Senators demand feds release Wright AFB groundwater toxicology study

U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, are among a bipartisan group of 10 senators who have demanded the Trump administration release a toxicology study that could recommend lower threshold advisories for exposure to chemicals found in groundwater at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and other installations across the country. The senators wrote in the June 8 letter they had "deep concerns" with media reports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had blocked the results of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services chemical pollution study that reportedly showed lower thresholds of the contaminants could pose a hazard to human health.

Sasse: Trump’s rhetoric on free trade at G-7 is ‘tremendous news’

Air Force grounds B-1 fleet over safety issue Top EU figure: Trump is 'undermining' world order the US created Dem lawmaker on Trump calling on Russia to rejoin G-7: He's 'loyal' to country that elected him MORE Donald John Trump Trump tweets condolences after US soldier killed in Somalia Trump floats scrapping all tariffs, barriers at G-7 summit: report Dem rips Trump's call to include Russia in G7: What does Putin have on him? MORE 's rhetoric on free trade at the Group of Seven summit on Saturday, commending in a statement the president's call for an end to tariffs and subsidies in the G-7 trade zone.

Plane Talks to highlight D-Day –

Submitted photo Former Air Force pilot Jack Hampshire poses for a photo in front of a North American B-25B Mitchell in the WWII Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE - The National Museum of the United States Air Force will commemorate D-Day by offering visitors a special opportunity to interact with veterans who will be stationed at aircraft throughout the museum as part of the "Plane Talks" program 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6. Among the veterans scheduled to attend are retired Air Force pilots Lt.

Iran denies any of its troops killed in suspected Israeli strike in Syria

Military official dismisses report that 9 Iranians among 21 killed in Thursday raid on alleged Hezbollah weapons depot as 'a sheer lie' Iran on Saturday denied any of its troops were killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike in Syria, after a report said nine Iranians were among the dead. Reports that Iranians were killed in Thursday's strike are "a sheer lie and quite baseless," the official IRNA news agency quoted an unnamed military official as saying.

New push to defend N.J.’s big military base from any efforts to shut it down

Deliveries of new refueling tankers to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst would proceed as planned and the base itself would be protected from any efforts to close military facilities under legislation that passed the House Thursday. The annual National Defense Authorization Act , which sets Congress' defense priorities for the 12 months beginning Oct. 1, passed, 351-66, in the final House vote before the week-long Memorial Day recess.

The Latest: Pompeo hopeful N. Korea talks will take place

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to New York to discuss immigration policy, Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump will hold a roundtable discussion on Long Island on illegal immigration and gang violence that the White House is calling a "national call to action for legislative policy changes."

Air Force training jet crashes in Mississippi, pilots safely eject

Two pilots ejected safely from their Air Force training jet Wednesday morning before it crashed in a remote area of northeastern Mississippi, service officials said. Local law enforcement and first responders were on the scene after the T-38C Talon II aircraft crashed at about 8:30 a.m. CST in the vicinity of Columbus Air Force Base, according to a service statement.

Barack and Michelle Obama sign multi-year production deal at…

Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have set a deal to create new programming with Netflix, the streaming service announced Monday. Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have set a deal to create new programming with Netflix, the streaming service announced Monday.