US bombers conduct exercise over Korean peninsula

In this June 20, 2017 file photo provided by South Korean Defence Ministry, US Air Force B-1B bombers and South Korean fighter jets F-15K fly over the Korean Peninsula, South Korea. SEOUL: A South Korean military official said Friday the B-1B bombers based in Guam were escorted by two South Korean F-16 fighter jets during the drills Thursday at a field near the South's eastern coast.

Museum to highlight Veterans Day –

The National Museum of the United States Air Force will commemorate Veterans Day by offering visitors a special opportunity to interact with more than 25 veterans who will be stationed at aircraft throughout the museum as part of the "Plane Talks" program 10:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. Included among the veterans scheduled to be on-hand are a retired crew chief and flight nurse, as well as navigators, pilots, and engineers who have flown on aircraft such as the A-24, AC-130, B-25, B-58, C-47, C-123, C-124, C-130, C-141, F-4, F-22, F-89, F-101, F-105, HU-16, HH-3, KC-97, RF-4, SR-71, T-39, UH-P1 and VC-137C .

PPG Donates Coatings for U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s A-12 Spy Plane Restoration

When the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., began restoring an A-12 Oxcart, it took only a phone call to a nearby plant to obtain the aerospace coatings required to paint the legendary spy plane. Tom Meyer, PPG plant manager, aerospace transparencies facility in Huntsville, arranged for PPG to donate military aerospace coatings for repainting the Cold War reconnaissance plane operated by the CIA.

Critics – would be quietened’ if they knew of fighter plane’s capabilities

Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Andy Edgell, the UK's lead test pilot, uses a specialist fighter jet simulator at BAE Systems in Warton, Lancashire Critics of Britain's new multimillion-pound stealth fighter jets would be "quietened very quickly" if they knew what they are capable of, the UK's lead test pilot has said. The F-35 Lightning II will undertake missions from HMS Queen Elizabeth, the A 3 billion behemoth aircraft carrier and the nation's future flagship.

New York advances drone industry with testing corridor

Envisioning a day when millions of drones will buzz around delivering packages, watching crops or inspecting pipelines, a coalition is creating an airspace corridor in upstate New York where traffic management systems will be developed and unmanned aircraft can undergo safety and performance testing. The unmanned aircraft traffic management corridor, jump-started by a $30 million state investment, will extend 50 miles west over mostly rural farmland from Griffiss International Airport, a former Air Force base in Rome that is already home to NASA-affiliated drone testing.

Trump lies on fallen vets, taxes & more

President Donald Trump's boast that he surpasses his predecessors in consoling families of the fallen proved empty this past week as many stepped forward to say they'd never heard from him after losing their loved ones in military service. The suddenly fraught and politically charged subject overshadowed other misfires from the president, on taxes, hurricane relief and more.

Ap Fact Check: Trump on military death, and taxes

President Donald Trump's boast that he surpasses his predecessors in consoling families of the fallen proved empty this past week as many stepped forward to say they'd never heard from him after losing their loved ones in military service. The suddenly fraught and politically charged subject overshadowed other misfires from the president, on taxes, hurricane relief and more.

Evoking slain son, Kelly defends Trump on condolence calls

He started by describing the reverent handling of America's war dead, bodies packed in ice and shipped home in the dark to an Air Force base in Delaware. From that opening, White House chief of staff John Kelly delivered a raw and searing monologue Thursday about the reality and pain of war sacrifice, praising those who serve and summoning the 2010 death of his own son to defend President Donald Trump against accusations of insensitive outreach to a grieving military family.

Trump facilitates deals for Boeing, Lockheed during meeting with Greek PM

President Donald Trump is striking deals for U.S. companies at the same time as he is working to improve foreign relations. Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said the U.S. was working with the southeastern European country to help strengthen its economy and security systems.

How Trump handled four dead soldiers

On October 4, the day that four US Special Forces soldiers were gunned down at the border of Niger and Mali in the deadliest combat incident since President Donald Trump took office, the commander in chief was lighting up Twitter with attacks on the "fake news" media. The next day, when the remains of the first soldiers reached Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Trump was assailing the "fake news" and warning the country of "the calm before the storm."