air force's assistance to the ukrainian air force? a lot has been discussed about bombs. we have not heard much about their f-16s in a while. longer-term, in terms of what type of assistance you see long-term in terms of drone manufacturing that you see, there was an announcement from the ukrainians about investment in drone manufacturing, what do you see long-term from there and what lessons have you derived that you are now applying to the air force? thanks. >> on the first question, with respect to the air force support, we our responding to the secretary of defense, who receives the requests from ukraine. those get filtered into the joint force and each of the services offers up what they could do to support and the risk attendant with that. that continues as far as some of the munitions and capabilities. on the f-16 capability, that continues -- f-16 training, that continues. and we are part of a coalition. it is not just the u.s. air force but we are part of a coalition largely made up of european nations delivering the training and some of the f-16s have been deliv

and i go army, but it was army and air force for the choices. and my my little brain said, walk the war or walk or flight. so i said, i'll fly to war. and i joined the air force rotc, knowing that i had go through it, but i didn't have to commit any military service. it was just part of what you and. and then i got to love the instructors in air force rotc. i just fell in love with the whole idea. actually, of the military through my four years there and in school and got commission when i left and went right to pilot training. but it was a security route. it was never planned that was there was never any of my plans to do that. it was sort of a surprise and i made a choice and 40 years later, the air force kicked me out when they said i have an attraction for aviation. you to go there was the aviation was a true place to sit at the end of the runway. there was a naval reserve station in kansas city and they had the faa fighter reserve unit there. and used to go out and sit at the end of the runway and watch them land. and that was i just though

i knew he'd been in the air force. it was an old uniform in, the basement, a couple of other little points around the house. that's it. he always said, i will tell war stories or you're not to get any war story out of me. so about six years ago, he'd been living at home until was about 94 at macular degeneration. it was getting a little dicey to happen, you know, around the house, even with some help and so he went off to a home, a veteran's home. it turned out we were starting to clean up the house the only house our family had ever lived in. needless to say, there was a lot of stuff in it. i think i see everybody nodding their head. got that just layers of memories and and time and just the too muchness of every little thing. so cleaning up one day in a small drawer with his cufflinks and tie clips, i found some small pocket sized notebook pages folded over, tossed, sitting there as they had for almost 65 years. no idea what this was. i picked it up. it was a diary it was an account of each bomber mission he had flow

beginning with air force chief of staff david allen who talks about air force operations, readiness anddness. >> thank you and thank you to the team. there's a lot going on in the news outside of the air force but is important to have professionals like you out there informing alleged. being able to talk about that and inform is super important. >> it's not working. >> all right. >> it's cutting out totally. >> now you can hit me back. >> does this work? will go back and forth. >> i won't start over. a year end it's interesting, quite a journey but i find myself encouraging should have the last year is the right one. the nature of the advancing threat, it's important starting off on this competition, we went back to get studying done everything i do between then and now reinforces we are on the right path. we need to change the way we are doing things and rework the systems and processes. take a few trips and that is the most encouraging because while we see the environment is dynamic, getting out there is one of the most gratifying thing i can do and see they are understanding the chan

air force and the air force needs to invest more heavily on next-generation air and initiative for those who aren't familiar with this state-of-the-art air systems comprising of manned aircraft to what they are saying is military leadership is stalling this and slow rolling it and they say they are considering cost over necessity and what is your response to this >> this goes to the point that was just asked. it's a family of systems and what i believe they are referring to us is when piece of there system. the, end bed counter penetrating platform and some would say the following to the f-22 or the next generation of that. it's part of a family of systems that include collaborative combat aircraft. those are underway and we have done from five down to two vendors we should have 150 of those ip and of the next five years so the government architecture which sounds interesting but it helps us adapted upgrade faster so that's what the system is. i believe you are referring to this very expensive very capable platform that we are now at a point where we are at a pause because when we do thi

force had its first birthday. jay rehman and i were in air command together in 1997 so we have known each other since we were majors and have worked together pretty closely. the real value of space force standing up and i can say that being does -- the air force achieve is before i would've been responsible for the air force and the space force. this took things off my plate and has focused on an area that we look at but it was not a war fighting domain. it is much different now. and because of what space force has been able to do, they are focused on this domain and it has also helped bring down the level of classification in certain areas. and so we can talk about some of those things and still in unclassified forms in some spaces. integrating space into what we are doing for operational purge -- operational purposes. the more we have an appreciation of how space is being used, it helps us change and drive our policy to make sure our policy stays ahead of our ability to respond should any of those nations do something that is outside the no

at air force recently announced delays in cleaning the rest. some systems won't beperating for another four or five years. >> it is a slow motion. it's molasses on a cold winter day. >> a citizens advisory board meets with the air force every three months to provide input. the meetings have become increasingly contentious. >> we feel abandoned. >> it is like you are >> cooking the books. at a meeting in august board members invented frustration about the delays and said the cleanup was mismanaged accusing the military of not conducting enough testing before it started building the latest treatment system this summer. >> the air force did an extremely minimal amount of work to demonstrate the wells that were planning on putting in are actually in the right place. >> they are only treating 25% of the known problem. they have no idea, really, what exists beyond. >> under pressure, the air force released the results of an independent review at the latest community meeting this week confirming concerns about the new system saying more testing is nee

transferred to the royal air force. those long grey coats that he wears. 20 years he has been the royal honorary colonel of the wessex yeomany. and the princess royal, princess anne. royal naval uniform. she is an admiral in the royal navy and a general in the royal air force. and the last wreath from the royal party laid on behalf of the duke of kent. by a lieutenant from the scots dragoon guards. the duke served twnt 21 years, before retiring as a lieutenant—colonel. parade. stand at ease. stand easy! the royal party remain at attention, as many more wreaths will be laid. first on behalf of the nation by sir keir starmer. as the massed bands play the funeral march. the new leader of the conservative party, kemi badenoch. the leader of the liberal democrat, sir ed davey. next, stephen flynn on behalf of the snp and plaid cymru. gavin robinson, on behalf of the democratic unionist party. the speaker of the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle. the speaker of the house of lords, lord mcfall. now, together the foreign secr

air force one. we are all questions at him. he comes, speaks to us and then goes up the the the steps the engines of already are on and they start rubbing up and we go up the back stairs and before takeoff, i try to feed off of all the audio that i've got the on the old 740 sevens there are more there's more than one air force one that's explained the book, too. but there are these planes that are. and once you get inside the fuselage, even though you have no cell phone. so i would be standing on the back trying to, you know, get the wi fi signal to feed this audio to the the the npr cloud that we use. and you know the flight attendants like trying to grab me and get me on the plane because you don't keep the president waiting or the pilot of air force one. so a lot of one thing goes wrong and. you've really ruined your day and the day of a lot of other people because have hourly newscasts waiting to get this material, especially the president said something significant. so that's a taste of what th

air force unit shooting down more than 80 iranian drones. of the team right after their mission was complete. on the right, captain lacy hester and major coffey, next to their commanders. in the hours after, president biden would praise them. >> hey, you guys are the best in the whole damn world, man, the whole world. that's not -- that's not hyperbole. both these squadrons. you're incredible. i apologize for enthusiasm. i'm supposed to be much more reserved. >> david: tonight, major coffey has now been awarded a silver star. and captain hester making history, getting a silver star too. >> the presentation of the silver star medal to the united states air force's first female recipient, captain lacy hester. >> the ground and air crew that supported the operation that night cheering on captain hester. and so we choose captain lacy hester and the entire team in the air that night. we thank you for your service. good night. parking lot. tonight, the dangerous situation with dogs, people and police. >> a cold nights ahead and part of your weeken

the crew back on air force one, mark with the pilot. just your crew all back on air force one. were going to have to get out of here to the secret service. i said, get the motorcade turned around. we're to be going back to the airport to dan bartlett. i said, get some remarks written for the president. we've got 600 people in the gymnasium. you'll have to talk to them. he can not say anything. we do not know. be the truth. the president then came out of that classroom. he excused himself to the students, to the media. and he came into the holding. and the first thing he said was, get the fbi director the phone and we to say he's here. mr. president. then you talk to the vice president. he talked to his national security adviser. he talked to the of new york, tried to reach the mayor of new york city. i then ran around the building and went into the room with the 600 people from the community. we were and stood at the back of the room. and i saw the president come in with secretary of education ron paige. and i stood there as the president walked and went to the podium and the f

he went to the air force academy. she was 20 when she married him at the famous chapel outside colorado springs. >> marty, you may kiss your bride. >> this was back in 1999 1991 when marty was all she ever wanted. before she talked to that psychologist, agreed to record for the record her thoughts about the weird events yet to come and those happy days with marty, too, of course. >> we did everything together. he treated me very well that that we had the perfect relationship. we were best friends. >> he was the dashing young officer back then. she, his lovely bride. the future she imagined an endless honeymoon in which his air force career would take them to exotic destinations all around the world. she just didn't imagine that world would be unromantic air force outposts in oklahoma, alabama, and florida, and finally fayetteville, north carolina. they arrived in 1999. marty was captain theer by then, flew one of those large c- 31 cargo planes. all that time alone not so easy on a marriage as she revealed during those

history getting a silver star too. >> the presentation of the silver star medal to the united states air force'sester. >> the ground and air crew that supported the operation that night cheering on captain hester. and so we choose cap at any lacy hester and the entire team in the air that night. we thank you for your service. good night. officers arrived on scene and observed a pedestrian being attacked by dogs. >> a dog shot and killed after it attacked somebody outside of a san francisco grocery store. >> it's demoralizing and very sad because we know that usually it's not a few bad apples. it's actually an entire movement. it's an institutional movement. and to see that happen in redwood city was was very discouraging. >> a parent taking on a bay area school. the discrimination students say they faced on campus. >> in one east bay city, the election still isn't over. the race for mayor that is still too close to call. >> and it's cold and going to get colder. the overnight freeze expected and the people hitting the streets to make sure people are safe. good afternoon. i'm kristen sze i'm larr

camden's sister jackson, who's also in the air force, wants to open a bakery, so he's selling cookies, his wife dani capturing it online and sharing the story, asking others to help with that dream of a bakery. so many did, tonight $14,000 in donations. >> so we've gotten -- i'm going to cry -- >> dani holding the cash from so many supporters, helping with that dream, on the way to surprise the baker and her brother. >> it's pretty wild. i just want to thank everybody for doing this, because i would have loved for somebody to do that for me when i was a kid. >> david: and then the moment. >> today -- i'm sorry, i'm -- just -- oh my god, it's been such a rough month. i'm going to cry. >> david: and right here tonight -- >> hi, david. >> david: that proud baker, jackson thornton. she's an air force senior airman, too. >> it goes to show the power of donating and how you can impact somebody's life in such a split second. >> david: and tonight, joining us too -- >> hi, david. >> david: air force technical sergeant lane and his wife, dani. >> i encourage people to, you know, be able to giv

so the asad regime was fighting with the russian air force and with the militias as a ground force.ce is consumed in ukraine, so it's a very precarious position for the asad regime stop what we talk a lot about the geopolitical implications here, what about for syrians themselves, just people living there. how will this affect the humanitarian situation of the country? it is absolutely miserable. for many syrians it's a choice of the lesser evil. there is no democracy here in the output for syria. we are talking about islamist rebels, certain sections of them which was affiliated with al-qaeda at some point has since broken with them but islamist rebels nonetheless and authority and tarrying regimes in the past that have used met weapons of mass destruction against was asad regime, the coalition that was there that turned the tide in his favour in 2015 is no longer there. at the time, the head of the forest, the uranian irg see flew to moscow and reportedly met with president putin. so the asad regime was fighting with the russian air force and with the militias as a ground force. t

you actually flew air force one. you didn't change. we actually flew air force one. we had a big debate about it. there was. there was because typically you change planes like when i. well i mean, all of all of all of the trips that took to iraq and afghanistan and we ended up going on the 747. that's a very big target. that is a very big target. the alternative was a c-17 military transport plane, the belly of which got some armor on it. but in the end, we we figured we figured 747 was safer and and so we we sent a very tiny advance team to iraq i think there were three secret service agents, one staff advance guy and a couple of communicate hours. and they actually funny they they went under the cover of cia general's office. and as you know nobody wants to nobody wants to deal with an inspector general and and then we slowly read more people in into the and we took very few staff and the the press. it's interesting margaret you all know this well. the you know, during the holiday, you're getting like fourth string for the most part, like fourth string reporters th

so the russian air force did not perform the way i thought they were going to perform. and that's because again, the ukrainians, the ukrainian air defense was extraordinarily effective against the russian air force and they shot down the russian airplanes in the initial part of the fight. and so the russians, all the russians have done now is use their air force from russian airspace, launching long range precision missiles into ukraine. so that was, that was one, the other one that really surprised me was the ineffective use of russian electronic warfare. i thought that was going to be a much bigger factor than it proved to be. and i still am not 100% sure why they didn't shut down all the command and control networks that the ukrainians were using. some people have suggested because they're using the same frequency levels, same radio types, that sort of thing. i don't know. i'm not sure even today, what the full reason is, but the russian, the full capability of russian electronic warfare, i don't think was brought to bear and there were some other big lessons learned

being a bombardier, he was trained at the air force base.e went across to england in 1942 and flew missions from october, 1942 until april of 1943 when he got shot down. there were 18 missions that he flew on. there were several missions to make it through the war. on april 3, 1943, there was an effort against the plant. they had 26 planes, b-17's. in that pod, three of the four airplanes were shot down. interesting because most of them died. 18 out of 30 passed away, my dad was a lucky one. his navigator was a good friend. they got shot down, he was worried about the river, he could not swim. they were supposed to work him back but they turned him over to the germans. could you hear me? host: yes. was he in a prison camp? caller: three months. there was another guy from colorado also in the same camp, kind of interesting. he was a fighter pilot. a good movie to watch is 12:00, during the war, the bombers didn't have escorts. they headed to the coast over the channel may be, that was it. there were three or four clusters and he had a purple

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ukraine's air force says russia has launched a record number of drone strikes, damaging critical infrastructure across the country. in the uk, the clean—up operation begins after storm but brought major disruptions are part of the country. more than 100 flood warnings remain in place. and so rod stewart has been named as the artist to play the coveted legends slot at next year's glastonbury festival. they have been a fresh blast despite hopes that a lebanon, despite hopes that a temporary end to the fighting between israel and the iran— backed group hezbollah could be agreed in the coming hours. we will take a look at the live shots from southern lebanon there was where you can see there was just a huge blast a moment ago. this is indeed a series of explosions that have been taking place, including in southern parts of beirut early this morning. lebanese government officials saying more than 7300 people have been killed in israeli attacks across lebanon since october hezbollah went then moved further from hezbollah went then moved furtherfrom israel's northern border so civilians could return t

the report came from the air force in - came from the air force in ukraine which said there was an attackit mentioned what it described as an intercontinental ballistic missile being used in that attack, between five and six o'clock this morning, attacking industry and infrastructure as far as the statement said, and as people scramble for information because this would be a major change in the conflict, the use of a very different missile, something that can reach thousands of kilometres, potentially, so in the scramble for information, there came at statement from president zelensky who said ukraine's crazy neighbour, referring to vladimir putin, was using ukraine as a testing ground for its missiles, and certainly there is no clear answer as to why it militarily rush you would use an intercontinental missile against ukraine because they have plenty of other missiles which can do terrible damage, so it would seem if this was an intercontinental missile used for the first time, that was meant to send a message from moscow to washington and to ukrainian allies in western europe to tell th

again, growing up in air force bases, amazing loyalty to the united states air force.ut when you see a book like that, a show like that come out, you go, all right. so they're probably not to do another mini series about pilots anytime soon, but but who knows? i but but i watched it and i loved it. so i like it. i really can't complain. so one more. russ martin do you ever reach out to the relatives and actually go to their house, their grandkids whoa and say this is a resemblance to churchill? patton you know, yeah, we get that off. you know, they're all here's the thing. it's because it's because the world war two people are aging out. you know there's one living battle of britain pilot still alive. his name is john hemingway. his he lives in dublin. he's irish, 104 years old. and i as an homage to him i put one of his descriptions about his time spent in france in the early days of the war into book just because he deserves it. but you if you go on the facebook pages, you can you might see somebody say, oh my grandfather flew there, but they can't me you know, they

also i would say, once the air force gets going on this you really begin to see the importance of it, i mean the close air support does get a lot better. it's the product of an incredible amount of figuring and per mutating and negotiating and pushing and pulling really at the eighth army and upwards level throughout this war from the perspective of the average soldier on the ground never enough of it, it's not efficient enough, it's not deadly enough, and there's always complaints at the platoon and company commander level that we can't get the air we want. and that's especially for the first year to year and a half of the war. >> yeah. one of the air force people would say that, you know, they're getting us to call in air missions on things they need to clear themselves. what drops out is the campaign, right, because, you know, airmen have a lot of different ways of fighting independent ariel arm and one of the things they're arguing in korea is that, you know, the supply lines for the communist forces are quite long and they spent a lot of time hitting stuff that is coming over fro

oh, look at the ceiling and the rest of the air force. but given children, they're killing be these as they used to say years ago. and we're going to hear that the same thing and the same movies that they used to do in 2015, 1617, and 18. we're going to see it now. all right, now siri as authority say that there's a lot of misleading information being put out there by the terrorist who we still fear in the local population. is that how you see it? what's, what's happened? what's happened is this is a big attack. mass of numbers. uh, there were sleeping cells instead of an apple, all of that happened to see your army as they understood, totalled out to re of, uh, to the and they gathered was that enforcements on the doors available and their information that they're getting that uh when the unfortunately the, i'm assuming that the finishes and the operation starts, who's the support of that us in the air force and the ceiling, the air force, then the operation will start. but this, as i told you it's, it was not one of the biggest. it is t

you know, a lot of the air force people would, you know, say that you know they're getting us to call in the air missions and things that they need to go clear themselves. what drops out is the interdiction campaign. right, because you know airmen have a lot of different ways of fighting an independent aerial arm. and one of the things that they're arguing in korea is that, you know, the the supply lines for the communist forces are quite long and they spend a lot of time hitting stuff that is coming over from from russia and prc. and the army is like, where are you? are you where are you? well, when we move north. they start seeing all the burned out trains, the burned out tanks, the tank transporters. and they realize air force has actually been quite busy just out of their line of sight. thank you very. my name is kristen crouse. we ph.d. candidate at texas a&m university. i was hoping you guys would comment on the experiences of starvation, exposure, disease, displacement, both during the war and the warriors. thank you. your guys's turn. what we're talking starvation. that's the

well, the american air force have confirmed that there were a number of what they call small unmannedll them drones — that have been buzzing around over these air force bases in the east of england over the last couple of days, last week. they say the number of drones fluctuated. they ranged in size and configurations. and they say they were actively monitored. they wouldn't go into much detail about what that actually means, being actively monitored. these air bases are pretty important. they're owned by britain, the raf, but they're run and operated by the americans. and it's part of the sort of international agreements that we have, part of the nato commitment that america has to europe and beyond to maintain the peace. so, raf lakenheath, for example, is where the us keeps its fighterjets — the f—15 and the f—35. raf mildenhall is a refuelling base, and feltwell is a logistics centre. so, you know, it's pretty serious, if there are drones buzzing around over the top of those fairly sensitive sites. and who is thought to be likely responsible for these drones? i mean, nobody�*s say

i am air force marks its 75th anniversary. iam pleased air force marks its 75th anniversary. now and speak to our correspondent stephen mcdonald who is at the event. stephen, what is the vibe like? please let me know what's going on there.- vibe like? please let me know what's going on there. here at the zhuhai _ what's going on there. here at the zhuhai airshow, _ what's going on there. here at the zhuhai airshow, there - what's going on there. here at the zhuhai airshow, there is l the zhuhai airshow, there is all manner of amazing tech on display. it is mostly air related, and you have air boffins and ordinary enthusiasts turning up to have a look. also military specialists. 0ne a look. also military specialists. one of the key things people are wanting to see is china's latest generation stealth fighter. now, the f—35 a,j generation stealth fighter. now, the f-35 a, j 35 generation stealth fighter. now, the f—35 a, j 35 a, sorry, when it comes out, will give china's two stealth fighter options as it tries to dominate this part of the world, with tensions in the south chin

that is especially for the on first year, year and a half of the war. >> a lot of the air force people would say that they are getting us a call in air missions on things that they need to go clear themselves. what drops out is the interdiction campaign, right? because, you know, airmen have a lot of different ways in fighting in the independent aerial arm. one of the things they are arguing in korea is that, you know, the supply lines for the communist forces are quite long, and they spend a lot of time hitting stuff that is coming over from russia and prc , and the army is like where ju are you, where are you, where are you. well, when we move north, they start seeing all the burned-out. trains, all of the burned out takes, the tank transporters, and they realize the air force has actually been quite busy, just out of their line of sight. >> thank you very much. my name is tristan krause he, phd candidate, and i was hopingo you would comment on the experiences of starvation, exposure, disease, and displacement, both during the war and of anhathe postwar year afterwards. sl think you.

sergeant lana shafer, united states air force.states navy. >> heroes -- >> veterans, police, fire, and active duty service members are joined by people from the community to make sure seven unaccompanied veterans are not forgotten. >> pfc sheri shawley, united states army. >> chief investigative officer at the medical examiner at university of michigan health sparrow says starting from the moment of death, staff are working diligently to find surviving family members or next of kin cannot take care of final arrangements, the office works the department of defense. >> we are doing the right thing. we wait and do this once a year. we want the make sure we lay everybody to rest at the same time because we'd like to do a large ceremony. we want to give them everything that they deserve. >> specialist douglas harris, united states army. >> a long-standing tradition between the office and the fort custard national cemetery. >> it's a wonderful gift to be able to give them. they served our country. they gave us the freedoms that we have.

we're here with tyler and wrote a song, an air force veteran from arkansas.you wrote the song. >> some friends of mine wrote the song. i knew i had to have it so i got permission to cut it and here we are. >> we're ready for it. god bless. ♪ ♪ he walked in with a cane and his hand and -- old gray beard with a ponytail and a faded anchor tat. halfway through my show i asked the old man if he would stand, and everyone in the place that night came up and shook his hand ♪ ♪ here is to the tough ones, to the brave ones, to the want to sacrifice ♪ ♪ to the freedom, bought and paid for, by the ones who didn't think twice ♪ ♪ so with all i have i take off my hat and hold my drink up high to the heroes on the front lines tonight ♪ ♪ he gets up at 5:00 a.m., sits on his boots and badge. he fills up his coffee cup and throws a sandwich in a sack ♪ ♪ he will walk in and kiss her lips before the morning's light, and then she will say a sleepy prayer that he would come home safe tonight ♪ ♪ here is to the tough ones, to the brave ones, to the ones who sacrifice ♪ ♪ here is

ukraine's air force says russia has launched a record number of drone strikes — damaging critical infrastructureoss the country. the clean—up operation begins, after storm bert brought major disruption to parts of the uk. more than 100 flood warnings remain in place. hello, i'm kasia madera. welcome to bbc news. after months of hostilities — a dealfor a temporary end to the hostilities between israel and the lebanon—based group hezbollah could be agreed in the coming hours. israel's cabinet will meet to discuss backing the agreement — which has been brokered by international mediators, including the us and france. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is said to have already agreed to the deal in principle. under the agreement, there would be a 60—day pause in fighting, during which israeli troops would withdraw from southern lebanon. hezbollah would move further away from israel's northern border, so that civilians could return to their homes in their respective areas. once they have departed, the lebanese army and un observerforces would deploy in areas close to the border. despite the diplomacy,