a cuban exile air force with b-26 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. counterrevolutionary activity. among his opponents now is his former minister of public works, the leader of the mrp. >> the mrp was highly organized and well-extended over the whole country. it reached almost every second of the cuban life, cuban institutions, professional organizations, labor unions, the militia, the army. and we have people inside of fidel castro's parties. >> the mrp operates in the cities. it's an underground movement specializing in sabotage. in the escambray mountains is another anti-castro force, the guerillas. in september 1960, it has become a serious threat to fidel castro. he comes to the escambray to take personal command of the military operations. but resistance continues. the u.n. general assembly. while he is in new york, he sees his new ally, nikita khrushchev. the date is sept

became air force chief of staff in 2020, and one of his priorities: diversifying the force.ing last year's national disquiet following george floyd's death, he called out the military for the racism he experienced. >> i'm thinking about the pressure i felt to perform error-free, especially for supervisors i perceive had expected less from me, as an african-american. i'm thinking about wearing the same flight suit with the same wings on my chest as my peers, and then been questioned by another military member, are you a pilot? i'm thinking about my mentors, and how i rarely had a mentor that looked like me. >> brown says air force priorities are making sure american aircraft can control the skies and strike anywhere and gather intelligence and protect military communications. much of the focus is in the pacific. brown urges the military to modernize faster and change its approach to be able to take on china's expanding military, including flying planes out of new bases, across the region. joing me now is general cq brown jr., chief of staff of the air force. good to have you.

he would exile air force attack castro. [noise] the un, saturday morning >> i have been asked by aggression carried out a dawn against the territorial integrity and political independence of cuba. the responsibility of this act of imperialistic eritrean, falls squarely on the united states of america. >> dr. roa has made a number of charges without any foundation. i reject them categorically, and ash like to make several points quite clear to the committee. regarding the two aircrafts which landed in florida today, they were piloted by cuban air force pilots. these pilots and certain other group members have apparently defected from castro's forces. no united states personnel participated, or airplanes of any kind from the u.s. government participated. the two planes to the best of our knowledge where their own air force planes, and according to the pilots, they took off from castro's own airfields. i have here a picture it has the markings of the castro airport right on the tail, which everyone can see for themselves. >> o

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on june 29th, 2021, ice air operations utilized laughlin air force base for the first time pursuant tos were transferred via ice air on six ice air flights." ice also added that "collaboration with federal partners enables ice to transfer noncitizens safely and humanely to ice build offices with the appropriate level of custody and supervision will be determined." ice air conducts southwest border flights which involve the transfer of -- to ice custody." and of bureaucratic statement, but more questions remain. one of military races are being used to conduct this, an operation that most americans know nothing about, that they did not consent to, that congress never voted on, and which is clearly illegal. and where these people going? they are being moved to another form of custody and then their fate will be determined, but where did they end up? into what communities where they placed? how many federal dollars were spent doing this? did the people whose neighborhood into they were placed have any say in it at all? on what's the total number? fewer than 800 they say from laughlin air f

brown jr., chief of staff of the air force.eral, good to have you on the newshour. >> nick, thank you. appreciate to be here. >> schifrin: as we noted, while colin powell was the first black chairman of the joint chiefs, you are the first black service chief. why do you think that is? >> well, you know, one of the things i think about is that there's plenty that have probably been qualified. i think i've just been the first to have the opportunity. i've been very blessed with the opportunities i've had throughout my air force career. in some cases, i think it's being in that-- the right place at the right time. and i'm just honored to have this opportunity. >> schifrin: let's talk about other people who-- who could will try or want to have that opportunity. there was an inspector general report released last year that found across the board consistently over time, black airmen disproportionately, negatively affected, when it comes to promotion rates, development, leadership opportunities. and on punishment, the review found enl

so a lot of the air force squadrons conduct rotating shifts. so rather than being on day shift or 12 hours work for your entire tour, you will shift between day shift and mid shift or night shift. so you're doing that fairly routinely. some are doing it every six weeks or so. so that's causing your circadian rhythm to completely be in disarray. so you have this constant feeling of jet lag almost . it takes quite a long time for your circadian rhythm to adjust rumbling today shift tonight shift. doing it every six weeks is really i don't think is ideal . i'm trying to think of another occupation that does this, goes into harm's way. >> i was thinking about the case of the medical community where you have so my brothers a doctor and he will work nights for a couple of months and then shift today's. and his, it is also a matter of life and death. there have been some questions in the medical community that would say the residents are working too many hours for there doesn't seem to be any sense that we should kind of shift from i mean, it's almost

from the air force. of running and modified push-ups. the service is experimenting with a choose your own adventure physical fitness test. again, you know, this isn't summer camp we're talking about, this is defending our nation. >> yeah. well, this is why i joined the army. you know, i didn't join the chair force. [laughter] in all seriousness, i will say this: look, i hope this is informed by research and that the leaders of the air force have really thought this through. i trust that the officers and the leadership in the air force, i don't know if this is actually coming from the top down. we know that the biden administration, their favorite experiment is the military. so we have to be very careful about where is this policy coming from, is this a new take the biden administration is trying to promote. we need to get into the weeds and see what's going on here. but i really hope that's not the issue here. david: i hope so too. jeremy hunt, good to see you. thank you for your service, have a great we

air force officer sarah kreps, afterwords weekly program interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> wayne, it is great to have you here today to talk about your book. this is a well-written book. canvass everything from the history of warfare to operators psychologies about drones. so we are going to talk a little bit about the book and i want to hear from you about many different aspects of that, maybe the place to start is why did you decide to write this book on drones? >> thank you, sarah. i'm really excited to talk to you about this today. i was inspired to write this based off of my last job in the marine corps. i was a commander officer of drone squad in hawaii for years and during that period i sent four groups of marines overseas to fight contingency against violent extremist organization and during that time we contributed to over 100 strikes on the enemy fighters and got me thinking of how this kind of work actually impacts the operators that are doing these kinds of operations remotely so then i started researching and expanding that into armed remotely p

and headed to the former england air force base in alexandria louisiana. from there? where did they go? we don't have the answer to that. we also have obtained a video of the civilian plane using laughlin air force base. it was taken by a local man. so separately happening appeared we did not make it up. the question is what are republicans doing to stop it?re as it turns out, the republicans representatives in del rio texas, and the congress, tony gonzalez, is the very person who petitioned ice to use the air force base in the first place to move foreign citizens to the rest of the country. we know that because he put out a press release about on june 5th. he asked the acting assistant secretary of the air force for installations to use the runwayr at laughlin air force base to "fly migrants to their final destination rather than releasing them in the del rio area." and added this "by utilizing the air force base, ice could address the high number of migrants and alleviate the pressure this has inflicted on border communities.um so he doesn't want to deal

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oxidation host and correspondent with more. >> this air force one plane is not the kind who are usedhis is carol commander around thousand pounds and ozzie mentioned, it belonged to dwight d eisenhower. it is not decked out with the equipment that current president have but i was told it is a stable safe airplane. in the 1950s, helicopters reliable yet president eisenhower wanted a plane to fly to his ranch in gettysburg so he asked to find a twin airplane so they put them up to meet air force but five of them planes we got to see is the last one of the five step flying today. >> the way it came off the factory assembly line and modifications were not made, it was painted the color when it came off the assembly line, the only thing the government, they put the stripes on it u.s. air force on. >> the instruments inside are still rational and i got an up close look this is where president eisenhower would typically sit, first lady would be here in front back from the smallest airplane to ever have been called air force one. now is in the cabin eisenhower had pilot fights and, he would

[laughter] >> it's a beautiful day and that's exactly right, this air force one plaintiff is not the about the 747 that weighs nearly 900,000 pounds, this is carol clement of playing around 6000. he belongs to president dwight d eisenhower. it not different systems munication equipment for air force one's i was told it's still a stable safe airplane. in the 1950s, helicopters reliably get but resident eisenhower wanted a plane to fly to his ranch in gettysburg so he asked generals to find him a twin engine plane so they put a bid and the air force bought five of them but the planes we got to see is the last one of the five still flying today. >> back in the 50s, helicopters were not reliably get so eisenhower wanted a plane to fly down to his grandson gettysburg he told his generals to find a twin engine airplane to land on the grass strip that's reliable and safe. >> many of the instruments inside are still original and i got an up close look. so this is where president eisenhower would typically sit, first lady would be here in a fun fact, this is the smallest airplane who ever cal

he reports conversations with his purported to be had with air force officers specifically air force intelligence officers. to try to substantiate ufos are real and mandatory pilots to very good chance the aliens have set up a mother ship in orbit of earth and they ufos are coming from the mother ship from the planets. and thirdly and third, these ufos are most likely from mars per he is not a venus man he's back on the mars train. he doesn't see a conspiracy, he does see a conspiracy by the military to cover up the reality that earth is being visited by a flying saucer. he does not blame them for doing so. just acting out of the desire to protect national security and desire to prevent public hysteria. while he disagrees with that decision, he sees it as a matter of reasonable disagreement. he does not see nefarious motives at work. that is an idea that's going to change significantly and especially coming out of the 70s into the 80s. but it is really easy at the time to see the impact of writers like kehoe who see a conspiracy of silence but not necessarily a nefarious conspiracy o

navy's blue angels i think you george is just landed after a beautiful performance, the blue blue air forcerate independence day 40,000 people expected at kansas city air show this year, it is a gorgeous site looks like a beautiful day, and abby is there we will get to her in a little bit but first let's get you to lisa. >> -- what an awesome site welcome back to big sunday show for those at home, gun violence unfortunately surging in chicago for the 4th of july weekend since friday night alone at least 37 people shot, union of those killed, crime spike layer lightfoot tells wppw chicago tonight, 99% criticism because she is a black woman in the interview says this, i was elected lan on disruption status quo when you drupt status quo you are going to make people uncomfortable critics some out there criticizing me don't like a woman to assume power. >> you have at least nine people killed for 4th of july weekend is she using charges of sexism as a heeled. >> i don't think getting more criticism than mayor of new york, plenty of criticism deserves it, listen, if ever a time, where your identi

s. air force had a checkered past. he had been charged in military court for assaulting his wife and child back in 2012 while he had been demoted to an airman basic. the air force had not relate this information to the f b i. there are a lot of a lot of talk about gun control about this person's history about a history of domestic abuse. and the question of whether or not he should have been a gun owner since information was not shared, kelly was able to purchase a firearm legally. and on wednesday, a federal judge for the western district of texas rule, the air force was at fault for not submitting kelly's criminal history to the f. b . i background check system. according to the judge, had the government done its job properly, it was more than likely kelly would have been deterred from carrying out the church shooting. the judge found the government 60 percent responsible, and maybe liable for the damages that could be awarded to survivors and relatives of those killed in the attack. after the shooting occurred, the

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the air force's roswell report spurs more conspiracy theorists. it is not helped by the cia coming out in 1997 and also say, we have been lying to you about ufo sightings. you did see stuff, but it was top-secret military planes. we could not tell you, sorry, but ufo's still aren't real. it did not have the same impact. saying you have been lying for years is not going to build public trust that you are now telling the truth. over the course of the 1980's as this roswell conspiracism develops and abduction conspiracism in general develops, you see it move not into mainstream acceptance, but mainstream recognition. nobody came to class today never having heard of roswell. nobody came to class never -- nobody came to class today never having seen a picture of a short gray alien with big head and big eyes. it is strongly at the forefront of popular consciousness in the 1990's. you get best-selling paperbacks that get turned into high rated tv shows. "the truth about roswell" gets turned into a showtime show. you get the classic tabloid covers. weekly

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the air force is pushing this.fessor wrote a piece in the "washington post" saying we are going to teach this to the people who are supposed to be defending this country. i don't think this brings us together. what do you say? >> this an instance of funding of fake ideology. government spending has gone through the roof, and they have to try to figure out things to do for their friends in academia, and bring them into the air force academy where we should be trying to figure out how to defeat china in this geopolitical conflict rather than teaching cadets how to dee construct their wraition and sexual identity. jesse: it's a financial racket. they have a attorney of taxpayer money. they hire diversity consultant, they come in, get paid $100,000. and the air force says we are woke, you can't mess with us. raytheon, they are going woke. the people building miss isles to kill our enemies are now woke. >> they published a manual to encourage their employees to do everything from decolonizing their bookshelves. it strik

but holy cow, when i joined the air force, the air force was about modernization, it was about technology, that's what we lived at, that's what we did and we took technology and we turned it into operational capabilities fast. when they didn't work we threw it away and went another direction and we did that quickly without repercussions or anything because we knew that the goal was to defeat the soviet union. that was the goal and everybody was on board with that and we knew we had to go fast in order to do that. well for the last 20 years we've had our eyes and bodies focused on the middle east. our eyes have started to move. our eyes have moved again to the great powers of china and russia, our body is slowly moving, shoal slowly moving. but our eyes are focused on the-- our sons and daughters are in harm's way and nonetheless the great concerns are the great powers of china and russia, china in particular, so we have to move again and we have to move again quickly. and when i came in 2019 to be the vice-chairman i sat down with general milley the chairman and if you look at our backgro

it may not have the latest equipment, but the air force is capable. if we compare there is a difference. the commander knows they may not have as much firepower, but says they are ready for what comes. >> everyone knows we live in a country -- in this case, sometimes we go forward sometimes we sit back. in combat, everything is possible. nothing is stable. reporter: for the internationally backed government to retake the areas, it must hold on to the base. there is a prison holding 5000 taliban fighters. a private in the army believes an attack is coming. >> we have not come here to sleep. everybody is prepared. morale is high. reporter: morale may not be high for long with the taliban intensifying. >> if the taliban having leverage, the upper hand. i think there is a snowballing effect. once you start seeing various provinces, it's hard to reverse. let's not forget, without military backing and support. it is in the interest of the united states, countries in the region the pentagon says it is 90% complete, a lot can happen on the battlefield. anchor

no longer is the air force this benign body trying to protect.ublic from national hysteria now president truman sets up magic 12 in 1947 as a special government body to cover up the truth about ufos presumably also in charge of those men in black. and this reaches kind of such a crisis point that in 1994 the air force actually releases a report about roswell 1,000 pages long and you can still find this as i pulled it off for today on the dod website. this is still very easily publicly available. and the air force says okay, actually we did lie to you about it being. a weather balloon in actual fact, it's the wreckage from project mogul. which was a top secret project to try to detect long-range soviet nuclear experiments. so it's good right that comes out all of the roosevelt conspiracy theorists say brilliant now, it's cleared up we can move on. no. no, it doesn't tend to work that way the government coming out and saying that we've been lying to you for almost 50 years, but now we're telling you the truth doesn't convince an awful lot of these

the air force roswell report has more conspiracy theories.set held by the cia also coming out in 1997. also been lying to you in reply to about the ufo sightings we did see staff but sock top-secret terry military planes sort u.s. postal or not real which would not have the same impact. saying you have been lying for years is not going to build public trust that you are now telling the truth. over the 80s and 90s, you really see it move into, not main stream acceptance but mainstream recognition. nobody came to class today never hurting heard of roswell or never having seen a picture of a shortened gray alien with the big head and big guy. but it's really very, strongly at the forefront of popular consciousness in the '90s. we get best selling paperbacks they get turned into high rated tv shows with the truth about roswell gets turned into a showtime show. you get the classic tabloid covers weekly world news is all over the clinton alien relationship in the '90s. there is even at some point information bill clinton has another sexists candle

it may not have the latest equipment, but the afghan air force is trained and capable. its attack, helicopters and planes are equipped with laser guided bombs. you know, if we compared our self with the american, is the big difference. the new afghan commander, bathroom air base knows they may not have as much firepower, but he says they're ready for what comes. everybody knows we are living in a country for the kid for continuing. so in this case, some sometime we go for some sometime we, we fit back. this is war in combat, everything is possible. and nothing in this table. for the internationally backed government to retake northern areas and keep its capital secure. it must hold on to barbara. the americans left the base last week, but there's a prison at the sight holding 5000 and taliban fighters, raphael, or private in the afghan national army believes an attack is coming to freedom. when mom has it is, you know, we haven't come here to sleep. everybody here is prepared to secure a bad graham. a morale is high bomb. but morale may not be high for long with the tal

air force. cnbc's valerie castro is here with the rest of this.p, the court released 99 pages of facts and findings in the case that included the judge's ultimate ruling. court documents detailed denver kelly's time in the air force and the criminal conviction for domestic violence against his wife and child that led him to spend a year in military jail. those convictions should have prevented him from buying the firearms later used in the mass shooting, and the judge says that no other individuals, not even kelly's own parents or partners knew as much as the united states about the violence that devin kelly had threatened to commit and was capable of committing, and had the government done its job and properly reported kelly's information into the background check system, it is more likely than not that kelly would have been deterred from carrying out the church shooting. just a few weeks ago, another court threw out four lawsuits filed against the sporting goods chain where kelly bought the firearms saying it couldn't be held liable because noth

there was a fantastic feeling of camaraderie in the air force. guys really have to count on each other, and that influences the rest of your life. >> it was founded during the cold war. when every country had its national aerial team to show off its technologal prowess and the excellence of its pilots. >> [speaking foreign language] >> today, the veterans are still on the edge of the runway in a special enclosure for high-ranking officers. this year's patrol must still receive the approval of the chief of staff of the french air force in person before he green lights the year ahead. at takeoff, the pilots know that for 20 minutes, every trajectory and every figure will be ruthlessly scrutinized by the generals. on landing, the men in sky-blue know they have pulled off a faultless flight. they will now be able to give dozens of performances across france and overseas. >> we've had to wait more than two years, but now the cannes film festival is back with a bang. we will be bringing you film reviews and news from the riviera every day as well as in

[gunfire] >> meanwhile, overhead air force and marine corps planes support the ground troops.er strike on inland targets. rockets are of particular interest at this time. three different types are being used. one of the first super explosive types to see service in korea was the a 5-inch holy book. later, the 11.75-inch tiny tim proved highly effective on bridges and similar large targets. the most recent arrival is the navy's 6.5-inch ram. constant activity on these carriers has not dampenedded the crewmen's sense of humor. it is noteworthy that the ram rocket set a speed record for production. from its conference room conception to its appearance in combat, it took only 24 days. aerial missions of the navy and marines often include both strategic and tactical action in the same strikes. in the relatively small area of korea, targets of opportunity count heavily. [background sounds] >> cameras record targets of the carrier planes. [background sounds] ♪ ♪ >> a b-26 raid is in preparation during the week of 6 september. the b-26 is armed with 16 50-caliber machine guns. these g