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This May 6, 1937 file photo, provided by the Philadelphia Public Ledger, was taken at almost the split second that the Hindenburg exploded over the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, N.J. Only one person is left of the 62 passengers and crew who survived when the Hindenburg burst into flames 80 years ago Saturday, May 6, 2017. Werner Doehner was 8 years old when he boarded the zeppelin with his parents and older siblings after their vacation to Germany in 1937.
Illustrative photo of an American F-15 intercepting a Russian Tu-95 Bear Bomber during a Russian exercise near the west coast of Alaska in 2008. US Air Force jets on Thursday intercepted two Russian bombers escorted by a pair of Russian fighter jets flying near Alaskan airspace, in an incident that was described as a first by US defense officials.
North Korea's state media condemned a US military exercise in the Western Pacific Ocean involving F/A-18 Hornet combat jets taking off from a US aircraft carrier on May 3. This US Navy video shows the fighter jets flying over American and South Korean ships in the Sea of Japan. USS Carl Vinson arrived in the region on April 28 and held joint drills with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Following the inclusion of $5 million for the National Coast Guard Museum in the federal spending bill working its way through Congress, several of Connecticut's congressional delegates are reviving a bill to create a commemorative coin that would help to raise money for the museum. U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, on Wednesday reintroduced the United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act, which would require the U.S. Treasury to create new $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar coins.
He is a graduate of Lehighton Area School District and Carbon County Vo-Tech, is a United States Navy veteran, and is currently a welder/fitter for KME. He is married and has two daughters, both who are graduates of Lehighton.
The election of President Donald Trump was a double-edged sword for gun manufacturers. It meant that firearm freedoms were assured for another four years, thanks largely to the efforts of NRA members.
Mr. William Talmadge "Bill" "Hoss" Kay Sr., 86, of Carrollton, Georgia passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017. Born August 31, 1930 in Ocala, Florida, son of the late Mr. Willie Louis Kay and the late Mrs. Mattie "Belle" Cole Kay, Talmadge was the oldest of seven.
A panel of military and civilian leaders, including U.S. Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, touted the north country's healthcare system as a potential model for other military communities. The post is the lone Army installation with a division in America that does not have an on-post hospital.
The Izumo Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier was ordered to protect a US Navy supply ship by the Defence Minister. The ship is heading towards the Pacific to resupply the force sent by President Donald Trump to waters near the Korean Peninsula.
A U.S. service member in Iraq who was killed Saturday by an explosive device outside Mosul has been identified as 1st Lt. Weston C. Lee, 25, of Bluffton, Georgia, the U.S. Department of Defense said Sunday.
The Disney Wonder transited the Panama Canal on Saturday as the first passenger vessel to go through the canal's new set of locks, marking a milestone for the cruise industry. The Disney Cruise Line 2,713-passenger ship was transformed in late 2016, expanding the length of the Disney Wonder to 984 feet.
In this Thursday, April 27, 2017, photo, taxi driver Seijiro Kurosawa, 58, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in front of Fussa Station in Fussa where the Yokota Air Base is located in Tokyo's western suburbs. Residents living near U.S. military bases in Japan are facing a fresh reality: Their neighborhoods are on the frontline of North Korea's dispute with America and if Pyongyang were to attack they would have just several minutes to shelter from incoming missiles.
The U.S. Coast Guard is expanding its operations along Oregon's northern coast by selecting Astoria as the new home for two fast response cutters. The Daily Astorian reports the 154-foot cutters will replace smaller, 1980s-era patrol boats that are nearing the end of service.
Key figures from the Pheu Thai Party have voiced their opposition against the Cabinet's approval of the Chinese submarine purchase, saying they saw a potential burden that the multi-billion-baht deal would leave for future governments. Pheu Thai's acting secretary-general Phumtham Wechayachai, former education minister Chaturon Chaisang and former energy minister Pichai Natipthaphan joined in opposition against the deal a couple of days after former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra expressed her own disagreement.
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor is seen in Seongju, South Korea, April 26, 2017. Lee Jong-hyeon/News1 via The Nimitz-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson sails offshore Nagasaki prefecture, southern Japan, in this aerial view photo taken by Kyodo April 29, 2017.
The USS Carl Vinson is heading north toward the Korean peninsula in a show of force after satellite images suggested North Korea may b... . In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017 photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer, left, is underway alongside the Republic o... .
A ballistic missile launched early Saturday by North Korea in defiance of international pressure and at a time of heightened regional tensions appears to have failed. The missile blew up over land in North Korean territory, said US Navy Cmdr.
President Trump is returning from addressing the National Rifle Association convention in Atlanta. A prominent Florida eye doctor has been convicted on all counts in his Medicare fraud trial, raising the possibility he could be pressured to testify in the bribery trial of New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez.