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To come . And chaos in the cabin. An airliner hits extreme turbulence. 25 people injured, some seriously and why the pilots never saw it coming today, monday, may 1, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. [ cheers and applause ] good morning, everybody, welcome to today, its a monday morning. We have craig in for matt. Looking at that video, its incredible. If youre one of the people who ignores the pilot who says faste...

We were tumbling, end over end. There was smoke in the cockpit and i could not communicate with my partner. I knew i had to get out and i was well trained. I was about to eject over Enemy Territory that we had to bombing for a couple of years. There was no other choice and i pulled a handle. Everything worked automatically and perfectly. It blew the canopy and blew me 50 feet in the air. It separated the seats from me, which automatically pulled the dring. It was less than 2. 5 seconds from when...

The wing man. I said that i was on the ground and i was 200 meters north of the river. Star strafing at 300 and i am heading south. After the war, i met with the pilots in the plane. They said to not strafe because they did not think they could should that accurately. It was a good call because they were all around me. Within two minutes, i was captured. How may times have you flown over North Vietnam . 53. What was the purpose of the flights . We were in the northern part of vietnam, 70 miles n...

TUPELO — A segment featuring Col. Carlyle "Smitty" Harris and his wife, Louise Harris, will be featured in the National Memorial Day Concert set to air on PBS on Sunday

TUPELO – A tireless advocate and one of Northeast Mississippi’s most well-known community developers both have been named Distinguished Citizens of the Year by the local Boy Scouts chapter.

Parents may be challenged by their child’s homework frustration—“Why do I have to do these writing assignments? I ...

Nearly everyone knows the story of Clara Barton — the nurse who tended to soldiers on both sides of the Civil War and who also worked as an educator and

TUPELO • More than five decades ago, Ret. U.S. Air Force Col. Carlyle "Smitty" Harris wrote a letter to his wife, Louise, which ended up at the Tupelo Post Office.

WASHINGTON, D.C. • A bill that would name a post office after a well-known Tupelo veteran passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday night.

Bill to rename Tupelo post office in honor of former Vietnam POW Col. Carlyle Smitty Harris survived eight years as a captive in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" during the Vietnam War. | Source: Office of U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss. A bill would rename the Postal Service office in downtown Tupelo the “Colonel Carlyle Smitty Harris Post Office." Posted: Feb 25, 2021 11:41 AM Updated: Feb 25, 2021 11:53 AM Posted By: Zac Carlisle WASHINGTON (WTVA) - The U.S. House approved a bill to rename the...