and afghan air force. i gave them a bit of a task to come back to me, because i don't know that has to be the case in the future. there may be some aspects, depending on what country we are working with. the aspect of how many do you need to have, how many individuals do we have to have the expertise, and can they bring along experts, a maintainer or cyber operator or advisor to go out and engage? there is a mix of units or individuals, that is what i tasked them to take a look at of how many units do we need to have? i do not want to build a bunch of units than they are sitting around with not a lot of places to go. there is a little bit of balancing we have got to do. to doing an analysis versus field of motion. >> more in the room, i want to ask a follow-up to that. if we lose the competition, it could become a conflict. hope we don't, of course. in your mind, what is the decisive weapon or capability that we want the joint force to have? >> i would hit two things. one is the ability to see and make dec

and about 700 uavs and about 200 cruise missiles, well, this is not only the achievements of the air forcesause there is air defense of the ground forces, as well as the prototype defense of the airborne assault and other defense forces, which also sometimes give very accurate to the occupiers to light a cigarette and they will always put russian aviation on the ground, especially in the southern direction, mr. yury, from a military point of view, what has changed in general this year and what are the biggest lessons for the air uhu er-er armed forces well, what has changed the year, the west must understand er-e western countries our partners, what is the ukrainian army, what is the air force of the armed forces of ukraine, no one believed that we could do it with our outdated weapons, which were actually developed in the 60s and 70s and produced in the 80s and 90s give such a worthy rebuttal to the newest the weapons of the occupiers in them, as i remind you that they have airplanes from 2015 and also missile weapons, new missiles that cost millions of dollars, and yet our p- ours is shoo

exact number of victims and wounded is currently unknown, winged heroes who defend the sky, the air forceof the armed forces of ukraine celebrate a professional holiday thanks to coordinated work, our troops destroyed hundreds of enemy airplanes and helicopters in the armed forces of the air force of the armed forces of the armed forces fighter-bomber transport aviation, but mainly of the old model, which equipment we need to close the sky, see further in the story , this memorial sign of the combat-ready mig-21 fighter was installed in vinnytsia, in honor of the creation of the air force of ukraine, three weeks ago, the russian army fired cruise missiles at the peaceful city of the caliber that hit the premises of the officers' house and the area near the plane was destroyed by the udarnaya shock wave and destroyed by fire, but the plane survived and became a generous symbol of the indomitability of the ukrainian people for three months now, the harvest aviation does not dare to enter the airspace controlled by ukraine, the enemy is insidiously shelling cities with missiles and attack ai

- flood defense system very significantly, but as we saw a few days ago, they are not, well, the air forcer components of force defense somewhat militarized it, so let's hope that this will happen to the opponents in the future. it can really be said to be echeloned, because such means as pancyr tor are actually short-range as well in netbooks of three modifications , e.e. s300 s-400 - this is already a long-range air defense system, and it actually has a crazy anti-aircraft system already installed in virtually all areas, and this significantly threatens the use of ours in our combat aviation, so we can get results about our northern direction from under we have figured it out a bit. yes , with crimea, everything is becoming clear, little by little, what is happening in belarus. yes, we see that lukashenko announced an air defense exercise together with russia, and we see that new s-300 s-400 complexes are arriving in belarus almost every day - this is air defense complexes that belarus for some reason accumulates on its territory in large numbers, but at the same time we heard that these

i consider it to be constantly in waiting because there is a composition of air defense forces that are in readiness and waiting for the air and to execute or destroy any air target, it is not more difficult to be in waiting i.e. the battle itself or the takeoff itself is not as difficult as sitting and waiting, er, i think so morally, of course, because we pilots are er, very morally prepared, very morally. i would say, hmm, we are ready for anything, so just wait and uh, after you are in the air, you don't worry at all anymore because you are confident uh, uh, in your plane, uh, in your foreign team, and only the task is ahead, that is, you are not afraid in the cockpit when you fly, i don't know which one height and there may be a russian plane somewhere nearby you understand, there is fear on the ground, just like i said , the moment of waiting for the air. you are only focused on the details of the flight and on the successful completion of the combat task. what do you love most about your work? it will sound trite, but it seems to me that every person who has connected himself to

kudos to the air force of the armed forces of ukraine. the air force of ukraine stands in defense of the sky space of our country. highly maneuverable and mobile units destroy the enemy in the air on land and at sea already during the war. showed their loyalty to the ukrainian people that neither on earth nor in heaven will we pay for the house, we will be at peace because there will be borscht, but there will be victories - we are a nation of resourceful people, rainmakers are quite versatile people for you, they can be what to make we invent one that does not need to be cooked we create highly maneuverable high-speed buggies that can go anywhere we make it work we are very convenient to stand somewhere in a trench not our victory but after that delicious battalion of inventors here is our front well in any case if we were working for shaw weevils, i would start our continuation of our broadcast with the phrase, let the air alarms there do not spoil your weather mood, you understand. but fortunately, we work like this in the informationa

she is currently in contact with the spokesman of the air force command of the armed forces of ukrainemr. yury, i congratulate you. good day. congratulations. glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes. to threaten everything, than to threaten with your full arsenal, which to date, uh, well, they are intensifying, we were talking, we are observing some changes on the territory of belarus, well, in particular, very often everyone asks about the s300 complexes that have been taken by the prok somewhere, uh, have they appeared around it or can they and they are threatening because there was information that they are using these complex ones against ground targets, uh, they are certainly hitting them, but well, it is unlikely that this means, accordingly, the defense will be used specifically for uh, missile attack on ground targets, uh, yes, how well, it is clear that at the border they will deliver the range of the complex to 75 km. well, it is unlikely that this will have any effect from this match. well, the rest of the weapons that the occupiers have in their arsenal are obvious. are the l

so the story would be of these were air force cuban air force officers who defected and then join the rebellion. the cuban invasion forces were trained at cia bases in nicaragua and guatemala. the invasion was planned originally i saw in the cia declassified documents. this was the preferred plan to land at the beach at. trinidad this was considered an anti-castro town again looking for that local support. it had a good port. it had a defensible beach with good maritime approaches and was close to the mountains. the key mistake in planning for this covert action was that for operational security cia's own intelligence analysts. kept in the dark the experts on the current experts on the state of cuba. they had no input the directorate of operations. did its own analysis? and based its optimistic assessments of internal cuban resistance on the initial opposition to castro when he came to power in 1959. well, it's two years later and the analysts of the directorate of intelligence. the di analysts could have told the do that things had changed. that castro had a lot more support. that th

point is considered to be 1912, when an order was issued that marked the beginning of the modern air force missile units of the radio engineering special forces in the latter. this includes scouts , signalmen, fighters, for the sake of sleep and chemical and biological protection, the founding date of the air force is considered 12 august 1912, then there was an order that transferred the issue of organizing military aeronautics to a separate part of the tsarist army of the russian air force, part of the country's aerospace forces, which were created in 2015 and, according to tradition, also celebrate their birthday on august 12, famous actors already congratulated the russian military on the holiday and musicians. dear friends , from the bottom of my heart, with all my heart, i want to congratulate you on a wonderful anniversary on the 110th anniversary of the formation of the air force of all aviation specialists pilots veterans congratulations on this wonderful holiday. health happiness. good luck with clear skies and long clear days. i want to congratulate you on this holiday, especial

coordinated work, our troops destroyed hundreds of aircraft and helicopters in service with the air forcesof the armed forces of ukraine, fighter-bomber transport aircraft, but mostly of the old type, what kind of equipment do we need to close the sky, see further in the story, this memorial sign of the combat-ready mig-21 fighter was installed in vinnytsia in honor of the creation of the air force of ukraine for three weeks therefore, the russian army fired cruise missiles at the peaceful city of the caliber that hit the premises of the officers' house and the square near the plane . a symbol of the indomitability of the ukrainian people for three months now, the enemy's strategic aviation does not dare to enter the airspace controlled by ukraine. tactics because suffered serious losses of more than 200 aircraft to date 223 if i am not mistaken and 190 helicopters these are extremely large losses even for such a state, russia, the aviation of the ukrainian air force has long been in need of updating, soviet aircraft do not compete with western innovative systems, first of all, ukraine nee

since that time , the air force has gone from airplanes to advanced aviation systems. aerospace forces capable of repelling aggression in the airspace, protecting the ground and surface objects from air strikes and providing support to other types of troops, the military gunsmiths of the penza branch of the military academy of logistics conducted the first training session before the start of the competition, the master gunsmith team will represent the russian armed forces at the army games in uzbekistan, the participants will compete in the ability to promptly restore faulty military equipment. field training. it began with a speech by the host side of the uzbek team. i will use my own example to show how to perform each element of the exercise. at the end of the lesson, the russians fired pistols and a grenade launcher from machine guns. today, according to the plan, we had an instructor's methodological the lesson in which we got acquainted with the weapons clarified the nuances. in the event of a catastrophe at the zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the responsibility

today, their colleagues air force pilots celebrate their holiday at work.ombat duty over the zone. operations are controlled day and night in any weather and the task of covering troops on the ground and fighting enemy aircraft, then in flight. we can work both on air targets and on ground targets, uh, aircraft, respectively, this only allows us to help the mig-29. uh, su-25s worked on bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles. tb-2. hey, you're already a su-25 attack aircraft airplane. whose task is to attack the enemy on earth, this means flying at extremely low altitudes and the constant threat of a retaliatory attack during the first sortie, this pilot managed to destroy camouflaged positions after entering the combat course, they performed an air strike unguided by aircraft weapons. according to the operational points of the armed forces of ukraine, according to confirmation, the target was hit, and ilya sizov already has a lot of sorties and hit targets on his account, 11 aircraft and helicopters of the enemy, the star of the hero. he received for the destru

this basis of the air force is considered on august 12, 1912, then an order was issued that transferred the issues of organizing military air navigation to a separate part of the tsarist army of the russian air force, part of the country's aerospace forces, which were were created in 2015 and traditionally also celebrate their birthday on august 12 this is a huge event 110 years of the air force they are strong people, educated they believe in their technique and in their knowledge. they believe in the idea for which they serve in the sky. work congratulations on the holiday is always a million to a million. be happy pilots. this is a great profession. this is the story that is written very difficult, but the story that is always with us. please remain invisible and inaccessible yourself, because on earth you know they love to believe and, of course, they are waiting. our protection. our pride is our indestructible might. fly dream. let everything come true. take care of yourself. perform feats and always return to base. mikhail mishustin is leaving for a working trip to the regions of

shelling, repair crews cannot go to the site of damage, the winged heroes who defend the sky the air forces of the armed forces of ukraine celebrate a professional holiday thanks to coordinated work, our troops destroyed hundreds of planes and helicopters on weapons of the air force of the armed forces of the armed forces fighter- bomber transport aircraft, but mainly of the old model, what kind of equipment do we need to cover the sky? in the peaceful city, cruise missiles of the caliber that hit the premises of the officers' house and the square near the plane destroyed everything around udarnoi with a shock wave and destroyed it with fire, but the plane survived and has become a generous symbol of the indomitability of the ukrainian people for three months now, enemy strategic aviation does not dare to enter the airspace controlled by ukraine, the russians are insidiously shelling cities with missiles and attack aircraft, their missiles are capable of hitting far, their radars are capable of seeing far, too, unlike ours, it is twice as many of our planes, that's why -th enemy used this t

missiles, and every time in matters of interaction between and different units and not only the air forcesound forces with all defense forces uh, we have anti- aircraft cover as a replacement, that is, people stand with portable missiles, that's what you had a question about . what did they give us? actually, what they gave us is foreign, it's only manpads. at the moment, we do n't have anything more difficult, and it won't be an easy way. it's getting agreements. there are decisions by the governments of the countries. germany, norway, and the united states, but the united states , because they are the ones who make the missiles for the norwegian complex. and actually, at the moment, we are operating in exactly this echelon. where should we constantly change positions to catch the enemy, accordingly, the enemy is also not sleeping ? has its own huge agency in ukraine, it uses it to identify our weak points, where we have a weaker air defense system, where the enemy’s air reconnaissance is stronger and plus, it is clear, but we have also learned all of his manners, we have learned all of h

this day became, then the holiday of the russian air force was taught whether the fathers began to open flying clubs earlier, but they saw no point in creating an air fleet for the army. but the grand duke alexander mikhailovich was convinced that it was necessary to develop aviation for combat use, and he headed the first air force of the country and played a huge role. in their development on planes placed machine guns, the technique of shooting at ground targets and the throwing bomb were practiced by the beginning of the first world war. we already had 263 combat aircraft by the end of more than a thousand aircraft, mostly french, but we built our own aircraft, including the russian knight ilya muromets, designed by sikorsky in the era of the ussr space forces of russia where? there will be air forces on august 12, 1928, the central park was opened in moscow culture and recreation, then he was given the name of maxim gorky in the nineteenth century. three estates of the princes trubetskoy orlov and golitsyn were located here. nikolai bought them out and arranged the neskuchny garden

of the armed forces of ukraine p congratulations to yuriy, we are happy to see you on the air glory y to the heroes good morning congratulations, let's now definitely outline the most important problems annoying moments that now prevent the armed forces of ukraine from actively carrying out all the necessary tasks on the ground nataliya gumenyuk head of the press center of the village of vorona and guards, the operational command of the south noticed that the russians began to use kamikaze drones a bit more actively, and in general, in this way they are trying to conduct reconnaissance in the sky in particular. please tell me what the main dangers are now in the ukrainian sky. he did not ask for air development here. he hits the targets eh more yes, in terms of intelligence, so they intensify all their efforts and eh let's say that we used to shoot down more drones of their air targets to date eh we shoot down significantly less, maybe or it is due to the fact that the enemy is already starting to save on missile weapons and those unmanned detailed vehicles that are used throughout t

of ukraine . time for the air force of ukraine eh, because in principle eh, the air force is interestedobtaining more versatile aircraft such as f-16 as 15 or in 18 18, which can be used in eh conditions of the type of confrontation that we are currently seeing namely, in the conditions of er, very high saturation of the battlefield er by various means of air defense , because, after all, the a-10 aircraft is a classic attack aircraft and a classic piece of the battlefield, which is not saturated with air defense, when aviation dominates, it is our friend in the air, then this should be used the type of aircraft, well, in fact, the experts say that this is not the type of aircraft that we can get, although there are different concepts, they talk about different things, and the plane itself is very good, especially from the point of view of -e destruction of e-e ground infrastructure of ground targets such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, and precisely this e-e support aircraft for actions on the battlefield e. it e can act both with the help of e-e integrated into it a very powerfu

glory to the air forces of the armed forces forces of ukraine, glory to ukraine, a graffiti ghost ofkyiv appeared on the day of the air force of ukraine, a wall painting dedicated to military pilots , defenders of the ukrainian sky from the russian aggressor, the image was created by the belarusian artist mykhas smolske, executed in blue and yellow colors , graffiti is depicted on the wall of the popular among young people, the embankment of the danube canal, the heroism of ukrainians pilots in the first weeks of a full-scale war has already become a folk legend, as the air force command stated, the ghost of kyiv is a collective image pilots of 40 tactical aircraft that protect the ukrainian sky and counter-intelligence officers of the security service continue to destroy the enemy and his equipment in the security service of ukraine released a video in which they demilitarized the occupiers with attack drones according to the information provided to the agencies only last week, military counter-intelligence units together with fighters of the 112th anti-terrorist brigade destroyed 9

moreover, tomorrow is air force aviation day, and it is needed somewhere , not only the air word, butor day of ukraine. in fact, they gave information well, of course, information, well, but you know, if everyone likes hype in our country, so to speak, journalists and there someone wrote that russia charges up to the borders of ukraine well, what does it mean that the numbers are actually identical as at the moment of moaning as at the moment of two in three months before the invasion, there were 450 planes, 250 more at the moment, well, a little there somewhere hmmm, it doesn’t even reach 100, increased due to the helicopter grouping, despite the fact that we destroyed more than 200 planes, more than 200 helicopters in russia, this stock was replenished from other airfields, and in most cases it is a helicopter of transport aviation, so when the word is charged, it becomes so hyped and viral. and for all the sites of the sites, well, of course , i also had to enter something into the informational one. this is against saying that well, there is nothing, then nothing has changed. russ

as a component of the aerospace forces - this is a highly maneuverable and mobile branch, troops intended for repulse external aggression, as well as for airf combat operations of other branches and branches of the armed forces of the russian air force successfully performs combat missions in syria and during a special military operation in ukraine dmitry petrov anastasia matveeva alexey karpukhin andrey sorokin for the first time they performed on the open stage of ancient chersonese to the natural sound of the sea, instead of accompaniment, they did not present a performance based on the play by alexander galich sailor's silence. pavel melnikov saw how the audience accepted the sevastopol premiere of the snuff-box experiment in the open air on the ruins of ancient chersonesos for them to build their own world, into which the audience can no longer wait to plunge. and again the train rushed past, leaving the hero vladimir mashkov alone for one of life's difficulties. the sailor's silence in the production of the legendary snuffbox captivates from the very first moments, perhaps because sevastopol is a special city for the pipes of this mo

and the general staff reports that the russian troops are deploying additional air defense forces there are urged not to ignore the air alarm and as soon as they hear the signal to take shelter, are the residents of the border region ready to leave their homes in case of a threat, and do they believe that the northern neighbors will still dare to attack, our correspondents found out ms. sofya, one of the fifteen hundred inhabitants of the village of zalissya, right next to the border with belarus, unfolds a newspaper she just bought at the post office, mozart says to know all the latest news, he flees like a ukrainian village of goptitsa after the fall, what a miracle you see, a man needs trouble to furnish everything and where to get money, young people from here have left the village, now they are almost retired, many of their children live in belarus, and now it is not possible to see them, but to talk on the phone, so what you are doing, where did you share my mother-in-law in belarus, nothing , everything about 40 years, she came that year 9, whether the neighbors will decide to go

so, on air force day, at this moment, the fighters of these troops are working hard. r alert has been announced across the country. it is already known about three explosions in vinnytsia, kremenchuk, similar sounds are also reported about them in krypnytsia and uman in cherkasy region, the details are not yet reported, as it is not known whether it was a missile hit or the work of our air defense at the same time. actress jessica chastain came to kyiv and already managed to visit the children's hospital okhmatdyta also met with president zelensky he said that such visits of famous people are extremely important and valuable because of this the world is still will hear more, know will understand the truth about what is happening in our country, the actress chastain is known for her roles in the film x-men interstellar, the big game, the martian, temi faye, won an oscar and was even included in the 100 most influential people according to time magazine, jessica has publicly supported the honor of stein, as well as some other hollywood actors ukraine in the fight against

complexity, the words of the ministry of defense spoke about the invaluable contribution of the air forcetfully proud of the exploits of navigator pilots and aviation specialists in protecting the air borders of russia, we bow to their exceptional courage and stamina and courage shown in the battles for the freedom and independence of the motherland, today the air force is successfully mastering new weapons and equipment effectively solve special tasks in ukraine and syria provide assistance in the aftermath of natural disasters, i am sure that the russian air force will continue to multiply the glorious military traditions and reliably ensure the country's security today in patriot park, a large festive climax program. the flights of aerobatic teams began to rise into the sky, our aces. russian knights on su-35s and swifts for an instant-29, breathtaking aerobatics, which pilots perform so easily, congratulations are received by ilya sizov hero from a dynasty of russian military pilots on a business trip to syria, a special operation to protect the donbass, he is not only a true professi

well, the winged heroes who fight and defend the sky, the air force of the armed forces of ukraine, arely celebrating a professional holiday. thanks to coordinated work, our troops destroyed hundreds of aircraft and helicopters, pushing the russian enemy to the border of the airspace, the air forces of the armed forces of ukraine also have fighters and bombers and transport aircraft . old-school, so to speak, of an old model, and what kind of equipment do we need to cover the sky, see further in the story, this memorial sign of a combat-ready mig-21 fighter was installed in vinnytsia in honor of the creation of the ukrainian air force, three weeks ago, the russian army fired cruise missiles caliber that hit the premises of the officers' house and the square near the plane, everything around udarnaya was swept away by the shock wave and destroyed by fire, but the plane stood and became another symbol of the indomitability of the ukrainian people for three months enemy aircraft does not dare to enter the airspace controlled by ukraine, the enemy insidiously bombards cities with missiles a

he graduated in 1984 and was commissioned as an air force officer. his first assignment was grand force, north dakota, where he and his wife were recently both honored by the university of north dakota, where i was humbled to be a president earlier. his last assignment in the air force was the space, where i got to work with him when i was the president of the university of colorado. he became the first lead for the space command just three years ago. but soon after that, he was assigned to be the first chief of space operations. we are thrilled to have them with us here today and learn more about the great things space force is doing to secure our country. let's begin, if we could, general, talking about, why was it important that we establish a space force? what are the threats out there that the president of the nation and the congress decided that we needed to have a new branch? gen. raymond: first of all, thank you for the opportunity to be with you. it is always good to see you. i appreciate all the support you have given the aerospace forces ov

glory to the air force of the armed forces of ukraine, you protect the ukrainian sky, professionally ombat tasks and reliably guard the air borders of our state, eternal gratitude to all the defenders of the sky who died defending ukraine , the ukrainian president noted. well, the creative team of the espresso channel joins in congratulating all air force personnel on their professional holiday, which is celebrated today . we will add and thank you for defending our sky. dmytro kyrychuk is already with us, a deputy of the zaporozhye district council and a volunteer dmytro congratulations, i congratulate you and, first of all, i join in. greetings from the air force of the armed forces of ukraine. thank you, guys. in the region, the situation is becoming tense, the occupiers are sending reinforcements to this region, in the last two days , three or four new battalions of tactical groups have appeared in the area of ​​temporarily occupied tokmak. they are preparing an offensive from the other side, they are preparing for defense, but there is a group , he says, in the novaya kakhovka ar

[laughter] spent 26 years in the air force as a colonel. so when i talk about ashley's support for veterans, it is not a political statement. [applause] we are the greatest nation on gods green earth. because of men and women put on a uniform and went to foreign lands to make sure that the rest of us sleep in peace. thank god. for champions. [applause] i am excited about ashley hinson's reelection. i am excited about what she represents. i am excited that you guys keep producing powerful, positive women and sending them to washington, d.c., just like joni ernst as well. [applause] but do not take it for granted that because she won last time, she is going to win this time. it is our responsibility to make sure that this state and her district is read to the roots -- is red to the roots! [applause] i like to joke about a part of my life story, because i had a challenging life. some of it funny and some parts not so funny. as a kid who grew up in a single family household, who lost my way and couldn't figure out that i lived in the greatest l

this was reported by the spokesman for the air force command of the armed forces of ukraine, yuriy ignat . however , seven missiles were shot down by our air defense forces, in particular, six missiles were shot down by missile troops and one missile was shot down by an anti-aircraft destroyer, and also yuriy ignat specified that the hit that took place in the lviv region actually hit an anti-aircraft missile system after this information appeared from maksym kozytskyi , the head of the lviv regional military administration, he actually specified that a missile hit a military unit in lviv region, let's listen to maksym kozytskyi at the end of lviv region, unfortunately, the chervonogradskyi district military unit was hit, two explosions, project information is missing, the scale of the accusations has been established for 6 years shot down on approach by air defense forces a huge thank you for their work please do not ignore the air warning signals take care take care, dear, victory will be with us. glory to ukraine, dear residents, well, we see that the information from maksym kozytskyi

transport army and operational-tactical aviation and their commanders were presented with state awards, air forcenders sergey dronov thanked for their service in the course of carrying out tasks to destroy ukrainian nationalists, military personnel of the aerospace forces showed high polishing and professionalism, and russian weapons military equipment once again demonstrated high efficiency and reliability marriage and heroism shown in during a special military operation, more than 700 military personnel of the aerospace forces were awarded state and departmental awards from what is now in service with the air force, it was created and tested under the leadership of vladimir mikhailovich at the beginning and middle of the 2000s, including these same su-35 multifunctional fighters, su-34 bombers and fifth-generation su-57 aircraft, but more important than iron a good pilot and he still needs to be trained by future commanders in chief. and i was very busy with the training of cadets. they were issued in full flight with the receipt of the third class and so on. victory will be ours. and it all st

, e.e. the air force, in particular, the air defense forces, are gradually transitioning model systems and just working out the integration of these systems into our air defense system, which, it must be said, has been improving for a long time and there were references from our high-ranking officials and representatives of the air forces, which is even included in the composition air defense systems er-e certain elements of artificial intelligence, which is provided precisely er-e tracking of targets , their distribution among available means and sure destruction, that is why we see terrible daggers and super well, the arist can, in this battle, here the example is quite like that in obtaining new western systems , we get more chances to work with the threats that we currently have, in particular with the russian missile threat, and i will ask a symmetrical question, of course, to khrystyna yatskiv, who stronger is an elephant or a cat, respectively, we will talk about this during a short break, because now the floor is over to our wonderful journalists iryna koval will

donbass, highly awarded seven military pilots became the hero of russia, two posthumously today on air force day , a ceremony of awarding orders and medals took place, and at this moment in patriot park begins a grandiose air show , our aces will demonstrate their art in the sky. we are following the development of events, and the information channel on the first continue the program time will tell. since yesterday evening, donetsk has been under intense fire from the ukrainian armed forces. as eduard aleksandrovich basurin told us today, several electric power distribution stations were struck yesterday, a significant part of the city is without communication. uh, today they are hitting civilian infrastructure facilities, as actively as possible, and at one moment they hit several mines. at the mine named after zasyadko 109 miners c. this moment is underground. there is no power the ability to lift them to the ground rescue work is underway with many of our experts. with whom we contact from donetsk at the moment there is no connection, in general, therefore today our connections are unstab

it's at the homestead air force base, which took a direct hit yesterday. here's abc's jim slade. >> virtually every building was destroyed or damaged on this base, normally one of the air force's showpl pshowplaces, is functional. homestead is normally a base for f-16 combat squadrons. these planes grounded for repairs were caught by the storm. the others, their maintenance people, and spare parts were sent to shelter at bases north of here, where they'll operate for the time being. at the end of world war ii, homestead was closed by a hurricane for nine years. the world situation is different today. they hope to have those f-16s back here flying as a unit in very short order. jim slade, abc news, homestead air force base, florida. >> what's emerging today is how extensive the destruction was just south of miami, an area which took andrew's full force. in miami, abc's al dale. >> only from the air can you understand the extent of the damage. mile after mile, neighborhood after neighborhood, homes and businesses destroyed. >> i had 75% of my roof fall off.

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 ufos still aren't real. it did not have the same impact. saying 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 having seen a picture of a short gray alien with big head and they guys. -- 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 world news is all over

of ukraine, and most importantly the fact that the number of combat-capable aircraft in the air forcef ukraine will be increased, for this we must thank slovakia, which previously handed over the s300 complex to us, which destroys air targets and enemy aircraft, and now let's go down to land and immediately to the south, to which the main attention is currently focused, however, the official decision-makers call for maintaining a regime of silence . it is visible even from space, now the armed forces of ukraine are continuing offensive actions in the kherson region, burning the positions of the russian federation with massive fire, the operational command in the south of the morning reported what happened tomorrow, 13 enemy control points in kherson's boryslav and kakhiv districts , that is, on the entire rashist bridgehead on the right bank , will also be destroyed. warehouses of supplies located in the depth of the enemy's positions will also be struck on the transport arteries, that is, the bridges that cross the dnieper, which connect these the right and left bank in the area of ​

the air force of ukraine is protecting the sky space of our country with highly maneuverable and mobilets destroy the enemy in the air, on land and in the sea already during the war, the air force has proven its loyalty to the ukrainian people, they have shown that neither on the ground nor they will pay, there will be no peace because the borscht will win but it will be hot, we continue our broadcast has completed the air alert almost all over ukraine, do you all have a good day, and once again congratulations on the independence day of ukraine, and today, august 24, is not only the independence day of ukraine, but also the day of the creation of a very serious organization called nato and during this six months, we will often talk about this organization because it is safe, we are talking about what would happen if we were already members of nato and then russia would not have done what it did six months ago. well, this the military alliance was created 73 years ago. it was formed precisely to contain the soviet union. well, it allegedly lost its meaning after the collapse of the sovi

well, not all of the air force, but our armed forces, transferring there reserves, spare parts, which carry out rapid air transportation, in general, we do not have a structure our air force does not meet western standards , almost all european countries have one main combat aircraft, we have five types of aircraft . well, the su-25, i am opening, it was the first flight of the 75th the year is february 22 - i was born in this year, you know, i'm already 47 years old, and it's been half a century since our main plane, valery, and in the west, there's also a similar story, for half a century, the main plane has been in use, so you'll be amazed, but do you remember in in the 18th year, the americans flew to us, i specially went and looked at their planes, yes, their youngest plane was 4 years older than our su-27, i thought you were four years older than me. i mean, valery, that's it it was a joke, i mean that it might be possible. excuse me, i was thinking about my insensitivity, i thought that maybe this plane was four years older than you. years well, but still on the 75th, but it st

the russian air force is celebrating its professional holiday today.orce are considered august 12, 1912, then an order was issued that transferred the issues of organizing military aeronautics. separately, parts of the royal the russian air force armies are part of the country's aerospace forces, which were created in 2015 and traditionally also celebrate their birthday on august 12, this is a huge event. 110 years of the air force are strong people, educated, they believe in their technology and in their knowledge. they believe in the idea for which they serve in the sky, work brothers congratulations on the holiday is always a million to a million. be happy, pilots are a great profession. this is the history that is written with very hard work, but the history that is always with us. stay please yourself invisible and inaccessible, because on earth you know you love to believe and, of course, they are waiting. our protection, our pride, our indestructible power, fly, dream. let everything come true. take care of yourself. perform feats and always ret

many it was dark, there were a couple of candles, i probably did n't cry at that moment when the air forceheld on i held on, i supported the other women and children and you, the blow happened in the district when there was a strong air force when the walls shook my husband and i never closed with children, we prayed that either all at once or no one. i was afraid that god would glorify what had happened. go, stay. i didn’t just cry. they cried like dogs. they didn’t say anything to me. he went to do it. just after the shelling on the third of march, my wife and i decided to go and see the consequences . shelling with a camera. we walked around the yards and i filmed, but i filmed not only the destruction of houses, but also the winter, the people's reaction to it, that's how the food ran out, the water ran out, it was very difficult you understand, tomorrow they will feed you nothing, as if there is money. well, you can't buy anything, they don't work. we went to the warehouses for some reason. we collected some rotten vegetables. we were very happy when it rained . then bowls and buckets

him off air force one for some reason and and so i walk up off air force one and the press person and andrews air force base came running over to me and said gene the press wants to know and for a minute. i just assumed he she was gonna say they they would like to interview you. mm-hmm. she said the press wants to know if you could not be between and the camera. because you're blocking sully. it was a humbling moment, but sully sully has an instagram account. he has 5,000 followers and i'm one and follow a dog, but that anita thanks for that is the night bad and bob dole or possibly the two iconic. those that came out of president bush's funeral. gene lewis nicola on behalf of this audience. i'm going to say thank you so much for your time your expertise. ::