City turns to drones to market old Normandie maintenance property for sale – Tue, 13 Dec 2016 PST

Richard Rees, a U.S. Army veteran helicopter pilot and licensed drone operator, received the go-ahead from the City Council this week to pilot a drone above the Normandie complex. The 5-acre industrial site off Mission Avenue spans two city blocks and will be put up for sale after housing a hodgepodge of city maintenance services for more than 100 years.

Israeli Air Force prepares to receive first two F-35 fighters

More than 13 years after Israel first signed on to the F-35 program, the Israeli Air Force is about to receive its first two F-35I "Adir" Lightning II stealth fighters, which are slated to land in Israel Monday afternoon. The pair of fighters represent Israel's first fifth-generation fighter aircraft, and the first stealth aircraft incorporated into the Israeli Air Force.

Iran says it’s finalized $16.6B Boeing deal to buy 80 planes

The long campaign season finally ended Saturday in Louisiana, a month later than the rest of the country, with voters deciding the nation's final three congressional seats in runoff elections. Louisiana voters chose Saturday to send Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy to the U.S. Senate, filling the nation's last Senate seat and giving the GOP a 52-48 edge in the chamber when the new term begins in January.

Hospital director: 160 dead in collapsed Nigerian church

The long campaign season finally ended Saturday in Louisiana, a month later than the rest of the country, with voters deciding the nation's final three congressional seats in runoff elections. Louisiana voters chose Saturday to send Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy to the U.S. Senate, filling the nation's last Senate seat and giving the GOP a 52-48 edge in the chamber when the new term begins in January.

Santos accepts Nobel for peace deal, urges shift in drug war

President-elect Donald Trump is partaking in one the nation's most storied football rivalries, saluting U.S. troops at the annual Army-Navy game on Saturday as he prepares to enter the White House. President-elect Donald Trump is partaking in one of the nation's most storied football rivalries, saluting U.S. troops at the annual Army-Navy game on Saturday as he prepares to enter the White House.

Trump could make good on his defense spending promise in his first 100 days

Barely one week after a blockbuster Washington Post investigation revealed that the Pentagon had suppressed a report identifying $125 billion in wasteful spending, Congress has passed the new National Defense Authorization Act, directing a fresh $619 billion to the Department of Defense. The bill, which sailed through both Houses of Congress with large, veto-proof majorities after having some controversial elements removed, now heads to President Obama's desk.

Plane Missing in Alaska With 4 Passengers, Search Underway

A plane went missing in Alaska Wednesday morning, and a search is underway for the aircraft, which was carrying four people from Port Alsworth to Anchorage. The small airplane, described by Alaska Dispatch News as a Piper PA-28 Cherokee, departed about 10:30 a.m. The plane, though did not arrive to its destination at Merrill Field, said Clint Johnson, spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, according to KTVA .

Glitterati announces the publication of Personal Vision by Adger Cowans

Master American photographer Adger Cowan's predominantly black-and-white photography is collected in this monograph of original images taken over the past forty years. Cowans is one of the great unrecognized photographic luminaries of our time, inspired by growing up in a family that appreciated and respected the arts.

Search for missing Alaska plane slowed by fog

The search for a small plane missing in Alaska with four people on board has been hampered by fog and darkness in a narrow river valley believed to be part of the aircraft's flight path, responders said Thursday. The single-engine Piper PA-28 Cherokee left Port Alsworth about 10 a.m. Wednesday and was due around noon in Anchorage 170 miles to the northeast, Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt.

Raqqa, Mosul Liberations Progress as ISIL Loses Resources to Fight

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker in support of a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve mission over Iraq, Dec. 7, 2016. The KC-135 provides aerial refueling capabilities as the task force supports the Iraqi security forces and the partnered forces in Syria as they work to liberate territory and people under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Make India great again? Fighter jet giants look to move production to India

Donald Trump may meet his match when he goes toe-to-toe with another world leader who's showing prowess at strong-arming American companies into helping make his country great again. Lockheed Martin and Boeing are the two major companies involved in discussions to build fighter aircraft production plants in India as part of that country's "Make in India" initiative, which is essentially a mirror-image of President-elect Trump's aggressive desire to keep manufacturing jobs within the United States.

New Head of Seattle FBI Office Believes We Still Live in a ‘Safe and Open Society’

Jay S. Tabb, Jr., the FBI's new Special Agent in Charge in Seattle, has the all qualities you'd expect from a high-ranking federal law enforcement guy: a strong foundation in leadership he credits to his military roots ; a bureau career that began in 1997 and saw him working in counterterrorism, critical incident response, violent crime and drug trafficking; honorary recognition for his tenure with the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team ; and a direct, no-nonsense attitude paired with the self-assured confidence of a man who believes very, very firmly that he knows what he's doing-and feels comfortable doing it.

Search Underway for Marine Pilot Who Ejected Near Japanese Coast

The pilot ejected at about 4:40 a.m. ET, 120 miles southeast of Iwakuni, Japan, according to a news release from Marine Corps Base Camp Butler in Okinawa. The F/A-18 was assigned to the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Okinawa and was conducting "regularly scheduled training at the time of the mishap," Marine Corps Base Camp Butler said.