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The U.S. Air Force's KC-135 Block 45 upgrade program reached a milestone after the branch modified its 45th tanker. Under the program, the tanker aircraft received new liquid crystal displays, autopilot, computer module updates, radio altimeters, and digital flight directors.
Chief Mike McFadden asked councilors to approve hiring Gerry Lincoln to fill the position. Lincoln, who most recently worked as a detective for Waldo County Sheriff's Office, replaces Bryan Cunningham who retired earlier this year after serving the city for 25 years.
A spokesman, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, on Monday described several of Mattis' first activities as Pentagon chief but declined to discuss any policy issues.
He will be responsible for the strategic development, implementation, and oversight of all new programs in autonomy, robotics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision, advanced GNC, and data science. He will be responsible for operations in the National Capital Region.
On Jan. 23, 1933, the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the so-called "Lame Duck Amendment," was ratified as Missouri approved it. In 1516, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who with his late queen consort, Isabella of Castile, sponsored the first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, died in Madrigalejo, Spain.
Singapore Exchange is developing a spot pricing index for the Middle East and India liquefied natural gas markets in collaboration with inter-dealer broker Tullett Prebon, says WSJ. The index is aimed at market participants who are forced to rely on tenders for setting up prices due to the lack of an accepted price marker.
Prime Minister Theresa May is facing calls to come clean over a failed test of the Trident nuclear deterrent, amid claims the Government acted like North Korea in covering up the news. Mrs May failed to answer four direct questions on her knowledge of the test, which reportedly took place weeks before MPs approved the A 40 billion Trident renewal programme in July.
Former President Barack Obama left the White House on Friday much the way he entered it eight years ago: insisting Americans have reason for optimism despite the national sense of unease. Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle wave to the crowd Friday as they board an Air Force jet to depart Andrews... He was gracious to President Donald Trump to the end, warmly welcoming his successor to the home where he raised his daughters.
Pence, who was introduced by the head of the American Legion, said the day was "the dawn of a new era." He paid tribute to veterans who have been killed or injured in the line of duty and said they were "an inspiration to our new president," Donald Trump.
At the last of his whirlwind trio of inaugural ball appearances Friday, President Trump addressed a room full of uniformed military and, via video, soldiers fighting in Afghanistan with a distilled version of the message he'd been delivering for the better part of the past two years: "Keep fighting. We're going to win."
The Senate on Friday confirmed President Trump 's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, the second cabinet pick to receive Senate approval. John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general who commanded the U.S. military in South America, had one of the smoothest confirmation hearings of any Trump nominee, despite his coming role in implementing the president's immigration policies.
After a presidential election that many deemed historically contentious and brutal, Americans likely want a break from election campaigns, but Virginia voters unfortunately do not have that luxury.
President Donald Trump on Friday quickly claimed the mantle of the White House, signing legislation allowing retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as his defense secretary, as well as the nomination papers for his Cabinet choices.
The United States, South Korea and Japan kicked off naval missile-defense drills Friday, joining forces to counter the growing threat from North Korea. The three-day exercise began amid fears that the North may test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile or stage another provocation in connection with Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony on Friday.
Donald Trump, a real estate mogul and reality television star who upended American politics and energized voters angry with Washington, will be sworn in Friday as the 45th president of the United States, putting Republicans in control of the White House for the first time in eight years. Ebullient Trump supporters flocked to the nation's capital for the inaugural festivities, some wearing red hats emblazoned with his "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan.
Ready for his big moment, Donald Trump swept into Washington on a military jet Thursday for three days of inaugural festivities and pledged to unify a nation that is divided and clamoring for change. Washington braced for an onslaught of crowds and demonstrators - with all the attendant hoopla and hand-wringing.
The Pentagon says it disagrees with Republicans in North Carolina who claim a $400 million clean energy project slated to power data centers for Amazon.com Inc. poses a threat to national security. State legislative leaders have asked the incoming Trump administration to either kill or require major changes to the nearly completed wind farm, which they said will interfere with the operation of a military radar installation that scans for aircraft and ships hundreds of miles out over the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard are responding to a release of gas and condensate from a pipeline at West Cameron 165 in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 32 miles southwest of Cameron, Louisiana. According to officials, a helicopter pilot flying over the site reported the incident to the U.S. Coast Guard at approximately 2:00 p.m. Wednesday January 18th.
Ready for his big moment, Donald Trump traded in his beloved private plane for a military jet Thursday and swooped into Washington for three days of inaugural festivities. As the president-elect left New York behind, the capital braced for an onslaught of inaugural crowds and demonstrators numbering in the hundreds of thousands.