how thrilling that was and how excited i was, where a lot of guys who were very concerned this was going to be

so kyle boots for say was a an ace in the korean war and very famous in the air force. he wrote a little manual call. no guts no glory for air-to-air combat, and he was a great pilot and i actually flew with him a good bed and we were friends there and i met him right after i came back home. he was a two-star general then so my airplane blew up seventh and november 1967 over enemy territory over. the gunners that we've been bombing and i knew i had to eject so i immediately. we were going to die in two seconds. we're going to hit the ground and so i pull that handle to eject and so did my front seat right after i did. and it's all automatic when you pull that handle it automatically blows the canopy it automatically this projectile explosion that occurs under the seat by the gas tubes that run out below the canopy and then project your seat. with you in it about 60 feet in the air to get away from the tail and the away in the airplane and then automatically it demands the separator activates and it throws you out of the seat and the seat goes one way and the pilot goes t

in the air force. and the waves, the coast guard's were undefined. >> california was the highest number in terms of state of residents. and you can clearly see this in the infographic. and this is readily a billable to anybody who asks for these statistical data. thank you. thank you for putting it up. >> you mentioned that the chinese american women's are predominantly in the woman's air corps. -- >> no. women's army corps. excuse me. >> only two women served in the air corps. that was hazel ying hating lee, and maggie xi. >> which branch was the most popular for chinese americans as a whole? >> army. hands down it was the army. we had 16,000-plus served in the u.s. army. >> that's a phenomenal -- >> we have the statistics readily available as well. >> eventually is it your hope that the information in the book will be available digitally? >> that is our goal. we are now working to have this resource expand and be online. our intention is to work with several universities across the country. we don't

army air force maybe they should split out the air force from the army because the command and control is different and the soldiering is different and the expertise is different to fix and know about airplanes than to fix and know about tanks so the u.s. air force was born as an independent branch of nazis were brought from germany for your rocket program anyway yeah i must get back to set so some germans who fought with the nazis were by the way they were both directions some went to russia others came to united states of course the top of which was werner von braun who pioneered the v. 2 rocket that terrorize london. do you know what he said after he was asked about it he said it was the v. 2 rockets successful he said yes it was except it landed on the wrong planet but we've come away from your book a book a little you know the book has it's not there why do it your book i want a book on war and astrophysics but that's right that's right in this book cosmic queries when you start to get into particle physics because it has a wide net and as usual it has that neil de grasse tyson th

i mean the air force and army and navy had always. had kind of an equal share of resources and now all the sudden the air force budget would go way up. and the army budget would be cut to the bone. and so for the next several years the army fiercely fought the air force and wilson. over this issue and kelly up next is a graphic from the famous, washington post. cartoonist back of the 50s and 60s a man named her block. who was probably the political cartoonist in america most famous one? which shows? wilson coming out of his office and watching the air force and army shooting at each other and he's saying not in the corridors --. so this encapsulated the problem that that wilson had now in the one hand the army was just protecting itself. but it had some legitimate concerns. i mean they foresaw correctly that the cold war. probably not involve nuclear war who would play out in the third world where conventional armies would be very important? and this seemed obvious to most congressional democrats as well. so for the next few years thi

sudden the air force budget would go way up and the army budget would be cut to the bone. so for the next several years, the army fiercely fought the air force and wilson over this issue. and coming up next is a graphic from the famous "washington post" cartoonist back in the '50s and '60s, a man named herb block, who was probably the political cartoonist in america, the most famous one, which shows wilson coming out of his office and watching the air force and army shooting at each other, and he's saying, not in the corridors, damn it! so this encapsulated the problem that wilson had. now, on the one hand, the army was just protecting itself, but it had some legitimate concerns. they foresaw correctly that the cold war would probably not involve a nuclear war but would play out in the third world where conventional armies would be very important. this seemed obvious to most congressional democrats as well. so for the next few years, this parade of army officers, famous ones like matthew ridgway, world war ii hero maxwell taylor, would testify before congress, they would w

i was a graduate from the air force i gotta go to the air force academy and that's why lance and i wereclassmates in-flight school in our training and so she was in shock in trauma and recovery so she dropped out of school to be with her parents. we're having dinner at a club when night and she says would you like to go to my father's retirement -- on friday night. i said probably not i would not know anybody there. earl kernels and people like that. i would not know anybody. she said he was the copilot of -- >> i said what time does it start. i would love to be there. so i went and it was an interesting night because there was general do little, mrs. do little and the coal family, colonel cole who is 97 and still alive, or maybe 98 now, and of the coal family so it was like the kids soccer game, you know. the crowd is with general do little and you have to be polite and rotate then you go to mrs. do little and talk to her about her gardens. then we would go back to the coal family and talk about his family and move back to do little all night long. he was a great memory i have. being l

i arrived in benewah to find out i was on the army side, there was the air force side and the army sidea huge air base there. there were 70,000 men and four doughnut dollies. there were some nurses, i want to be clear, the nurses who served in vietnam, the women who served vietnam as nurses, had a totally different perception and life than i did. because, the nurses were not traveling. they were in the hospitals. there was a hospital there at benewah. they were able to do something. their lives were situated there, it wasn't like they had free time to get out and see the sights or do things. the doughnut dollies were not supposed to do that. we were supposed to be out with the troops, making moments good for them. so, when i would go into a hospital, i was always just aghast at the things we saw. the horrors of the conditions from awful things that had gone on in the war. but, that was not my job. in fact, at times like that i realize we were really needed. because the nurses did not have a minute to stop and talk and be with the troops. when we went in, we would write letters for them

he understood how parochial the army, navy and air force were. even though he had long encouraged them to think more in terms of national interests. would bothered him specially was redundancy. the fact that the services were all kind of working on similar capabilities that would overlap and result in a waste of money. this meant that eisenhower and humphrey expected wilson to go into the pentagon and not -- together right at the very beginning. before wilson had even learned would complex government agency, he had to come in and shake things up, all the while trying to gain the trust of the admiral's and generals he worked for. as you can imagine, this made him feel just a bit insecure. so he began bothering eisenhower over and over again for meetings, taking up likes time to go over details -- that's your job! everyone around eisenhower knew that i's -- was a major time oyster for him. that he had a generous nature and had a hard time to say no. the other problem for wilson was counter pressure from congress. many congressman thought cutting mi

he always reminded me of the people i was within the air force. he talked like an air force or a pilot -- used phrases like no sweat. it is something i had not heard since i had been in the air force. >> one old story that i tell. i had been in the senate for about ten years. john glenn was invited to speak in arkansas. i was going to fly down and get on a plane with john glenn, his private plane at the national airport. and the wonderful, wonderful hero -- we sat in the front two seats. five hours into this flight for three out of five hours, i finally realized that this plane did not have a men's room in it. i said wait a minute. something isn't quite right. i made it to little rock and was very glad to make it. but he always used to kid me about that. always gave me a hard time with that. >> i'm glad everything worked out. >> another thing he was proud of is that he kept flying till he was 90. that was a milestone. 90 was a big important number. >> he kept his pilots license until he was 90. as i understand it, complained about having to sell t

relief supplies are on their way to india from the bay area and a cargo jet took off from travis air force base in the past hour to help overwhelmed indian hospitals. the u.s. air force c-5 galaxy airplane is packed with oxygen tanks, masks, and rapid test kits that will be transported to new delhi, india were oxygen supplies remain critically low and this airlift is being coordinated by the u.s. agency for international development. the help could not come fast enough. india is in the thick of the world's worst covid outbreak with over 350,000 new cases reported on monday alone. with the conditions worsening, travis air force base had less than 24 hours notice to pull off this delivery. >> if we all work together to contain and help them control the disease in india, that will impact, limit the impact when we have an epicenter that has a lot of cases in those cases tend to extend in ripples throughout the planet. as long as we can help our partners to control that, we will all do better as a globe. >> this is the first of several shipments from here in the bay area expected in the next fe

especially for me as well my from my grandfather was a pilot in the british air force and in the 2nd world war and on my other side obviously my family was. murdered in the holocaust so for me it was very very special as an active fighter pilot he can't be fully identified he emigrated from steel yet to israel one of his grandfathers was a suspect fire pilot in the royal air force in world war 2 a scorching raids on nazi germany he survived and moved to israel his grandson followed in his footsteps and when you think about. the past and what happened you know in the darkest times 70 years ago. you know i guess the worst enemies almost now we're flying over germany together as a tame but i think it really really shows the best side of humankind how we can forgive each other and you know we still remember the storm and what happened and learned about it but. we can move on together and be friends meeting with other young germans was an important part of the joint military training austere another we keeping the memory of a shared past a lie there's still people in the world who want us

my own opinion is the air force does this best in terms of total force int gragds. completely integrated today. it's absolutely seamless to me, when i see units in the field i can't tell which components they belong to. >> gentlemen, i appreciate it very much, and mr. chair, i yield back. >> thank you, senator ernst. let me recognize via webex senator manchin. >> thank you, chairman. and thank both of you for your service and your family's commitment to allow you to have the opportunities you be to serve our country. the european and russia have built a strategic partnership in trade, energy, climate, change, research, education, culture and security. the crisis in ukraine and crimea, increased sanctions from both the u.s. and eu but they seem to have limiting effects. so my question would be understanding that the eu is russia's biggest trading partner, and russia is the eu's fourth largest are sanctions in their current forms a viable solution to shaping russia's actions? >> senator, i certainly agree that they contribute in shaping russia's actions. i'll also say

number one, doesn't inject of a sizable ground domain force on behalf of the russians, a notable air force injection and notable force injection. it's of the size and scale and scope of great concern and mirrors the size and scope and scale of the infiltration of forces that occurred in 2014 so we are remaining very vigilant, keeping as many options open as possible and obviously very concerned. >> thank you, i look forward to your comments in a classified session. as the administration considers the best way forward in afghanistan, can you tell us what you think would be the most significant impact of the withdrawal of american troops by may 1 or share shortly thereafter? how would it influence nato's role and what we might expect on the ground in afghanistan? >> number one concern with myha nato force protection considerations for all u.s. service members and nato service members in whatever transaction we engage in. >> thank you. i would urge you. ... >> but it sounds like you may begin to assign k 46 aircrews to operational missions as early as this summer. what has changed in my do yo

especially for me as well my from my grandfather was a pilot in the british air force and in the 2nd world war and on my other side obviously my family was. murdered in the holocaust so for me it was very very special as an active fighter pilot he can't be fully identified he emigrated from steel yet to israel one of his grandfathers was a spec fire pilot in the royal air force in world war 2 his scorching raids on nazi germany he survived and moved to israel his grandson followed in his footsteps you know when you think about the past and what happened you know in the darkest times 70 years ago. you know i guess the worst enemies almost and now we're flying over germany together as a tame but i think it really really shows the best side of humankind how we can forgive each other and you know we still remember the storm and what happened and learned about it but. we can move on together and be friends meeting with other young germans was an important part of the joint military training last year another way of keeping the memory of a shared past a lie there's still people in the worl

especially for me as well my from my grandfather was a pilot in the british air force and in the 2nd world war and on my other side obviously my family was. murdered in the holocaust so for me it was very very special as an active fighter pilot he can't be for the identify and he emigrated from a steel yet to israel one of his grandfathers was a spec fire pilot in the royal air force in world war 2 a scorching raids on nazi germany he survived and moved to israel his grandson followed in his footsteps and when you think about the past and what happened you know in the darkest times 70 years ago. you know i guess the worst enemies almost and now we're flying over germany together as a tame but i think it really really shows the best side of humankind how we can forgive each other and you know we still remember the storm and what happened and learn about it but. we can move on together and be friends meeting with other young germans was an important part of the joint military training last year another way of keeping the memory of a shared past a lie there's still people in the world.

the israeli and german air forces have been cooperating to honor holocaust victims at one of the camps where jewish people were once murdered one israeli pilot shared his experiences with us. a joint fly by over germany and the dohar concentration camp last year for the 1st time the german lift the israeli air force honored holocaust victims together for this young israeli pilot it was a very personal experience. i mean specifically to fly over over and over an issue was probably the most important it definitely wasn't anything that i've done in my army service and one of the most important things i've ever been a part of in my whole life and it was such a such a great symbol of how humans can get over even the worst and the doctors conflicts and the worst things that can happen. especially for me as well my for my grandfather was a pilot in the british air force and in the 2nd world war and on my other side obviously my family was. murdered in the holocaust so for me it was very very special as an active fighter pilot he can't be fully identified he emigrated from a steal yet to israe

especially for me as well my from my grandfather was a pilot in the british air force and in the 2nd world war and on my other side obviously my family was. murdered in the holocaust so for me it was very very special as an active fighter pilot he can't be fully identified he emigrated from a steal yet to israel one of his grandfathers was a spec fire pilot in the royal air force in world war 2 a scorching raids on nazi germany he survived and moved to israel his grandson followed in his footsteps and when you think about the past and what happened you know in the darkest times 70 years ago. you know i guess the worst enemies almost and now we're flying over germany together as a tame but i think it really really shows the best side of humankind how we can forgive each other and you know we still remember the storm and what happened and learned about it but. we can move on together and be friends meeting with other young germans was an important part of the joint military training last year another way of keeping the memory of the shared past a lie there's still people in the world.

well, do you know anybody who joined the air force in 1939 and is still alive today?ot? any sort of pilot had a jolly difficult time. statistically, it was quite impossible for any bomber crew to do a full tour of 20 sorties. moving back from the air force, which you never did join, to the navy, which you did, there is a model here of the ship you commanded, the magpie. what about that period, being in command of a ship? it didn't last very long. i only had herfor a year i only had her for a year because i only had herfor a year because i then had to... it all got rather difficult. the late king wasn't very well and it was decided that we should go to canada in 1951, so i had to come back for that. and then the king was going to go to australia, but he couldn't, so we were a set of on that. of course, he died, so that was the end of the sort of naval career. i died, so that was the end of the sort of naval career.— died, so that was the end of the sort of naval career. i think i read a comment _ sort of naval career. i think i read a comment from _ sort of naval caree

important thing about the air attacks on april 15th is they did not completely take out castro's air force a dozen in tact. half a dozen of his planes. that was half a dozen too many. the following evening april 16th, president kennedy cancelled the second round of air strikes that were scheduled for the morning of april 17th. the strikes were meant to complete the job of destroying castro's air force. now, why kennedy cancelled them is a mystery. he had become the most common explanation is that he had become concerned about the public and international reaction that had been stirred up by the first round of air strikes. among other things, it had become clear to the whole world that the world realized the united states was behind the air attacks, almost the moment those first bombs fell on the 15th. kennedy is always, very concerned about provoking something big, about lighting a match that would lead to a great nuclear conflagration. with the advice of secretary of state dean rusk, he called off the air strikes. now, among the cia planners, when they discovered this on the evening of ap

especially for me as well my from my grandfather was a pilot in the british air force and in the 2nd world war and on my other side obviously my family was. murdered in the holocaust so for me it was very very special as an active fighter pilot he can't be fully identified he emigrated from steel yet to israel one of his grandfathers was a suspect fire pilot in the royal air force in world war 2 a scorching raids on nazi germany he survived and moved to israel his grandson followed in his footsteps you know when you think about the past and what happened you know in the darkest times 70 years ago. you know i guess the worst enemies almost and now we're flying over germany together as a tame but i think it really really shows the best side of humankind how we can forgive each other and you know we still remember the storm and what happened and learned about it but. we can move on together and be friends meeting with other young germans was an important part of the joint military training last year another way of keeping the memory of a shared past a lie there's still people in the wor

military planes with much needed equipment and supplies, is expected to leave travis air force base today gave his tom vacar joins us now live from the base there in fairfield. after talking with officials about this important mission, tom. well travis is the home of the 60th air milk of military airlift wing and it is very important because this is some of the most expensive and some of the most critical. uh equipment that the military has because it could be used in war to carry people, soldiers and mill and military gear. but it's just a soften used for humanitarian purposes. now let's take a look out here. this is the aircraft that has the white truck by it that. we'll be leaving for india momentarily, it could leave almost at any time. as long as the trucks there it will not. but this is the plane that's going to be the first to take help to india, where it is needed as never ever before. oh india's national capital of new delhi, is under walked down until may, the third as its vaccination program struggles with sickness and death raging across the entire nation. the death rates are

i go to marine air force base beaufort and great. marine air wing 31 was stationed there along with marine air wing 32, each of which had three flying squadrons and about three or four of the total six flying squadrons were f4, b phantom jets. the other squadron was an f8 crusader squadron. at the time the structure was that each of the marine groups would have three flying squadrons and a headquarters and maintenance squadron and airbase squadron. i was in the airbase squadron. airbase squadron 31. they no longer have that designation. it has subsumed into a different type of structure. by the way, while i was in san diego i kind of came to a realization that gee, i miss my dad and i realize how right he was. i wrote him a long letter and we reconciled. i was the one who needed the reconciliation. he was right where he was and we became so very close from their. -- there. when i came on home from leave and later on getting ready to go off to norfolk he and my uncle, john, bring me to the airport in augusta. he is so proud. i am there

in the air force. and the waves, the coast guard's were undefined. >> california was the highest number in terms of state of residents. and you can clearly see this in the infographic. and this is readily a billable to anybody who asks for these statistical data. thank you. thank you for putting it up. >> you mentioned that the chinese american women's are predominantly in the woman's air corps. -- >> no. women's army corps. excuse me. >> only two women served in the

and some of that's coming at travis air force base here. >> in the bay area. kron 4.on live for us up in solano county with more on that part of the story. sarah. >> that's right. we just got an update. it looks like a plane is going to be leaving from travis air force base at around 1130, and it's going to be holding medical supplies and aid for india. a country that is struggling right now. really just under water as they battle this second wave and major serve the coronavirus. i mean, the numbers are staggering. 18 million cases and they have 208,000 deaths. and this is just the beginning. so we're going to help them out. take a look at video from a plane in a shipment that took place on wednesday here at travis air force base. you can see they're loading up supplies and the soldiers there on to the plane. and that's what's going to be happening this morning here again, some of the plot supplies being donated include hundreds of oxygen cylinders with regulators over 100,095 mask nearly a million covid rapid test kits. the u.s. is also sending critical ppe equipment

air force.on air force base in south carolina, a big welcome from his family. >> spray him! get him! congrats on a well-deserved retirement. that's "nightline" for tonight. you can watch all our full episodes on hulu. we'll see you right back here same time tomorrow. thanks for staying up with us. good night, america.

these are both highly experienced air force aircraft pilots.step is questioned, tested, solutions are tried, rehearsed and the emergency is again simulated. this is the lesson we have learned over 20 years of manned spaceflight. in the cockpit over the cabin of the shuttle, a pressure shoot -- suit is not necessary. work outside in the near vacuum of space requires a pressure suit. the astronauts flying in a military jet transport are given brief moments of weightlessness as the pilot maneuvers the aircraft. bob crippen experiences this as he works in his pressure suit. he must learn to use tools. the problem of handling things with his gloves on is compounded by weight this flight -- weightless flight. astronauts, mission specialists and payload specialists have a preview of the exhilaration and joy of spaceflight. survival school taught by the air force. it includes a bit of sky sailing and parachute training. at nasa's marshall spaceflight training, we have a mockup. crewmembers work out some of the problems they may have encountered in weig

especially for me as well my for my grandfather was a pilot in the british air force in the 2nd world war and on my other side obviously my family was. murdered in the holocaust so for me it was very very special as an active fighter pilot he can't be fully identified he emigrated from a steal yet as real one of his grandfathers was a spec fire pilot in the royal air force in world war 2 a scorching raids on nazi germany he survived and moved to israel his grandson followed in his footsteps. when you think about the past and what happened you know in the darkest times 70 years ago. you know i guess the worst enemies almost now we're flying over germany together as a team but i think it really really shows the best side of humankind how we can forgive each other and you know we still remember the storm and what happened and learned about it but. we can move on together and be friends meeting with other young germans was an important part of the joint military training last year another we keeping the memory of a shared past a lie there's still people in the world who want us to be dest

the air force then gave me the opportunity to cross-train the fixed wing. we went immediate will to jets, i went immediately to jets. that was in 1970, and i've been flying as a test pilot, as a research experimental test pilot since about 1971 to 1977. i was able to accumulate many hours, perhaps 2,000 hours of actual testing, and i've flown probably 40 or more different kinds of airplanes. one morning i was going to school, i was at the armed forces staff college at the time. i got to, got to the school, opened up my mailbox and there was a note that said, call houston. and i called down, and the director of operations mr. abby asked me if i was still interested in the job down here. so that's the way i was notified. didn't take me long to think about that answer either. >> and what was your reaction? >> i was, i was stunned. i guess i went into shock. >> we are now in the era of the space shuttle, and once again, the world will focus its attention on america's astronauts. how do the astronauts feel about being the center of so much attention? >> when i t

air force. he had been in theervice for many years.steven carrillo, who is facing a federal death penalty for allegedly killing -- he is representative of a much, much broader nexus betweenhe military and extremist mements most prominent antigovernment militias and the white supremacist movement. he is mexican american. he would n identify as white supremacist in any way, but does identify with the sort of extremist, extreme libertarian ideas and this really antigovernment sentiment that we see swirling around manpeop in the armed forces in recent yes. we did reporting that found, basically found some 20 members of the boogaloo movement with military ties. many of them active-duty. 13 of them had been jailed on serious, serious criminal charges in the last year. our colleagues at berkeley found another 15 active-duty airmen, many of them connected to carrillo online, who are promoting boogaloo antigovernment content while collecting a government paycheck. juan: rick rowley, could you talk about, first of all, the timeline of the film s

i found out he was in the air force.but that was about the extent of it. all he wanted to do was talk about my family. he wanted to know about my son in the air force and my other children. he wanted to know about how long my wife and i had been married and where we met. he was so incredibly gracious. as dinner ends and i'm walking down the stairway, roger staubach, the great quarterback from the dallas cowboys comes up to me and says, i see you were talking to charlie. i said, yeah, it was great. he said, wow, can you imagine that. i said imagine what? i mean, imagine. i said, what are you talking about? you know, imagine walking on the moon. i said, roger -- and then it occurred to me, charlie was general charles duke, the youngest man ever to walk on the moon. and never once in that, you know, hour or so of conversation did he happen to mention the little fact that he walked on the moon. but it was about his humility. and this humility was hard won. he had come back from the moon. was a hero. his wife became a christi