Trump issues Thanksgiving threat to close US-Mexico border

President Donald Trump meets and poses for a photo with members of the U.S. Coast Guard stationed at United States Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet in Riviera Beach, Fla., on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. The U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat passes President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018.

Trump hints could make first visit to Afghanistan

U.S. President Donald Trump hinted on Thursday he may visit Afghanistan, scene of one of America's longest wars but a country he has yet to visit almost two years into his presidency. Delivering a Thanksgiving holiday message by teleconference to troops in Afghanistan, Trump told a U.S. Air Force general he would see him back in the United States, before adding: "Or maybe I'll even see you over there.

Mayor of Utah city killed in ‘insider attack’ in Afghanistan

The mayor of a Utah city was killed during an attack in Afghanistan while he was serving with the state's National Guard, the town's temporary mayor Brent Chugg confirmed to CBS Salt Lake City affiliate KUTV. North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor died Saturday in an apparent "insider attack" in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.

Iran’s Navy-Killer Missiles Now Have Double the Range

Iran just sent a veiled warning to the U.S. military: We see you, and now we can reach you everywhere. Iranian Revolutionary Guard aerospace division chief Amirali Hajizadeh declared Tuesday that Iran had boosted the range of its land-to-sea ballistic missiles up to 700 km, or 435 miles, Reuters reports , capable of hitting "any vessel or ship" at that range.

Non-Lethal Directed Energy Initiatives for Improved Homeland Defense at Directed Energy Day

In support of the DoD Directed Energy initiatives, Defense Strategies Institute has put together the Directed Energy Day, which will provide a forum to discuss the efforts to develop and leverage DE technologies in support of U.S. national security needs and battlefield overmatch. The 2nd Annual Directed Energy Day will be held on November 15, 2018, at the Mary M. Gates Learning Center in Alexandria, VA.

Defense Secretary James Mattis says he – never’ discussed leaving job with Trump

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday, seeking to boost ties with Hanoi against a backdrop of China's growing military assertiveness in the region and he dismissed the idea that he's leaving the Trump administration anytime soon. During an interview Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes," President Donald Trump told Lesley Stahl that he had a "very good relationship" with Mattis, but "I think he's sort of a Democrat, if you want to know the truth."

Defense Secretary James Mattis says he ‘never’ discussed leaving job with Trump

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, during a trip to Vietnam to boost ties with Hanoi, dismissed the idea he's leaving the Trump administration anytime soon. Defense Secretary James Mattis says he 'never' discussed leaving job with Trump Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, during a trip to Vietnam to boost ties with Hanoi, dismissed the idea he's leaving the Trump administration anytime soon.

Tyndall aircraft damage ‘less than we feared’

TYNDALL AFB - Aircraft left behind for maintenance or safety reasons when Tyndall Air Force Base was evacuated last week in advance of Hurricane Michael's direct hit on the installation are in better shape than expected, according to Air Force senior leadership who toured the all-but-destroyed facility during the weekend.

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.