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>> there are two airplanes that are off the runway right now at vance air force base how they got to that point, ive got to let the investigation play itself out >> reporter: the t-38 talon is a twin-engine high altitud supersonic aircraft that has served as a training jet for two decades. this is the second crash involving the plane in the last 15 months at vance air force base in august of 2018, a pilot safely ejected after a bird strike. >> our safety record is exemplary >> reporter: the mili...

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Dismantle nuclear test site. seen as a gesture of goodwill kim jong un ahead of summit with president trump. calling it off. calling vice president pence a political dummy. the nation could end up like libya if they dont make a deal. the military now investigating what caused an air force training jet to crash and burst into flames. both pilots and instructor and student ejected safely near columbus air force base in mississippi. they are now out of the hospital but have not been identified. thi...

An alarming rate. those skilled in noncombat plane crashes this year alone has more than doubled by 130%, compared to the time last year. the number of noncombat jet and helicopter crashes are up 38%. >> we are concerned about it. we have to look internally at ourselves with the critical lens to see where we need to get better terms of of handling risk and getting better at being safe. >> the sea to greyhound has been in service since the late 1960s. right now only nine out of the navy is 33 com...

Air force training jet with parts from the 1960s crashed in texas killing one pilot and injuring another. a mechanical failure is also suspected. >> perhaps the greatest harm to our national security and our military is self-inflicted. i repeat, self-inflicted. we are killing more of our own people in training than our enemies are in combat. >> congress called for a $26 billion increase in the defense budget to rebuild the military and fix some of these airplanes. melissa. >> lukas, thank you so...

On what they call mishaps, crashes of planes and ships the navy, army, marines. is this another example of that or something else? >> it is, leland. there has been a spike of u.s. military plane crashes this year and many in congress point to years of budget cuts as the cause. they are now taking a toll. the u.s. military plane crashes are up 38% this year compared to this point a year ago. the navy plane crash comes two days after an air force training jet crashed killing one pilot and injuring...

Planes. what are you hearing? >> theres been a spike in u.s. military plane crashes and many blame years of budget cuts. plane crashes are up 38% compared to this point a year ago. it comes just two days after an air force training jet crashed. earlier this month the head of naval aviation said half of the super hornet jets cannot fly. only 9-33 greyhounds can gry right now. the navy grounded its entire fleet of training jets following a fox news report saying pilots were refusing to fly them. o...

Lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon. lucas. >> it has been about 12 hours since the crash. hundreds of miles out to sea while flying to the uss ronald reagan from japan. defense officials say early indications point to some kind of engine failure as the cause. helicopters aboard the ronald reagan have rescued eight of the 11 sailors on board. three remain missing and the search effort continues but hampered now by darkness. the eight recovered sailors are in good condition on board the aircr...

>> the u.s. has been conducting joint exercises with japan. were reporting live from the pentagon with the very latest. lucas, when and exactly where did this crash take place? >> the u.s. navy seventh fleet released a saying the crash occurred after taking off from japan while the plane was flying en route to uss ronald reagan have recovered eight of the 11 sailors on board that plane. all 11 on board the cargo plane were sailors. three remain missing. search efforts continue. the eight people ...

Some sort of engine failure. the u.s. navy says that helicopters aboard the reagan rescued eight of the 11 sailors at sea less than an hour after the crash. three remain missing the search efforts are continuing but they are being hampered by darkness. 8 recovered sailors are in good condition. it is a cargo plane that delivers supplies to the aircraft carriers at sea. first entered service in the late 60s and scheduled to be replaced in the next few daers. it occurred 575 miles southeast of oki...