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  At the height of the Battle of Britain, the RAF had only 749 fighter aircraft available, against 2,550 Luftwaffe aircraft. For over 100 years the Royal Air Force has defended British skies. 80 years ago, it experienced its greatest test in the Battle of Britain. Using science, ingenuity, and support from across the UK and overseas, the RAF defended the UK from Nazi Germany’s air force, the Luftwaffe. It was the first major battle fought entirely in the air, and Nazi Germany’s first major...

The recently reestablished U.S. Space Command Headquarters has officially been operating out of Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs since Sept. 9, 2019. And this isn’t the first time. U.S. Space Command was initially formed in 1985 and was in Colorado Springs until its closure in 2002. But for decades, Colorado Springs continued to conduct space operations globally, 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, 365 days-a-year. Colorado Springs has had the watch. Today, Colorado Springs continues to...

Share: OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Retired Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr. (USN), former commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), and retired NASA astronaut, Clayton Anderson, today announced their support of Offutt AFB, Nebraska as the permanent location for U.S. Space Command Headquarters (USSPACECOM). "In 2002, we merged the first United States Space Command with United States Strategic Command in Omaha because of the natural synergies between space operations and all o...

This all just unfolded overnight. >> reporter: well, there say deceptive quiet here behind me now. having watched this overnight from this very spot, we saw the first real direct exchange of fire between israel and iran, two regional rivals battling for positioning here. israeli military says shortly after midnight, forces in syria behind me, where we see from the occupied golan heights, fired off rockets not far from where im standing now. some were intercepted by the iron dome defense system. ...

Of a few minutes ago would suggest something bigger, something perhaps more sinister than police.the police here wouldve set up a command headquarters in manchester. itll be saying police officers organizing this investigation now, monitoring it is a major incident and terrorism will be high up that list of suspicions now given the scale of fatalities and wouldnt would imagine the scale of the injure injured. >> just a bit more detail as we piece together what will now be a terrorist investigati...

Their aircraft, which remains on alert 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. with the fate of the nation potentially at stake, i had one overriding question. can u.s. credibly defend itself in space, without the ability to shoot back? >> are offensive space weapons part of the discussion for the u.s., under consideration? >> i would just put it this way, were looking across the whole spectrum of capability. >> so not taking that option off the table? >> absolutely. >> and so, 30 feet underground in p...

Spectrum of capability. >> so not taking that option off the table? >> absolutely. >> and so, 30 feet underground in perhaps americas most secure command headquarters, i learned that the u.s. may soon be joining the first space arms race. >> if you hit me, im going to hit you harder. >> next, the u.s. fires back. # imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. with the united mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag, 2 unit...

Ginsberg. you know that region. thats your read of what really happened? >> how much you want to know? im going to bet my lottery ticket tonight that the story that has come out is not correct. the idea that two small boats would be making their way without an escort, all the way from kuwait, all the way down to bahrain, were not talking traversing manhattan on the hudson river. its very unusual, number one. number two, the fact that this was all controlled by the revolutionary guard and farsi i...

Welcome back. more than 100 people are now dead after a crane collapses outside of saudi arabias grand mosque. they say the crane fell down through the roof while worshippers were inside. many were preparing for the hajj pilgrimage later this month. the house panel is now looking into a report saying the obama administration pressured analysts to skew data to make isis seem weaker in their report. that news revealed this week with 50 analysts and special command headquarters in tampa making a ...

Pakistan against terrorism? a lot of folks have talked about how pakistan embraced terrorism groups. >> no, they are fighting the taliban branch of pakistan. the afghan taliban operates a command headquarters from pakistan. other terrorist groups that contribute continue to run schools and hospitals and operating as a state within the state. if they destroyed all of it in pakistan. you have them educated in the religious schools to believe the same type of a thing. >> even if they were to do tha...