anniversary of the united states air force. sitting here on the couch trying to do math. figuring out exactly when that date, the united states air force, which isness 1947. how is that? think of air force playing a big role in world war ii. but in fact it was. pete: u.s. army air corps. the army had planes they decided it should be its own service. correct me if i'm wrong. that was in the moment. rachel, you should know. rachel: i should know as a air force brat but i don't. maybe we ask chief master sgt. miguel campos, my dad coming on to the show at the end of the show. at least he has time to google. four hours. will: happy birthday to the united states air force. we're celebrating it all morning long. send your photos to friends at foxnews.com. we do that at the morning edition of the american national anthem. pete: best one in the business. rachel: we have another tradition on the show, that we compete a lot. yesterday was national dance day. we didn't have a combtics. i called the producers after the show and i said, by f

young lieutenants in the united states air force to emulate, for example, i think probably not. as you might remember, the iliad opens with achilles wrath or achilles rage, depending on the translation and his rage, his wrath, his personal sleights of honor drive the plot in several instances. reason he's enraged at the beginning of the book is because his honor has been slighted. he expected a war prize and at the last minute was taken away. his honor was hurt. that's the thing that drives him to violence that that's the thing that motivates him. and i don't know that achilles is the kind of person that we would want to emulate as a as a kind of warrior ethos. we could look at hector on the other side. hector is much more human than achilles is a scholar, is more intelligent than i have pointed out. we get glimpses of hector with his family in a way we never get glimpses of achilles with family. we get glimpses of hector with his family. in one classic scene, he's still wearing his his uniform. he's wearing his armor, including his helmet, and he leans over the crib to see his

young lieutenants in the united states air force to emulate, for example, i think probably not. as you might remember, the iliad opens with achilles wrath or achilles rage, depending on the translation and his rage, his wrath, his personal sleights of honor drive the plot in several instances. reason he's enraged at the beginning of the book is because his honor has been slighted. he expected a war prize and at the last minute was taken away. his honor was hurt. that's the thing that drives him to violence that that's the thing that motivates him. and i don't know that achilles is the kind of person that we would want to emulate as a as a kind of warrior ethos. we could look at hector on the other side. hector is much more human than achilles is a scholar, is more intelligent than i have pointed out. we get glimpses of hector with his family in a way we never get glimpses of achilles with family. we get glimpses of hector with his family. in one classic scene, he's still wearing his his uniform. he's wearing his armor, including his helmet, and he leans over the crib to see his

united states army. staff sergeant jimmy i. holly, united states army, retired. angela m. house. brady k. howell. peggy m. hurt. lieutenant colonel steven f. highland jr., united states army. lieutenant colonel, robert j.himel, united states air forcetired. sergeant major lacy b. ivory, united states army. brian c. jack. steven g.jacoby. lieutenant colonel dennis m. johnson, united states army. judith l. jones. ann c. judge. brenda kegler. chandler r. keller. yvonne e. kennedy. norma cruz kahn. karen n. kinkade. lieutenant michael s.lamatta, united states navy. david w.lachek. dong cho li. jenifer lewis. and her husband kenneth e. lewis. samantha l. lightborn allen. major steven v. long, united states army. james t. lynch jr. terrence m. lynch. petty officer second class nahamon lyons, iv, united states navy. shelly a. marshall. teresa m. martin. adal. mason ecker. lieutenant colonel dean e. matteson, united states army. lieutenant general timothy j.maude, united states army. robert j. maxwell. renee a. may. molly l. mckenzie. dora marie menchaca. patricka e.mckley. major ronald d.millum, united states army. gerard p. moore jr. odessav. morris. petty officer first class brian a. moss, united states navy. teddington h.moy. kentucky

. ♪ ♪ >> that is the united states air force's ceremonial brass quinntet playing god bless america asor the air force's 75th birthday this morning on "fox & friends." good morning, welcome to the program, will cain, pete hegseth, rachel campos duffy on this fourth hour of "fox & friends." >> not three, four. rachel: number four. >> and the best it's the fourth. rachel: it's always the best. >> we get so much practice. rachel: it's a lot of pressure, pete. >> watch the 6:00 a.m. hour, what are we talking about. rachel: the coffee hasn't kicked in yet. at this point we're fully caffeinated. >> we're fueled. we have frishe's big boy, cheeseburgers,. >nationalcheeseburger day. >> you don't have a napkin. that's a real big risk. rachel: that's never been a problem for pete. by the way, again, happy birthday to the air force, coming up at the end of the hour we're going to celebrate the air force again and -- look at all the -- >> don't worry about it. rachel: we need a dog on the show to eat the scraps. my daddies here, 32 -- my dadis dadhere, 32 yea year veteran ofe air force. >> master s

i was in the united states air force for 24 years. i spent 16 of them in the united kingdom. i got to england in 1972, and i learned about the british monarchy and queen elizabeth and the entire family. it is a sad time. i still have family who live in england. my daughter lives there, my brother-in-law lives there. i was speaking with them via text and its sad times in the united kingdom. she will be missed. she will indeed be missed. host: what are your thoughts on the monarchy? caller: king charles iii will be a great leader. he's more outspoken than his mother for sure. he is indeed an environmentalist and he will probably be more accessible to his public than she was, and by that i mean he's such a gracious, humorous type of fellow. i remember seeing him via television at different events and he always was seeming to have a great time. now, some of the bad ratings he may have had probably have to do with his previous marriage to princess di. that was bad for the monarchy. but king charles iii will rule with justice and it's going to be great times in the united kingdom.

today marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the united states air force. it was on this date in 1947. the united states opened its air service branch of the u. s armed forces as the world's largest air force. it has more than 5300 aircraft and more than 329,000 airmen. message from the air force on social media, says quote 75 years providing unparalleled airpower, global mobility and the world's greatest airmen. tesla has hit a milestone with one model of its electric vehicles. the electric carmaker recently rolled it's 10,000 model y suv off the assembly line at its gigafactory near austin, texas. in april, tesla also began selling a variant of the suv with the batteries with battery cells that can give it a range of 297 miles on a single charge. it has a price tag of about $60,000. the plant is reportedly making more than 1000 model wise every week coming up after the break 49ers quarterback trade lands carted off the field with an ankle injury. frank mallicoat here in studio with the very latest on lance's injury, and other highlights from the niners sea

and what he's dealing with in today's united states air force, particularly mobility command, which is where he's the commander of withdrawal from afghanistan is a prime example of something that caused a lot of last face. it was, it was a political action, very poorly planned by the military, but they did respond like all military's due to the politicians and they made it, they made it happen good or bad. and he's trying to motivate really an unmotivated air force, an air force that feels that they're pushed around, shoved around, they have a lot of bureaucracy. and he's speaking to that is he's very anti bureaucratic. he's very what he thinks is innovative. and his language is meant to inspire is these airman and he's doing it in a way that is a little them a little different. the ssl is certainly sounds like it now can you, you seem to think that this statement was intended for a domestic audience for given some of the, the tensions around the world. at the moment. obviously there's a conflict in ukraine than this. china and taiwan. so what extent do you believe that this is also ta

that conversation in earnest started about how you come and what steps you take to join the united states air forcee united states space force or any other service. under 17, we have just not having those conversations. it is not the time to do it. it is not appropriate. >> at the convention, the display struck a cord with nick booker brown, a sophomore who plays football at the university of texas in san antonio. had you been thinking about the air force at all before? plex no, i never thought about it before. it kind of change my mind. it might be my plan b, the air force. >> what is your plan a? >> the nfl. >> a "maybe" the air force hopes it can turn into a yes. judy: fascinating. that is "the newshour" for tonight. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, please stay safe, and we will see you soon. >> major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by -- >> consumer cellular has been offering no-contract wireless plans designed to help people do more of what they like. our customer service team can help find a plan that it's you. to learn more, visit consumercellular.t

you may not get a chance to fly but there are great opportunities in the united states air force. >> let's talk about your vision as chief. you had a recent trip to nine or 11 countries? you said it was focus on airmen but also want to look at it through the context of overseeing the job. what is the report card from the ground. >> i would give it a solid c in some areas. as a engage with airmen, they feel the energy not in the need to change theirs a lot of energy there. it changed our doctrine to look admission command. there's been some positive things. you never pick something that takes four years to do a four-year job. i had been pleased with the partnership. i had never worked with them before. we have a similar mindset. i could not ask for a better partner in certain areas to help myself and the rest the yard for our air force change. it's very positive in many areas. they see some of the same frustrations i see with bureaucracy. i encourage them to move in a direction and ask for permission but makes our -- smart risk assessments. there is a lot of good deas that come out of

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here's another piece of evidence from, uh, an already acting executive, the head of the united states air forcelli , said that uh, the air force is the people's liberation army. they almost caught up with the us air force a, and therefore the united states again needs to qualitatively increase the production of combat aircraft. these are the political circles the expert community of the united states is still arguing about how correct the current american policy is, including a whole series of statements by joe biden, and the readiness to use military force directly against china, and in particular. in my opinion, one of the most respected american scientists and experts on china, a. e. michael seng e is the current director of the quincy institute's east asia program. e, believes that by such statements by such policies, the united states does not have a deterrent effect on china a. rather, on the contrary. here, listen to his opinion. president biden brought us all closer to the shortest possible time to start a conflict with china in his hour-long interview. he repeated his own earlier claim

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regulations and what you do, and we have come a long way and i give credit to the united states army and the united states air force because those are the two services who train, organize and equip us and provide the preponderance of resources for us. so we can do two or three different things, we can have a job in the civilian community. we can be in the national guard and if the governor calls us as the governor of kentucky has done for recent floods and tornados or as governor abbott in texas has done, call up 10,000 of his national guardsmen on his dime to go to the border, because that's where he thinks the interest should be. i come from florida, and the state legislature's thinking about putting members of the national guard into prisons because we're short of prison guards, so, there's a flexibility there for a member of the national guard and then finally, what we really train, organize and equip ourselves for and that's to augment our services and i think the last 20, 25 years have made a difference. i think its effect was to create a place where i can serve alongside admiral allen, in the tank on the joi

i served in the united states air force. i had three brothers who served in the military.n the uniform of a law enforcement officer with my brothers and sisters in blue i know what it is like to face the condemnation and the dangers of going out every single day. as a black man, i know what it is like to be a black police officer so i got it double. my very first call was shots fired and as i was going towards a call and everybody else was going in the opposite direction, what went through my mind was what will happen to my wife is something go south? i knew that there were some who did not care what happened my wife because he did not care what would happen to me. i was willing to get hurt to keep others from getting hurt and i feel the same way today. as a retired law enforcement officer because god got me through, i had to arrest united states citizens for illegally entering into a building and release noncitizens who illegally entered my country. as a christian with the freedom of speech i was invited to pray at the state capital but cautioned not to mention the name o

elements of air military space forces, what are they called, the air force of the space forces of the russian federation are comparable in many parameters to the air forces of the united statesf america, the picture if you detach it is from the aircraft as such that i ask everyone to this and urges already let's go back to the system, but when we talk about the first steps, we still have to earn a bet on the aircraft as an element of such a system, and sir, i wonder what public position the ministry of defense takes today when it comes to replacing existing aircraft with western -made aircraft. to replace the aircraft and in general the display fleet with new models was known long ago. assumes that we should have been at the level there in 2025 , the transition to new western fighters has already begun. this is due to the fact that since 1991, the ukrainian air force has not received a single combat aircraft in principle. that is, we have not replaced those mig-29 sus. 27 and su-25 and su-24, which are being used in the air defense system, and it is necessary to understand that the youngest of these aircraft, in principle, is already as old as ukraine, that is, for an aircra

americans, with a heavy heart and in accordance with the need to fulfill my oath and ordered the united states air force carried out this is a military operation, the purpose of which is to get rid of all large stocks of nuclear weapons from the territory of cuba. kennedy detailed the plan action proposed by secretary of defense robert mcnamara to bomb cuba with pinpoint airstrikes and then 900,000 american troops invade. if we go in we go in stern speech draft, american professor or dream believes that the us would probably use its own nuclear weapons, which would almost certainly provoke a further nuclear response from the soviet union. anyway, see, that's why the scenario. uh, events did not develop, but the fact that the americans could throw an atomic bomb on cuba, i have no doubt that they threw at the japanese is also understandable, the japs and cubans. these are people of the eighth grade, not even the third, but the eighth. and you are talking about forcing surrender. when we bomb our own. well, well, really, well, think about using the military just the president stopped. if we are talking ab

of the air force military and space forces, as they are called, the combat power of the space forces of the russian federation is comparable in many parameters to the air forces of the united statesamerica, this is the general picture, if you take a break from it aircraft as such, i ask everyone for this and call for the system already this year, but when we talk about the first steps, we still have to earn a bet on the aircraft as an element of such a system, and sir, it is interesting what public position the ministry of defense takes today when it comes to the replacement of existing aircraft with western -made aircraft, well, the replacement of aircraft and the entire aircraft fleet with new models has been known for a long time, that is, it exists was adopted a few years ago and it provides that we should have been at the level there by 2025 and already start the transition to new western fighters, this is due to the fact that since 1991 the air force of ukraine has not received a single combat aircraft in principle. that is, we have not replaced those mig-29 su-27 and su-25 and su-24 which are in service with the air force, and it must be understood that the youngest of the

united states and china, we look at how u.s. militarism in guam, the westernmost territory of the united states, during world war ii was a key naval and air forceted states in the pacific. the was expanding its military operations in guam. the pentagon's 2023 budget calls for nearly $900 million to build a new missile defense system on guam. the u.s. is also moving ahead with plans to relocate 5000 marines to guam and build a new machine gun range near wildlife refuge. we're joined now by julian aguon m a leading chamoru writer and human rights lawyer from guam. he is the founder of the law firm blue ocean law and a 2022 pulitzer prize finalist for commentary. author of several books, including the latest released today. he has just arrived in new york. "no country for the eight spot butterflies." welcome back to democracy now! we've been talking about the british empire a lot with the death of the queen. but you write about the american empire. it has more than 800 military bases around the world. guam is a major site. talk about guam's significance, your home. >> guam is the ancestor homeland of my people, who have been there and have called

they are called, the combat power of the space forces of the russian federation are comparable in many parameters to the air by the forces of the united statesa . exactly, we have to earn a bet for the time being on the aircraft as an element of such a system, and sir, it is interesting what public position the ministry of defense takes today when it comes to replacing existing aircraft with western-made aircraft, well, what about replacing aircraft and generally deciding the aircraft fleet for new models was it has been known for a long time. that is , its existence exists according to the so-called aerial vision of the air force of ukraine, which was adopted a few years ago and it foresees that we should have already started the transition to new western fighter jets are all due to the fact that since 1991 , the air force of ukraine has not received any combat aircraft in principle. that is, we have not replaced the mig-29 su-27 and su-25 and su-24 that are in service with the air force and it is necessary to understand that the youngest of these planes, in principle, is already as old as it is in ukraine, that is, for the plane, it is alr

from 1963 to 1969 mayor served in the texas national guard active duty in the united states air forcehere he attained the rank of sergeant. he was first elected as mayor of the city of stafford in 1969 and lockest continuing serving mayor in the united states. during his tenure as mayor, he fought for six years to create and create the stafford municipal school district the only break-away school district to gain the approval of the federal courts. in addition, mayor scarcella initiated the stafford municipal educational television station to bring informative programming to the city via cable and internet video streaming as well as serving as mayor he held various positions as president of the board of directors of the fort bend county and chair of the home rule charter commission and president of the stafford economic development corporation. i encounseling my colleagues to join me in honoring the accomplishments by supporting h.r. 5865. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. franklin: i

i was in the united states air force for 24 years. i spent 16 of them in the united kingdom. i got to england in 1972, and i learned about the british monarchy and queen elizabeth and the entire family. it is a sad time. i still have family who live in england. my daughter lives there, my brother-in-law lives there. i was speaking with them via text and its sad times in the united kingdom. she will be missed. she will indeed be missed. host: what are your thoughts on the monarchy? caller: king charles iii will be a great leader. he's more outspoken than his mother for sure. he is indeed an environmentalist and he will probably be more accessible to his public than she was, and by that i mean he's such a gracious, humorous type of fellow. i remember seeing him via television at different events and he always was seeming to have a great time. now, some of the bad ratings he may have had probably have to do with his previous marriage to princess di. that was bad for the monarchy. but king charles iii will rule with justice and it's going to be great times in the united kingdom.

the evening received a rather interesting statement from the deputy chief of staff of the united states air forceeed. in the case of ukraine, he openly demonstrated opposition to russian dominance in the air. that is, in fact , in my opinion, any restrictions are already being removed here for, uh, the provision of military assistance to ukraine comrade generals you know, it really is. so , uh, yes, in general, the entire activation, here uh, of the ukrainian armed forces on almost all fronts in all directions, starting from the southern donbass of the northern direction. generally. it is quite understandable. by the way, i must say that there are many experts here. uh, they express the idea that this is an attack on kherson, ah. here is kherson on the southern e, the front, this is like such a distracting blow, and here is the main blow. should be applied and is already beginning to be applied on kharkiv izyumsky direction. i am not inclined to think so, because too many losses are too serious a grouping. there were still 3,000 people there, they put equipment, armored vehicles, there are about

the united states provides intelligence to ukraine they didn’t give it, as yesterday the commander of the united states air forceng intelligence to the military, deployment intelligence and movements of the russian armed forces further , the ukrainian ambassador to the united states stated. yesterday, that kiev's obligations to the united states. they are using american weapons for strikes on russian territory, it turns out that it only applies to rsos, that is, from, uh, howitzers, please, please. yes, you can hit not only on those territories that will now become part of russia, but in general on the territory. e russia, well, and only today. uh, dmitry peskov once again confirmed that russia will perceive strikes throughout its territory, including those territories that will become part of russia as acts of aggression against it. and we constantly say that we consider the united states as the actual side of this conflict, they do not hear point blank and talk about the mythical use of readiness, allegedly by russia, to use tactical nuclear weapons, that is, they are talking about vertical, not horizontal. an

wrote a post the other day that the united states will send taiwan a new shipment of weapons worth $1.1 billion , and yesterday, uh, lieutenant general of the us air force. uh, deputy commander of the united states air force clinton highnout, speaking at the atlantic council, a very famous american hawk said that in the event, as he put it, of china's aggressive actions against taiwan the united states is quoting ready to attack chinese supply lines. weapons and ammunition, yes, that is, they will actually go to war with china, said the acting deputy commander of the air force headquarters, and the united states and sergey sergeevich, i'm right about the fact that but this situation shows that both the united states and apparently, china concluded that their clash was inevitable, and probably including a military clash around taiwan. i believe that the united states of america they, uh, don't believe enough that such a collision will happen, they play ahead of the curve. they supply a fairly large number of weapons for taiwan, which is a lot of money. in fact , we understand perfectly well that a billion 100 million is not the first tranche. there will

pets and strong support of our nation's veterans and proud of her daughter's service in the united states air force. thank you for your lifetime of compassion nature service. your memory will live on forever. i extend my condolences to her friends, neighbors and her loving family who she left behind. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. foster: i recognize the importance of the national atomic energy agency and continuities mission to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy. the primary task is to verify nuclear nonproliferation treaty by monitoring and upholding standards for safety and security but it is more than that. earlier this month we witnessed to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in ukraine, the largest nuclear power plant in europe. the occupation of the nuclear plant by russian forces have raised concerns about the safety and the dangerous conditions that plant workers face. so, who are you going to

my father is still alive, he's a doctor, he doesn't practice anymore, but he was in the united states air forcething i did i sent it to my father because i wanted a definitive answer. i wanted to know was it right? was this wrong? what were the circumstances? what was the take of someone who has been there. and my father and his response -- i will say this, i can't be objective, but i think my father is probably one of the most moral men who walked the planet. his response was he was glad he wasn't there and didn't have to make those kinds of decisions. that ambiguity and that grayness, one of the things i appreciated in carlton's approach was a lot of times in television audiences thrive for a very definitive answer. you see it constantly in tv at the end of 42 minutes, the police come in, they arrest the bad guy, there's a bit of satisfaction. this was a gray story. carlton's approach was to keep that grayness -- and that's a reality. you see the response. people want answers, answers are not always easy. >> yeah. i really loved it. carlton, if you could develop upon that, what were some of t

steinbeck traveled to air force bases around the united states to observe the training of pilots, navigators and gunners and wrote those away the story of the team. meanwhile steinbeck passed to the physical but the request to the army air force intelligence was denied and the draft board made it difficult to secure the papers from the war on the state departments for the correspondent. june 3rd 1943 steinbeck departed on the trip for england in the new york herald tribune. the wartime dispatch is 85 in total from england, north africa and sicily appeared in the tribune between june and december 1943 and was syndicated in newspapers all across the country except for oklahoma as well as in australia, new zealand and south america. ndwe have no other writer to cah on paper the things people don't know about war. steinbeck had been on the front lines for the invasion of italy and returned in october 1943 with burst eardrums and ptsd. upon the return he began writing and later recalled a group of soldiers asked him to write something funny that isn't about thehi war. we are sick of the war based

is simply the concept from which they operate, for example, such units of the united states as the marines or the air forceoment it was written, it was to break through the front and it was done in this way, in your opinion, will we now have resources? well, i don't know, as much as possible to break through further is not only a question of military success and courage - it is a question of resources, see i.e. the fact is that any operation when it is planned it has so-called certain deadlines and certain milestones that are expected to come out, i.e. the fact is that well abstract it is possible to drive there until the fuel in the tank or there, for example, the defense car runs out of fuel, and then there will be a question of where to get this fuel. it is possible to shoot there until the ammunition runs out and then the question of where to get this ammunition, but everything rests on the fact that they exist and were before that mood, of course, specific plans have been developed with specific boundaries of the exit and the chain - this is calculated under the cart, the fuel is brought up, the numbe

but that morning aboard air force one there was no e-mail, no cable, no satellite tv. and so the president of the united states relied on the rabbit ear antennas to pick up local tv coverage as air force one is flying around the southern united states and it would fade in as they got closer to an urban area and then fade out as they flew past it. so over the course of the day you are left with an incredible realization that for most of the day the president of the united states actually knew less about what was transpiring in the country below than the average american sitting at home watching cnn. it's these type of observations and emotions and sentences and things that i think end up being so critical to understanding 9/11 not in the way we tell it in history but in the way that we actually live it because the confusion of that day is what we most remember as individuals standing around. and again this is true if you are the president or a schoolchild or one of these first responders. one of the other breathtaking quotes in the book is denise miller, a police sergeant in indian lake pennsylvania. one of the

at fdr's urging steinbeck traveled to air force bases around the united states to observe the training of pilots, navigators, puppeteers and gunners he wrote bombs away. meanwhile steinbeck passed his army physical but his request to officer rank and air force intelligence was denied made it difficult for him to secure the necessary passport papers from the wharton state departments for his travels as a correspondent. on june 3 covid 1943 steinbeck departed on a troop shift for england in the employ of the new york herald tribune. worktime dispatches 85 in total from england, north africa and sicily appeared in the herald tribune between june and december 1943 and was syndicated in newspapers all across the country except for oklahoma as well as in australia, new zealand, and south america. we have no other writers so likely to catch on paper the inner things people do not know about war. steinbeck been on the front lines for the invasion of italy pretty returned to new york in october 1933 with a burst eardrums, partial amnesia and ptsd. upon his return steinbeck in writing canterbury

coming years our air force can count only on the existing fleet of soviet aircraft, such conclusions can be made after the statement of the commander of the urban air forces of the united statesica, general james hacker, he said yesterday about the fact that ukraine, 7 months after the start of the war, retains about 80% of the number of its planes that it had before the war, and this is a very good indicator, but at the time of receiving the f16, general james hacker was quite pragmatic stated that even if an appropriate political decision is made, these fighter jets will arrive in ukraine no earlier than in two or three years. prior to this, the pentagon had already stated that the transfer of fighter jets was not in the short term, and washington was primarily focused on transferring weapons to the armed forces that could be immediately used for hostilities, and here the only short-term option is to obtain mig-29 fighters from other countries or to provide ukraine with spare parts for mig-29 that allow increase the number of combat-capable ukrainian aircraft, also as a version it is emphasized that the transfer of western weapons that can be integrated into the ukrainian m