whether from the air or ground or see to display on the ground as they begin to mask against the forces. that changes from the way the air force proposed to do that in the past there are other things embedded in our budget proposal that's are to be talked about like restoring the readiness and cost-effective modernization being the most two important but what is different or what has the national defense strategy has done to change things? with solving problems i would point to those to the acceleration of defendable space in the shift of multi- domain operations. maybe highlighted we are all sitting here on the same platform but when i started my career as a young officer to say do more things that are joint that means i have to do some sideman along the way or check that box. chief staff of air force talks about that in the campaign so that means we take east and you take west. that wasn't exactly joint but we have moved from that to more interdependent i would say those services are on the cusp of becoming integrated not just interdependent or joint but integrated in our operations b

also most of the air establishment, the main depot for 12th air force is at casa blanca. so, when we talk about quad rsqs fighting in tunisia, logistics fighting, you can see some of the challenges the air forces are up against. >>> we haven't talked a lot about the navy today, and i don't think that's intentional. but it was primarily a ground and certainly an air force. i do want to acknowledge the contribution, again, without the mercha merchant mariners, running the convoys through heavily boat infested waters. the navy itself sends several carrier loads of planes to the north african campaign. this is one in particular. the uss escort carrier which flies off all of the 33rd fighter group during the north african campaign. so, you have actually advanced attrition for the group. but here you see army aircraft operating from aircraft carriers which is not a typical scene in the second world war, but it's certainly a vital contribution in terms of building up allied air power. most of the air cover for the torch landings was provided by the carrier forces, but the uss ran

the air force doctrine at the time, enshrined in this here, the air force sees very much a priority, a trinity, and it's still true today in our tactical air doctrine. air superiority is the first requirement. if we're constantly being attacked, we're not going to be able to do anything, air lift, ground support, anything like that. second priority becomes interdex, known in the parlance of the day, isolating the fat lfield, cutting off the resupply and equipment. those missions absorb the bulk of the allied air effort in north africa. that's part of the reason they never get to the third one which is closer to direct support of ground troops and i think it was said this morning that there was no air support at kasserine. i would qualify that somewhat, there was no direct air support. it certainly was not the cast that the troops were expecting or counting on. but there was air support and the size of rommel's force had been limited by the sustained attacks especially the int interdiction attacks on the axis supply line. s some of the aircraft doing that are ones that we see here. in

the air campaign. he discusses how the army air forces supported ground operations in 1942 and 1943 and help rid the north african skies of the previously dominant german luftwaffe. it is part of the symposium commemorating the 75th anniversary of the battle of kaczor in past. >> our next speaker is a brave man. he is going to take on the postmark crowd. he knows what he is up against. to introduceased my former colleague, chris rein who in addition to being an air force officer and navigator happens to hold a phd from the university of kansas. he has the added bonus of being an esteemed native of perl river, louisiana. taught at a number of the nation's professional military educational colleges and schools. he has to -- he is going to talk to us about an often overlooked an important component of the war. that would be the aerial operations in the mediterranean theater. welcome chris rein. [applause] >> good afternoon, folks. things especially to the museum staff and certainly the organizers. especially rob for that concept and jeremy for all the hard work you have done. everyone else i have not met yet

and in -- and the chief of the air force talked about it in the campaign, joint meant that the air force said, okay, we take east of this line, and you guys take west of that line, okay. wasn't exactly joint. and we moved from that to more interdependent, i would say that the services are on the cusp of becoming integrated. not just interdependent, not just joint, but integrated in our operations. if we can do that, if we can gather information faster, decide faster, and act faster on that information that we're going to prevail in 21st century conflict. i think that's -- we're on the cusp of being able to think and move that direction. >> well, as secretary wilson, it's too tempting not to start there. we do, in fact, have the three secretaries here. i would love to hear how that manifests, the sense of integration is manifesting, and how you all see your jobs and maybe some of the practical ways in which you're trying to make sure you live that out. >> we get together -- we started getting together for breakfast every week or two weeks depending on schedules, but no longer than two wee

the secretary of the air force and the chief of staff at the air force had asked me to conduct a study which we are doing as we speak to look at the scope, scale and professional development aspects. i will report back to them this summer. >> do you think you can shift with your present number from a peacetime scenario to a wartime scenario? for 7, 365.e toy global -- 24/7, 365. global operations all the time. >> this would be unusual if it weren't like everything else in the public sector, the rapidly changing need for skills development. technology is moving so fast. do you feel you have the resources you need to continually provide skills treatment? >> i do. as i mentioned, one of my big priorities is professional development. we have completely transformed how we took -- how we train our operators. -- 100 75vested million dollars in training infrastructure to get after the challenges we are currently facing. >> i am a strong supporter of what you are doing. we -- what we are doing in huntsville. keeping the civilian folks coming into that was part of my portfolio. i was amazed at h

to the western desert air force. and because of the very heavy air pressure, they really restrict rommel's mobility. and any time he attempts to concentrate his forces for a counterattack he finds it brings down a very heavy weight of air strikes that not only have we limited his logistics pipeline but now we're restricting his mobility on the battlefield. and eventually in this two-week battle, you see there the various units from across the commonwealth arrayed. that wind up enabling montgomery and again, all the criticism, he's slow, he's plodding, and a set piece, and you know what? he usually wins. and so he deserves credit for that at least. which is a substantial difference than what we saw with many of his predecessors. so the victory at el alamein results in a final end to the see-saw campaign across north africa. the italians had attacked the brits had pushed them back. rommel showed up. the british siphoned off forces for the defense of greece and rommel able to get back to the egyptian-libyan border. the b

of america the u.s. air force is the best in the world at space capabilities, and our adversaries know it. they were seeking to develop the ability to deny the united states the use of space in conflict or crisis. there is not a military mission that does not rely some might on space. move toward the defendable space is one of the airforcemes of the budget. the second major change has to do with a move toward multi-domain operation. one of the air force core missions is command and control. we do that often from the air looking down to the ground. -- withers off of their radars off of the aircraft grade we have to do that in contested airspace. we have to do this in a different way. we put forward a plan to the congress included in our budget. using sensors off of a variety of platforms. using that data and being able to create a picture for a counterfire from a lot of different domains. whether it is from the air, deploy or from sea, they from the ground when they mass against our forces. that is a change from th

we loaned many of these to the royal air force. this was the capability at the time that was fairly unique within the u.s. army air forces. i move forward to the tunesian campaign. three sort of things that i want to highlight here. first off, it's an operational, tactical campaign. even though we have heavy bomber assets and will shift more heavy bomber groups from the uk down to 12th air force in north africa. it's a tactical as it would have been called then or today probably more of an operational campaign. these heavy bombers are working over ports and air fields. they are not present on the front lines and that is one of the spears that the air force takes in this is that the ground forces don't see them very often so become unaware of the work that they are doing behind the lines to restrict the flow in. air superiority will be difficult to achieve during this time period and i have a few slides that will show you hopefully why that was. this is one of the last times where the ground forces have a seriously contested air envi

it is evident that the air force recognizes this. however, the new start program, the next generation overhead persistent infrared, is not clear. as the panelists put, it's not clear how the alternative is substantially a different approach, quote. unquote it is not more resilient, and quote disaggregating does not improve missions.quote, disag debagregating does not influence missions, unquote. would you comment on that. >> i would be happy to comment on that. it is more resilient. the nda required startcom and stp to do that, and i would be happy to talk more in the closed session about it. >> okay. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> chairman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california for five minutes. >> i will pass and hopefully get to the classified asap. >> we have no further republicans. who do we have next? say who? the chair recognizes the gene-- gentleladies from guam. >> thank you very much, and thank you for being here today to our witnesses. general raymond, there's an urgent need to rapidly reconstitute

gives me a chance to brag on the air men that i'm privileged to lead. we have spectacular men. the air force has more mission than resources. so part of the issue looking forward to contested environment, i do think there is room for growth. in fact the chief of staff of air force tasked me to conduct a study, which we are doing as we speak, to look at the structure, size, scale, professional development aspects of those air men, and i'll report back to them this summer. >> good. and do you think that you can shift with your present number from a peace time scenario to wartime scenario, would you have to have increase to do that? >> we operate 24-7, 365. global operations all the time. i'm comfortable that i have the capabilities that i need today. >> you would be unusual like anything else in the private sector, is the rapidly changing for skills development because technology is working so fast. do you think you have the training to provide it these folks need? >> i do. as i mentioned one of the big priorities for the command is professional development and developing operating to be able

, a graduate of the u.s. air force academy, and served as an officer from 1982 to 1989. she also served on the national security council staff of george hwb w bush and later served in congress, where her committees services included energy and commerce. she was a rhodes scholar earning her doctorate at oxford university. so what i would like to do first, i promised each of the toretaries and opportunity talk about their priorities, as we are here at the beginning of the second year in the administration. we have a strategy that has been released. secretary mattis has released his national defense strategy. hearings are upon us, and the time is right to hear from the secretaries about their priorities. i will hear from you. >> thank you for today's event and for csis for hosting it. so a little bit over three months in the job as secretary of the army. readiness is the number one priority, the top priority of the united states army. second is modernization. that includes overhauling the current over hauling the acquisit

in the air force budget we are responsible for two of the three legs of the triad. our budget includes the modernization of a long-range stand-off weapon which is the replacement for the air launch cruise missile, the modernization of the b-52s, the continued development of the b-21 bomber as well as the ground-based strategic deterrent, which is the replacement for the minute man 3. the one thwapart that's not oft focused on but is funded in our budget is nuclear command, control and communication. that part is also modernized in this five-year period and it's an extremely important part of the nuclear deterrent. >> would you go as far as to say these things you just described are your number one mission, or at least that nothing is higher than those missions? >> sir, i would say nothing is higher than those missions. the air force provides global reach, global power, global strike, global mobility so we provide a lot of things to the joint force, but there's nothing higher than the nuclear deterrent. >> thank you. i appreciate those answers. secretary wilson, i'm r

the air force has more mission than it does resources. part of that issue, looking forward to a contested environment, there is room for growth. the secretary of the air force has asked me to conduct a study to look at the structure, size, scale, the development aspects of those airmen. think you can shift with your present number from a peacetime scenario to a wartime scenario? gen. raymond: we operategen. raymond: 24.7, 265. it is global operations all the time. >> you would be unusual if you weren't like everyone else, the rapidly changing need for skills development because technology is moving so fast. do you feel you have the resources you need to provide the training these folks need? gen. raymond: i do. one of my priorities is professional development and developing operators to operate in the contested environment. we have transformed how we train ,ur operators and have invested you might have been out of it, $175 million in training. >> i am a strong supporter of what you are doing. iran the workforce training huntsville,abama, a

then all the way to my left is heather wilson the 24th secretary of the air force graduate of the u.s. air force academy and served as an air force officer. she also served on the national security council staff of president george h. w. bush and served in congress where her committee includes the house permanent select committee on intelligence and commerce. she was a rhodes scholar earning her doctorate at oxford university. i promise an opportunity to do k about their priorities as we are here at the beginning of the second year in the s administration we have a national strategy to be released. the secretary has released his national defense strategy and the hearings are upon us and the timintime is right to hear frome secretary about their priority is so i will begin with you. >> thank you for today's event. what we speak broadly to my party coming in a little over three months in the job of the secretary of the army. readiness being the number one priority in the united states army, second is modernization that includes the current acquisition process that we can builto beginbui

november of 1947, the air force, the brand new air force said we've got to find a better way to do this. something that we can put in the airplane and put more gas in faster, 'cuz bombers -- the b-47 and the b-52 -- were already on the drawing board, and they would require a lot more gas. they tried the hose system first. it took 'em 110 minutes to fill up a b-47. general lemay says that dog don't huntment we had -- don't hunt. we had to come up with a better system. and, of course, the boeing first. boeing gave -- air force material command gave boeing two b-29s, and they began practicing what's the best med to do this -- method to do this, and they came up with the flying boom that you see on tankers now. that system is the primary system the united states air force uses. the first combat air refueling took place on the 6th of july, 1951, during the korean war. three rf-80 photo reconnaissance shooting stars took off out of south korea and met up with a b-29 that had the hose drum system in it. they kind of hit the reset button on their endurance, and now they had 330-mile range to go

i've leading and representing the air force. as i had stated previously i'm increasingly convinced that we are strategic. that is exactly what we are doing. the space capabilities are the foundation of the projection. i high in conflict may begin in our domain. as a component i would be remiss if i didn't echo the words of my boss to say that our forces are fully prepared. as our national security strategy seats. the states. the united states considered unfettered access to and freedom to operate in to be a vital interest. as the reemergence of long-term strategic competition. space spaces of war fighting domain. this budget is aligned with the national defense strategy. this budget marks a bold shift towards an increased focus in a confessed tested environment. we are enhancing our space situational awareness in our ability to command and control. we are shifting towards more defendable architectures. and finally we are enhancing our partnership with our ally partners in the commercial space industry. i think you for your suppor

but we also want to celebrate what the royal air force is doing today. nding the united kingdom, protecting our interests here and overseas. and we also want to inspire, as well. the air force has always been a young service, with youth and technology and aspiration at its heart. and we want to inspire the next generation towards the ideals of the royal air force, and indeed to realise their aspirations wherever they might lie. how would you class your performance in terms of achieving targets, very important targets, for diversity across the board in the raf? we have government targets which are set upon us, but i want to do so much better than that. so, an example of that would be women in the royal air force. we have a government target of 50%. at the time that target was set, the raf had already surpassed that, and in the last year, 20% of the people we recruited into the royal air force are women. now, that's not perfect, we have further to go there, clearly, to make sure we are fully representative. but i think it shows we're doing pretty well. woul

the country. air chief marshall, sir stephen hillier, has spoken to huw edwards about the events taking place to mark the air forcess position in the centenary year of the airforce this position in the centenary year of the air force is really a very special privilege indeed. how does it strike you? exactly how you describe it. enormous privilege. i'm really proud to be in command of the raf. but in this year in particular, oui’ raf. but in this year in particular, our 100th anniversary year, the 31st chief of the air staff. i feel that connection with our history and heritage and our tradition. what are you trying to say to people this year about the significance of the force, and its place in modern british society? we have three themes. we want to commemorate that which history, our heritage, our traditions, and all of that sacrifice and courage that has come on over the last of hundred years. but we also want to celebrate what it is doing today, exceptionally busyin it is doing today, exceptionally busy in operations, defending the uk, protecting our interest here and overseas. we also want to inspire, as well.

air force, as the us air force. commandos that you visited, these commandos are doubling in size so, with 30 companies of commandos, they control two thirds of the population, with twice that many, they're going to be able to expand into these new areas. well, hold on, we can see that the taliban can project force right into the heart of kabul because it did so with these awful bombs that were...and other attacks in late december and january. we saw terrible attacks here in kabul. what does that tell us about the state of the war? of course, the suicide bombers are on a one—way trip, theyjust have to make it in. they only have to be good once, to get in. these are horrendous attacks, and the death of any civilian is something we want to avoid. so this is exposing the hypocrisy of the taliban. i mean, if they theoretically are here for the good of the afghan people, to replace a government, why are they killing the citizens that they have said in their annual statements, they are trying to protect? so you're saying t

that system is the primary system the united states air force uses. he first combat air refueling to place on the sixth of july, 1951 during the korean war. three rf 80 photo reconnaissance shooting stars took off out of south korea and met up with the b-29 that had the hose drum system in it. they kind of hit the reset button on their endurance and now they had 330-mile range to go over north korea and take pictures of targets that had been struck, and they found some new targets. our refueling system that we use today uses the same methods. the first airplane to receipt of refueling system, believe it or not is back here in the other annex call the f84. this is a picture of a b-29 refueling at 80 forced off of the coast of korea during the korean war. now, i want you to understand something about tankers. the united states air force perdomo has the most tankers in the world and we have become the air refueling were course. but i want to go back to a particular time. our air refueling fleet sometimes lays dormant. right now it is very active. i do wan

the afghan air force, as the us air force.ever a factor previously. into these new areas. with these awful bombs that were... in late december and january. we saw terrible attacks here in kabul. what does that tell us about the state of the war? theyjust have to make it in. they only have to be good once, to get in. and the death of any civilian is something we want to avoid. so this is exposing the hypocrisy of the taliban. statements, they are trying to protect? is that what you are saying? no, i am not. i'm saying, it shows a lowering of ambition. with heavy losses. and then the afghans would come in and retake the district. and again, we ended up at about the same place. and they discussed their strategy going forward. to maintain their relevance and to show that they were still present. and controlling population to conducting terrorist attacks. and as the commander of forces here, how do you interpret that? well, we have to adjust to that, to protect the population. which means that our pressure is working. to go after s

the surprise you are getting together with the air force the air force. what was discussion there and how often do you meet with the air force counterpart these days? >> well, the meeting we had yesterday at the air force is the first time we've met and 2011. one of the first things are decided as we are not going to wait seven more years to do this again. in fact, we're probably going to come up with some sort of a staff level quarterly for a meet and talk about the common things we discussed yesterday. obviously, f-35 is one thing where we have a common focus on the price point of the airplane sustainability and the logistics of the airplane. we kind of went from there. we talked everything from space to cyberto close air support to command and control, to security the bases and stations. and so, it was a really good day. i think a lot of times you sit down with somebody you might think we don't have a lot in common with the air force, though we filled the time and we could've spent more time there so we are going to get together on a more regular basis

space is definitely the future for the royal air force. ack from a month spent in the deserts of oman. we were there simulating a martian mission and i was the medical doctor providing medical care for the whole field crew but also specifically understanding the risks and developing the medical capabilities for the mission and monitoring the astronauts during each of their spacewalks. the raf is one of the only places to train people in aviation and space medicine. it's not your normal nhs medical specialty. this is a really exciting time to be involved, not only in the air force but in the aviation and space industry, as we develop new technologies and new ways of pushing human boundaries. three women with their eye on space. we have our eyes on the earth. here‘s ben rich. earlier there was a lot of cloud that cleared during the day. this was liverpool earlier. we keep a mix look to the weather over the next few days. clear skies overnight which will allow things to ten chile with the widespread frost. there could be icy stretches and free

the navy pilots ran low on gas. air forceder pilot and his wingmen took over the search. >> him and his wingmen started their zigzagging pattern looking for signs or parachutes or flares. that's when his plane was hit. and there was no other sign of my dad or no radio or parachute or anything. >> i answered the door when three air force officers were at the door. and they came in and my mom saw them and she said, carol, take jim out in the backyard and push him on the swing. and i was back there pushing him, and i knew something was wrong. >> she was told not to talk about it because the north vietnamese government would use any information like that and use it for propaganda. >> i pretty much cried myself to sleep every night of my life. when i was in grade school and high school, just thinking he was being tortured. >> i assumed he was captive and in a prison camp somewhere. >> when "war stories" returns, we'll take you inside one of the war's greatest deceptions, operation bolo is coming up.

. >> last thursday during a routine landing, the nose gear failed on an air force to see if i transfer plane and texas. the planes get it on its belly to stop. just last summer, the air force because of its entire fleet. house speaker paul ryan says it's defense needs to increase or it will get worse. >> just last week, we lost two f-18 pilots off the course coast of florida. we lost seven in western iraq. this is in many ways because of training and accidents because of our military budget. >> ryan climbed the wrongs of power focusing on cutting budget. >> what did you become a different talk? you had always been a deficit hawk. in fact, you had pressed president obama and criticized him to ignore the deficit. what changed? >> when i became speaker, i got access to the classified briefings to see what exactly our military is experiencing. i have been absolutely convinced that we have been doing a disservice to our men and women and military with a budget they have been getting. >> republicans and democrats agreed to the budget control act or sequester in 2011, which capped defense spe

the royal air force, it's the oldest and longest serving air force in the world and this sunday it will created towards the end of world war i, the first conflict in which aviation played a major role. since then, the raf has been involved in countless operations and is currently serving in 31 countries. robert hall looks at the royal air force then and now. there was nothing but you and your guns. you were alone, you know, and you fought alone and died alone. we flew like goldfish in a bowl, in all directions, swimming around the sky. sometimes standing on our tails, sometimes with our heads right down. the raf motto is "through adversity to the stars" — the early flyers needed just that determination. most of them joined the raf predecessor, the royal flying corps, inspired by the exploits of the first aviation pioneers and championed by this man, major hugh trenchard, known as the father of the royal air force. the royal flying corps was in action from the start of the first world war, inspiring others to seek this new adventure. facing the enemy was initially a gentlemanly affair, a

he served 29 years in the air force retiring as senior master sergeant. during his service in the air force, he served in the persian gulf war, operation iraqi freedom, part of the recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane wilma. after retiring officer bash ume became a police officer. in november 10, 2016, he was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call. i thank senator toomey for paying tribute to the life and sacrifice of officer bashioum. i urge my colleagues to support this bill, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. the gentleman from missouri, mr. clay. mr. clay: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. clay: i'm pleased to also join my colleagues in consideration of s. 831, a bill to designate the facility of the u.s. postal service located at 120 west pike street in canonsburg, pennsylvania, as the police officer scott bashioum post office building. was born e bashioum in pittsburgh, pennsylvani

on behalf of the air force association's membership of 96,000, the nearly 700,000 airmen, civilians and families that we represent and the millions of veterans who have warn air force blue, i'm honored to testify today on the importance of arlington national cemetery. we have been involved in this issue for quite some time and routinely participate in meetings with arlington national cemetery's advisory committee. there are an estimated 22 million veterans alive today who served honorably and understand the significance and impact of arlington national cemetery. as the organization that led the financing and construction of the air force memorial which could potentially be encroached by cemetery expansion options, we realize the surrounding land is finite. space in this hallowed ground is projected to run out in early 2040s and a solution must be found soon. thank you for holding this hearing, for having this difficult discussion. we strongly believe that our nation's decision makers should explore an all of the above strategy to include land expansion and land optimization before reduc

i was joining the air force. is is before i actually went in but i was impressed with the company but this is pretty good money they're pumping into this. >> i originally think this is something to help mcdonald's employees to go to college but getting to the point where you

the middle. good afternoon, general. goldfine told us about air force marine talks. we are all familiar with the marine corps army, the marine corps navy, but it is no surprise that you're getting together with the air force. was the discussion, and how often do you meet with your air force counterparts these days? >> the meeting we had was the first time we had met since 2011 . one of the first things we decided is we are not going to wait seven more years to do this again. in fact, we are probably going to come up with some sort of staff level the where we meet and talk about some of the common things we discussed yesterday. obviously the f-35 is one thing where we have a common focus on the price point of that plan, the logistics. we kind of went from there. we talked everything from space to cyber to close air support the command control to the security of bases and stations. it was a really good day. i think a lot of times you sit down with somebody, you might think we don't have a lot in common with the air force, but we filled the time. we could have spent more

the cotal air force under air marshall lloyd. vey vois. and finally the tactical air force, new conception of air power developed by the british in the middle east, all fighters of attack bombers, british and american, were placed under one command so we can strike with the full force of our flying artillery when and where it would do the most good. air marshall cunningham in command of this group and general alexander in command of all forces, lived and worked in a camp in the tunisia mountains, there is was a complete partnership and victory. by the mid eve dle of march thee was set. the first move was up to marshall cunningham. in a continuous 24 hour assault, the fortifications were pounded from the air. then general alexander gave the signal for the piston to begin its upward stroke. >> looking ahead had planned the battle t battle three months before. he would strike after a barrage and in moonlight. but simultaneously he would begin an out flanging movement on the left. the frontal blow had to cross a george, the exile, and

most of that is in the army and air force, not the navy and marine corps but army and air force in particular. massive amountsof excess capacity. the problem is political. dod has requested authority from congress to close these bases. they've done it year after year throughout the obama administration . and your year after year, congress has been i've had authority. dod get rid of these excess facilities. can't turn them over to a community, can't turn them over to other parts of government. it can't be used for other purposes until congress gives them that authority. though that is the big issue. i think that's the number one issue in terms of reform of the pentagon. if you want to save money, we need to close these excess spaces and facilities. >> washington journal highlights. turkey-based, this is the political end of what's going on but it's a f larger issue of we really need all these type li of facilities. >> we've had five rounds of these disclosures in thepast. the last one started in 2005 . base closures in the united states, you need congress to give you permission to do it. closi

we may even have a space force develop another one space force the air force one of the space force we have the army the navy trans comments have captured the imagination of twisties as with many wondering whether help become the guardian of the galaxy or will he be training in all me of power ranges all storm trip as ready to file a says and the extraterrestrial threats. and even some of the presidents general seem to be a list same page or planets there is no war in space just as there is no war in cyberspace there is only war and war can extend into any demain not a new idea has been proposed many times in the past and it's always been rejected by the new something that people have been promoting again recently i think that would be a very negative move actually because it would create a constituency whose natural interest then is is used to further the weaponization of space and create a greater danger of actual war in space but not all the way both the us defense and the air force secretaries have labeled the space plan as unnecessary where critic and costly and the house in fact

the us, targeting taliban positions... and providing air support for operations by afghan troops. why the army and the air force they bring offensive capability, that is what is needed to break the stalemate that existed before this time, and this enables them to move into those areas where they have either been contested or that 12% of the area that is being controlled by the area that is being controlled by the taliban, and take those areas back under control of the government. offensive capability. the combat here in afghanistan sits ina the combat here in afghanistan sits in a regional context. 150 years ago when britain was fighting wars here, they call this the great game, and that game continues to play out with new players if you like. one of the big issues brought by your president, president trump, is the role of pakistan. president trump was absolutely clear that as far as he is concerned pakistani has been harbouring and facilitating the taliban. that is a huge problem, isn't it? yes it is, external enablement is the only way that this insurgency continues. without that it would never survive inside

develop another one space force the air force one of the space force we have the army the navy trans comments have captured the imagination of twisties as with many wondering whether help become the guardian of the galaxy or will he be training an army of power rangers all stormtroopers ready to file a says any extraterrestrial threats and even some of the president's general seem to be a list same page or planet. there is no war in space just as there is no war in cyberspace there is only war and war can extend into any demain not a new idea it's been proposed many times in the past and it's always been rejected but it is something that people have been promoting again recently and i think that would be a very negative move actually because it would create a constituency whose natural interest than it is is to further the weaponization of space and create a greater danger of actual war in space but not all the way both the us defense and as full secretaries have labeled the space plan as unnecessary wear a cross and costly and the house in fact spin a space c

and create a greater danger of actual war in space but not all the way both the us defense and the air force secretaries have labeled the space plan as a necessary prayer critic and costly and the house in fact spin a space command's for if they say yes is part of the u.s. air force and carries out intelligence operations and make sure space isn't militarized then there's also the nine hundred sixty seven outer space treaty no small obstacle to any american ambitions to put weapons in orbit it was created to stop the setup of military bases and out of space and address other cosmic concerns well they're the u.s. has previously blocked or abstained from the un effets to regulate space weapons. since at least the past twenty years of not beyond the united states has had no interest in any discussion of space or arms control so although it's hard to tell how sincere trump is at this point one thing is for sure trump feels the force is with him. just a few days left for the russian presidential election candidates to try and win over voters and they're doing the rounds on nationwide t.v. debates

jim retired from the air force in 1980 with two stars. robin olds retired as a brigadier general. and scrappy johnson all rose to the rank of colonel. while bob left the air force as a lieutenant colonel and don hearten as a major. after being shot down, colonel george bud day spent over five years in captivity. for his service, he was awarded the medal of honor. receiving hour nation's highest honor is a close second to the day he came home to his wife doris and their children. >> i look over there, there she is. looks like an angel. and grabbed her. oh, just absolutely heavenly. >> i was so happy for them. it's almost like those people won the lottery ticket. because their dad is coming home. >> hubert nichols didn't come home. his wife patricia raised their five children alone. >> i think about my dad every day. and reallisticly, he died in the crash. >> in 1978, military declared colonel nichols died in action, body not recovered. >> i really wish i knew my father other than from stories. he's the kind of stand-up guy you really want to know and meet. >> for the american airmen

. >>> now to a deadly day in the fight against isis. an air force operations helicopter crashed in western iraq near syria killing seven american troops. and we just learned two new york firefighters are among the dead. our pentagon correspondent hans nichols has been digging into what caused the crash. >> reporter: it's the air force's version of the army's blackhawk. and tonight the pentagon saying two pave hawks like this one were transporting search and rescue teams near the iraq/syria border when one went down. military officials say just after sunset, the two were flying west when one likely hit a power line, crashing in an area where there's still pockets of isis. this second pave hawk then circled back to help secure the perimeter with help from local iraqi security forces on the ground. officials say the crash does not appear to be the result of hostile fire. all seven airmen aboard the downed pave hawk were killed. among the dead two new york city firefighters fire marshal christopher zanetis and lieutenant christopher raguso. his former c

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