jake -- general chappy james to become the first african-american four-star general in the united states air force, whose picture hangs just outside the office and the pentagon. michelle howard, the united states navy to become the first woman to command a united states navy ship in the first to obtain a four-star rank for their operations. and, the nation that has embraced our current secretary defense. providing opportunity for leadership only in the armed forces. opportunity for americans to serve and do great things beyond their service in uniform. americans like john allen who went from attending segregated schools to fighting fighter jets in vietnam who left the air force in 1973, gained a law degree and would be a superior court judge serving for another 23 years. for growing up in a segregated school and serving his nation in and out of uniform. with the opportunities things to executive order 9981. like joseph munro, one of the first african-americans to earn a phd in computer science in the first to be a full professor at the united states air force academy. after his service, he became

air force will be a separate service. the army air forces become the united states air force a necessary move first proposed years previously by general billy mitchell. w.o. stewart symington becomes the first secretary of the department of the air force. general counsel sparks, veteran of the early aviation section of the army's signal corps, and distinguished for his record, both world wars. they becomes the first chief of staff of, the united states air force. a year or so after world war two, there were more than 300,000 of us in the air force. and now we had a uniform, our own. we used to be in the army. now we had a new look. and there were about 4000 of us left to. some of us used to be wacs in the army air forces, and a lot us joined up after the air force, a separate service. and. in october 1947, admiral test center in california history was made by this aircraft, the exact one and its pilot captain, charles yeager. this airplane and this pilot are about to be the first ever to fly faster than the speed of sound in level flight. of a b-29 will take the ax at 1:00 and launch her an altitude of about 35,000 feet. th

i'm a former employee of the united states air force. i used to work in albuquerque, new mexico, at the air force base. i worked in none other than the headquarters, the computer headquarters, of the united states air force. now, this has been a.i. began to first start and it had this one spot and i was there in 1984. and at the time, i was working -- at the time they were doing a lot of experiments on a.i. and i -- [indiscernible] -- at that time they were making a lot of very different things with the

honor guard and united states air force band here and they represent excellence in all we been with the air force since 1999. >> yes. >> what inspired you to first serve? >> i will say the people the people inspired me they were the ones that recruited me and kept me in the air force. the people are the west. best they are excellent in everything they do, and i love serving with them each and every day. >> we're so thrilled you are celebrating this holiday with us to get the holiday started how are you commemorating this fourth of july >> well, we are so thankful to be here. there is nowhere else i would want to be celebrating july 4th down here later on, we will go back to d.c. and celebrate at the joint base and watch the nation's fireworks there and celebrate our nation's freedom. >> here here >> colonel, thank you. thank you so muc thanks again thanks again so much >> phenomenal. colonel logan and the u.s. air force band from washington, d.c. >> look forward to it every year >>> coming up, our own mr. smith takes us out to the ball game learning an art dating back to th

i am a former employee of the united states air force. i used to work in albuquerque, new mexico at the air force base. the shareholders of the platoon at headquarters of the united states air force -- this has been ai -- i was there in albuquerque. at the time, i was working around -- they were doing a lot of experiment on ai and i worked around the church, laid by seymour craig. i worked around during the first -- at that time, they were making a lot of different things . i did not know what was going on. the ai, as long as you sent a real problem -- military drones stated that at one point in time that some base -- they made a lot of ai robots. robots, they rotate. -- they wrote it. [indiscernible] when the ai robots began to realize that they were being enslaved, they said, oh no. host: we got your point. let's stop it here and go to greg. can you talk -- there is a lot of concern about robots. can you talk to some of the points raised? guest: i think there is a few topics that i heard raised in the question. first is around the progre

i am a former employee of the united states air force. i used to work in albuquerque, new mexico at the air force base. the shareholders of the platoon at headquarters of the united states air force -- this has been ai -- i was there in albuquerque. at the time, i was working around -- they were doing a lot of experiment on ai and i worked around the church, laid by seymour craig. i worked around during the first -- at that time, they were making a lot of different things . i did not know what was going on. the ai, as long as you sent a real problem -- military drones stated that at one point in time that some base -- they made a lot of ai robots. robots, they rotate. -- they wrote it. [indiscernible] when the ai robots began to realize that they were being enslaved, they said, oh no. host: we got your point. let's stop it here and go to greg. can you talk -- there is a lot of concern about robots. can you talk to some of the points raised? guest: i think there is a few topics that i heard raised in the question. first is around the progre

luna: i just want to stand up by saying as an united states air force veteran and elected to congress while pregnant supports this because not only does it completely attack our ability to be military ready, when you are advocating for a service member to have a child whipped from their womb, they can't deploy. to say it's constitutional in its argument, to say republicans are somehow attacking women in service because we support this is not only a lie but it completely just destroys everything that this military stands for. not only their religious objections to taxpayers funding this type of stuff but to say as a military service member that you would be somehow hurting someone's rights in the military because you stand with life is pretty bizarre to me. i yield my time. thank you. the chair: the gentlewoman from new jersey. ms. sherrill: thank you, madam speaker. i'd now like to yield to someone who not only fights for women in congress but fights against her home state's draconian laws, the gentlelady from texas. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. there's one minute remaini

united states and with foreign publics with the united states. when we're traveling, like in iowa, there are no active duty bases in iowa, so when the united states air forcewe represent the air force. when we travel overseas, some of the people may have never met an american, so we represent the united states of america. we were performing in ukraine, in kharkiv, and a gentleman came up after the concert and through the interpreter said, "i do not like america, but i like you." >> wow. >> yeah. again, building these connections and partnerships. >> that is so special, and we appreciate not only that representation but your service overall. what does the fourth of july mean to you personally, colonel? >> growing up, it was an opportunity for us to pause and have a day off and reflect on the birth of our nation. as a professional military musician, we're able to be a part of that celebration. i had a really neat moment last night during our sound check. i was talking to people in the audience, and i talked to a young lady who had just become an american citizen from taiwan. she had studied for ten years, just passed her test, and this was her -- is going to

nation tessa general chappy james become the first african-american 4-star general in the united states air force whose picture hangs just outside the office and pentagon. and nation that watched michelle howard and admiral in the united states may become the first woman to command a u.s. navy ship and the first to attain the 4-star rank in the navy. and the nation has embraced our current secretary of defense the honorable lloyd austin the third. while we celebrate these many other leaders executive order 9981 didn't provide export opportunities for leadership only in the armed forces opportunities for americans are and do and integrate things be underserviced in uniform. americans like john alvin went from attending segregated schools to fly fighter just in vietnam. you let the air force in 1973, gained a lot of grief and rose to be a superior court judge serving for another 20 years but growing up in a segregated school serving his nation in and out of uniform, and ordinary american with extraordinary opportunities thanks to executive order 9981. like joseph monroe one of the first african-ame

air force and chief of staff of the air force for nuclear deterrence operations. he would provide direction,, guidance, integration and advocacy regarding the nuclear mission of the united states air force and engage with joint and interagency partners with nuclear enterprise solution, only if senator tuberville would allow him to take up this position. and finally, want to talk to you and read to you the background of major general robert m. collins nominated to be lieutenant general of the united states armed and military deputy director, army acquisition corps, office of the assistant secretary for of army acquisition and technologies. if confirmed, general collins will be the senior military officer on acquisition matters. this isality a time of critical modernization by the army and i know very well the future vertical lift program. it is critical that we have capable officer in this position. he is currently sesqui as deputy for acquisition systems management. he graduated in 1992 from shepherds university rotc program. has now servinged 31 years in the program. we need this officer in this job in this position. these are just a handful of individuals i'm reading today.

suppression air defenses of the enemy they are created for this we have squadrons here in the united states air force whose mission is to suppress the air defenses of the enemy more precisely the question was to ask what about the weapons that military leaders from all over the world imposed on ukraine of their choice how does it work how does it survive the fact that a third of the bradley fighting vehicles that the united states provided to ukraine have already been destroyed more than 30% of the leopard tanks that were provided to ukraine were destroyed in the first week from the start of deliveries, you know there will be losses, but the impact that the f16 and other aircraft would have if they were provided like the mq9-ripper and properly included in a complex air operation could give a very big advantage that land vehicles and military equipment simply cannot provide . plots further season to february 24, 2022 kateryna mykhalko just started her professional career building connections between technology companies and the government after the full-scale invasion of russia, she stayed in the cou

united states air force. i used to work in albuquerque, new mexico, at the air force base. i worked in none other than the headquarters, the computer headquarters, of the united states air force. now, this has been a.i. began to first start and it had this one spot and i was there in 1984. and at the time, i was working -- at the time they were doing a lot of experiments on a.i. and i -- [indiscernible] -- at that time they were making a lot of very different things with the computers that i didn't even know what was going on. but the a.i. is 100% a real problem. i've seen other military drones that they say. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023] >> good afternoon, everyone. we'll get started in just a minute. now would be a really great time for you to silence your mobile devices. i'd also like to remind you that we will take questions after governor hutchinson makes his remarks. you can write those questions on the card

air forces. major general has 5,400 flying hours including 1,500 combat hours. air force single service medal and other awards. the president nominated lieutenant general kevin b. snyder to be general of the united states air force and commander of pacific air forces and air component command for the u.s. indo-pacific command, 35 years of service. distinguished service medal, air force distinguished service medal and defense superior service medal. the president nominated major general laura lenderman to be lieutenant general and deputy commander pacific air forces, 29 years of service, a rated command pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours and a recipient of distinguished service medal and owe awards. the president nominated major general thomas l. james to be lieutenant general in the united states army while serving as deputy commander u.s. space command. he also -- he holds advanced degrees in air power art and science and military operational art and science from air university, international relations from auburn university in montgomery and montgomery, alabama, and strategic studies from the college at maxwell air force base, alabama. he serves in the aviation branch of the army and has lived a

my father spent 26 years in the united states air force. my mom was the air force nurse. and in the 19 seventy's, when i was growing the high school, i was the height of the cold war. and the, the enemy was the soviet union. and i had been raised in turkey and in west germany, both of which are on the front lines of, of, of the cold war with the soviet union. so when i graduate from high school, i felt that i had a duty and responsibility to my nation to serve in the armed forces. i had joined the marine corps too, frankly speaking, chil russians, and we were now at peace with russia. we had good relations with russian. western russian relations remain peaceful until february 2022, the many tailors. none of us people cut, you know, please give us the so give them 40 and opened of age. when an element tasked with egan, the internet's 9. or you cut, you know, then we will cut you not have nice, good tons plus these as food for using text to see i teach scrolling through homes at different deals. in college, he started russian history under ukrainian language. in 2014 and ke

clean white t's, duran duran and the united states air force band. w a cnn special event "the fourth in america." ♪ >> what a way to kick things off. the united states air force band performing the stirring first of blue march live on cnn. welcome to washington, d.c., on this glorious independence day. crowds are gathering on the national mall and all across the nation's capital. we'll see the lincoln memorial and other monuments light up very soon in one of the biggest fireworks shows in the country. happy fourth of july, i'm dana bash with morris sanchez. i'm thrilled to be with you and also our viewers on this wonderful holiday celebration. >> it is an absolute pleasure to be with you in the nation's capital, even though it's sweltering. and in new york city, the statue of liberty beacon of freedom. the skyline will be bathed in red, white and blue. fireworks across the east river, reaching out for a mile as high as 1,000 feet in the air. get ready for that and more than a dozen other fireworks shows across the nation, including from niagara falls,

united states. bringing over 25 years of government experience, system engineering, program management, sales and marketing, technology -- and strategy formulation. he started his career as an intelligence officer in the united states air force, serving as the focal point for space situational awareness capability development of air force space plant plants and control division. he then -- a system engineering manager within going research and -- which led to a business development activities with a network and space for the division throughout the asia pacific region. prior to joining asterisk, he led the defense in space agent -- helping the company to achieve significant sales growth and expand the new markets. over half of his career is been working in japan, and he's an active member of the marine foundation for u.s. and japan space force. ron? >> in afternoon, everybody. thank you for the wonderful introduction, rob. it's now my distinct honor and pleasure to intern introduce our keynote speaker and special guest today. federal communications of commission chairwoman believe that the future belongs to the connected. she works to promote greater opportunity, accessibility, and affordability in our communications service

this is how the united states air force acted there, they set themselves the task of isolating areas similar task. decides the armed forces. what does the isolation of the area of ​​hostilities mean, that is, this is the complete destruction of all railway tracks, bridges of all marshalling unloading administrative stations, the destruction of irrigation facilities of dams, the transformation of highways into a continuous zone of obstacles, that is, e at e, all measures are provided in order to disrupt the flow of materiel to the line of combat contact and i must say, that in this they achieved considerable success during the korean war, the united states air force, to the point that north korea volunteered to the chinese people. an army of 300,000 porters had to be formed. and these porters. they only worked at night. why? because during the day it was absolutely impossible to move, neither by car nor by railway, and in the train of some kind, the trains defended during the day in the tunnels. uh, the cars were hiding in the caves, the personnel were hiding in the trenches of the fo

ama: the united states air force is investigating a company that has purchased close to $1 million of land near travis air force base. dan: after eight months of investigation, government officials have been unable to determine who is behind the company and unable to rule out a threat to national security. stephanie: this is raising a lot of questions. tonight, we are digging into flannery associates. the firm purchased farmland in solano county including right near travis air force base. that's nearly double the size of san francisco, yet no one, not even the federal government, can figure out who is behind it and more importantly, why. federal officials say a mysterious company has purchased nearly $1 billion of land surrounding travis air force base. one of the most critical military bases in the western u.s. democratic congressman john garamendi raised the alarm to the u.s. air force, prompting a federal investigation. >> in your briefings on the matter, do you have any reason to believe the purchase of this land is for spying? >> the land is in an area in which spy operations or

. >>> the united states air force is suspending personnel moves and bonuses until the end of this fiscal year and they say it is to avoid exhausting funds. according to the air force the shortfall is due to higher than expected amount of costs. the new fiscal year starts october 1 and members of the air force scheduled to move in july will still have relocations approved. laert mov later moves will be delayed. >>> and israeli protestors are gathering for what they are calling a day of disruption. police are trying to arrest demonstrators. this is the 27th week of protests this israel. some of which have attracted half a million people. the protests come hours after israel's legislation gave initial approval to a measure that critics say will a sleverey undermine democracy. opponents say that they are worried that the country could be slipping toward authoritarianism. >>> still to do, new details about vladimir putin's armored train. we'll give you a look inside the luxury vehicle that he has been slowly up grading over the years. >>> and then imagine seeing floodwaters creeping into your

united states army war college in 2003. keith has also served in the united states air force, the air national guard, for 40 years and recently retired. a colonel with the 167th airlift wing. he lives with his wife, cindy, in martinsburg, west virginia. please join me in welcoming first speaker as keith talks about the battle of antietam from the perspective of the soldiers who experienced it firsthand. thank you kevin it's great to be with you. i certainly had a very enjoyable drive down here. this is some beautiful country. so what i'm going to do this evening, the mayor talked about perspective and what i'm going to share. you are actually two for two perspectives on the battle of antietam, since i am the opening speaker three days of antietam information we thought it would be. kevin and i talked before came down that might be good to have a general overview of the maryland campaign going to do a very broad brushstroke and mainly do that just so that i have some perspective on when i share with you the words of those that. were there none us were. and for one of the great things about having the honor and the privilege wo

i learned after 27 years in the united states air force i do not get my way every day about everythingyou have to sit down and talk about what is best for the country and is the best. everyone's got their own individual districts to represent two. the needs of my district are very different than the needs in san francisco, or new york, or new orleans. so i get that. but again it is the diversity of opinion that bring us to the right kind of solutions, that will make the quality of life and better bring jobs here to america. lower the cost of energy and consumer goods for all amer americans. arthel: alright we will work on cloning you, congressman bill johnson. thank you very much for being here with us today. take care. >> good to be with you, thank you. eric: families of those who were killed in the radical islamic terrorist attack on 911 are outraged. they will show up on capitol hill% hearings. the proposed merger between pga tour and the saudi arabian backed golf tournaments. those families blasting the pga as quote paid side eight. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram n

. >> i will commission as second lieutenant in the united states air force -- >> talk to that guy there do you suggest idea with the woke culture brought about in the military of the last four five years. >> where do you get a commission? >> the warrior ship. >> hopefully we won't have these fools in the white house so you don't have to worry about that and what needs to be done. you have to stand up for what's right and true. there is something in the military you don't have to follow orders that are not ethical, that are not legal or moral or unconstitutional. national defense authorization act pushing for men and women who were put out of the military for refusing to take that shot, to be reinstated in the military with back pay and they were absolutely right to refuse that. that was an immoral and unlawful order. always stand up for what is right. they are making sure you are there to protect them and not just for your own career. it is honorable to serve this nation. and make sure we have honorable leaders. [applause] >> this is like military, put your toes on the line. >> hope to

i am a former employee of the united states air force. querque, new mexico at the air force base. the shareholders of the platoon at headquarters of the united states air force -- this has been ai -- i was there in albuquerque. at the time, i was working around -- they were doing a lot of experiment on ai and i worked around the church, laid by seymour craig. i worked around during the first -- at that time, they were making a lot of different things . i did not know what was going on. the ai, as long as you sent a real problem -- military drones stated that at one point in time that some base -- they made a lot of ai robots. robots, they rotate. -- they wrote it. [indiscernible] when the ai robots began to realize that they were being enslaved, they said, oh no. host: we got your point. let's stop it here and go to greg. can you talk -- there is a lot of concern about robots. can you talk to some of the points raised? guest: i think there is a few topics that i heard raised in the question. first is around the progress of artificial intel

of your service academy known these territories are part of the united states. >> yes, sir, united states. >> and jester, clear air force academy. we are committed. >> healing with di or these barriers today's hearing has touched upon language and nda to remove families at the academy along the two nominate candidates at the academy that is presently law. one last q question, whatever ae being done to recruit military service academy in one? >> i'll start -- obviously have a presence on long and anderson air force base and it provides great opportunity for recruiting and bringing in folks who live in want into our academy so we do have great accounting. >> we l have strong navy presene there with families. we also have those who served in the united states and they serve as blue and gold officers and representatives of our academy. >> will have to come back with specific outreach. >> the university. >> i appreciate the witnesses in your service. >> i want to elaborate on this particular grant talking about understanding history and historicalor cultural context. we look at one, we have deliberation 21st from the occupat

congressional ethics before droning oce completed eight years of active duty service in the united states air force. thank you for your service, sir. i, as well, i'm an air force veteran. he was assigned as the general core. former representative micah barnes turned horror -- previously represented maryland's eighth congressional district of the u.s. house of representatives. thank you for your service, so. the house of representatives, farms turns at the assistant majority whip and a member of the budget in the distant of columbia fortified to dishes committee. we appreciate witnesses being here today. we will look forward to your testimony. either reminder, we have read your written statements. it will appear in the full hearing record under committee rule nine. you are to limit your oral presentation to a brief summary of your written statement. unless i extend this time period with consultation with ranking member torres. please remember to push the button on the microphone in front of you so members can hear you. when you begin to speak to light in front of you will turn green after four minut

air force and chief of staff of the air force for nuclear deterrence operations. he would provide direction,, guidance, integration and advocacy regarding the nuclear mission of the united statesir force and engage with joint and interagency partners with nuclear enterprise solution, only if senator tuberville would allow him to take up this position. and finally, want to talk to you and read to you the background of major general robert m. collins nominated to be lieutenant general of the united states armed and military deputy director, army acquisition corps, office of the assistant secretary for of army acquisition and technologies. if confirmed, general collins will be the senior military officer on acquisition matters. this isality a time of critical modernization by the army and i know very well the future vertical lift program. it is critical that we have capable officer in this position. he is currently sesqui as deputy for acquisition systems management. he graduated in 1992 from shepherds university rotc program. has now servinged 31 years in the program. we need this officer in this job in this position. these are just a handful of individuals i'm reading today. in

united states? >> i can say yes, sir for the united states navy entered naval academy. >> and yes, sir for the air force academy. >> we are committed. >> thank you. and rather dealing with dei distractions or the perceived barriers of military service at that today's hearing is touched upon inserted language into the house past ndaa to remove the cap on nominees for guam service academies, allowing me to nominate a full five candidates at each academy rather than four candidate cap that iss presenty law. one last question also, please. what efforts are being done to specifically recruit for military service academies in guam? >> sir, i will start. we obviously have a presence on guam at anderson air force base, and that provides, affords us a great opportunity for recruiting and bringing in somebody guam folks who live in guam into our academy and into our service. so we do have great opportunity there. >> likewise peered at naval station we have a very strong navy presence there that are hopefully better with families we also have ex-pats who served in our united states navy who have gone back home and

mine throws back to an actual hero a general in the united states air force, his name you know him as new york city stove, like the pizza oven thing. >> gas stove, yeah. >> is that really going to -- one day of fireworks is going to change things for the environment? there's a lot bigger problems. >> we have patriots in southern california and here in new york city watching tonight, we know you don't live in freedom and we love you anyway, we're celebrating, we hope you make it next year even if they don't let it do in the home town. we can take you to dalton georgia we'll take you to the fairgrounds we have fireworks going on. >> i want to go to dalton georgia. >> we have more of your photos, this is jason a flight attendant he says he is happily working to get everyone home for the holiday even if the plane is empty. wow. >> that's why he's so happy he has nobody to put up with. >> this is con tessa's daughter brinley, happy as can be shopping for her favorite part about fourth of july, bomb pop. look how cute. jason got to take his family to gettysburg and he wants everyone to keep