4 days after storm, large swath of Panhandle suffering

Crews with backhoes and other heavy equipment scooped up splintered boards, broken glass, chunks of asphalt and other debris in hurricane-flattened Mexico Beach on Sunday as the mayor held out hope for the 250 or so residents who may have tried to ride out the storm. The death toll from Michael's destructive march from Florida to Virginia stood at 17, with just one confirmed death so far in this Florida Panhandle town of about 1,000 people that took a direct hit from the hurricane and its 155 mph winds last week.

Cannon: – First Man’ is a giant step for America and movies

It sounds like the opening to a joke: Donald Trump, Bill Kristol and Marco Rubio walk into a bar. The three Republican frenemies eye each other warily, until one breaks the ice by asking, "What did you guys think of the new movie about the moon landing?" "Total lunacy," says Rubio, a Florida senator who while running for president in 2016 questioned the size of Trump's manhood.

Mattis pushes closer ties to Vietnam amid tension with China

By making a rare second trip this year to Vietnam, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is signaling how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China's military assertiveness by cozying up to smaller nations in the region that share American wariness about Chinese intentions. The visit beginning Tuesday also shows how far U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced since the tumultuous years of the Vietnam War.

Despite gloom, airshow soars on

Despite the gloomy and rainy weather, the 17th annual Apple Valley Airshow pulled in thousands of visitors with a stunning lineup of aircraft on Saturday. Members of the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps were on hand protecting the planes, aiding with crowd control and helping in any way they could, said Cadet Technical Sergeant Nelson Rojas.

Hurlburt Special Tactics team opens Tyndall runway

Barely 24 hours after Hurricane Michael made landfall and virtually destroyed Tyndall Air Force Base, a Special Tactics team from the Hurlburt Field-based 23rd Special Tactics Squadron had opened a runway and begun bringing air traffic into the base.

First-of-its-kind 3D printed prototype to be tested on USS Harry S. Truman

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman passes Fort Monroe on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, as it transits the Chesapeake Bay on its way into dock after an eight-month deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in the Middle East. The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman passes Fort Monroe on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, as it transits the Chesapeake Bay on its way into dock after an eight-month deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in the Middle East.

Hurricane Michael: Towns in Florida Panhandle ‘devastated like a war zone’

Entire oceanfront communities in the Florida Panhandle were virtually obliterated, an Air Force base suffered "catastrophic" damage and at least six people were killed by Hurricane Michael , a sucker-punch of a storm that intensified suddenly and now ranks as one of the four most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the United States. "This one just looks like a bomb dropped," said Clyde Cain, who is with the Louisiana Cajun Navy, a group of volunteer search-and-rescue teams that went to Florida to help in Michael's wake, just as they did last month during Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas.

Panel: U.S. Lacks a Grand Strategy to Counter China

An experimental Navy catamaran is fighting Hurricane Michael in the bay of Panama City, Fla., unable to take to sea to avoid the Category 4 storm that made landfall early afternoon on Wednesday. The 950-ton Sea Fighter is at double anchor in the bay, "engines running and nose to the wind" with a minimal crew aboard, Office of Navy Research spokesman Robert Freeman told USNI News on Wednesday.

Trump campaigns in Pennsylvania as hurricane hits Florida

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a campaign rally in Erie, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a campaign rally in Erie, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md.