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Yet the air force has conducted 76 percent of the bombing missions over iraq. and the bomber tankers are fuelled also. and the navy in a now study commissioned by the secretary of the navy. they need 30 percent more ships right now, the u.s. navy is 273 ship and they need to grow to 355 ships. there will be attack submarines. the head of the u.s. pacific command. admiral harry harris needs more attack submarines. and he said he needs the submareaps to keep watch over the chinese and counter the ...

United states in solidarity with south korea flew a nuclear capable b-52 bomber jet over south korea in a show of force. the move comes days after north koreas widely disputed claim that it tested its first hydrogen bomb which has been linked to the magnitude 5.1 earthquake the country experienced wednesday. commander of the u.s. pacific command admiral harry b. harris said in a statement, this was a demonstration of the ironclad u.s. commitment to our allies in south korea, in japan, and to the...

Such a self-fulfilling prophesy. >> reporter: there are serious concerns the u.s. navy may be out gunned by the chinese in these waters. >> china may station military aircraft on these islands before too long, naval or coast guard vessels off these islands. there is no question this buildup may facilitate the military capabilities that could in fact lead to a clash. >> reporter: i just corresponded with a u.s. navy official who said he did not interpret what the chinese admiral said as being a t...

The pentagon is calling this a hard landing. it happened about 20 miles off the coast of okinawa during a training exercise with japanese. the h-60 helicopter came down on the tech of that u.s. naval cargo ship, red cloud. you can clearly see the tail broken in two. japanese patrol boats and helicopters were sent out to search for the helicopter crew at first, but that call for help was cancelled. u.s. pacific command said seven of the 17 onboard were injured. at least two of them, as i mentione...

Firm in cairo when isis kidnapped him on july 22nd. developing news now overseas. a u.s. military helicopter has crash landed off the island of okinawa in japan. 17 people were onboard the flight, seven of whom had to be hospitalized after the blackhawk chopper had to perform a hard deck landing on the u.s. navy ship red cloud. okinawa is an island 900 miles from tokyo that houses most of the u.s. military forces stationed in japan. nbcs kelly cobiella is following the story for us in london. ...

Disappeared. there is a statement frmt u.s. pacific command this morning saying the assessment of the site is ongoing but theres no mention so far to the fate of the people on board. were trying to find out what the crash site looks like and whether there are any survivors. >> appreciate it. thank you so much for that report. also breaking this morning, the king of blues b.b. king has died. raised in mississippi, his blues guitar lifted him to the heights of rock and roll. look at lucille his gu...

This is cnn breaking news. >> barbara starr is over at the pentagon and has disturbing information coming in from the u.s. military on whats going on. the u.s. military effort to help people in nepal, barbara, what are you learning? >> a short time ago, the u.s. declared a u.s. marine corps helicopter missing in nepal. theres a good deal we do not know about this situation but heres what we know. it is a uh 1 hughey there may have been 8 military personnel or other aide workers on board. it has ...

Applauds sonys decision to authorize screenings of the film. as the president made clear, we are a country that believes in free speech and the right of artistic expression. the decision made by sony and participating theatres allows people to make their own choices about the film and we welcome that outcome. joining me now, retired major general brett williams, the former director of operations for u.s. cybercommand and the former director of communications for u.s. pacific command. and steven ...

Saying these objects are in a different area to the one sighted by the plane. ten planes from the u.s., china, japan and australia have been involved in the search. they have to fly around four hours to the search area, which is 1500 miles southwest of perth, australia. the search has been focusing on possible debris thats been spotted by satellite in recent days. the search is likely to face deteriorating weather conditions in the coming days. meanwhile, u.s. pacific command says its moving a b...

Coming days. u.s. pacific command says its moving a black box locator into location. this will be towed behind a ship and will listen to pings coming possibly from the black box. back to you. >> theyve got to hurry. david piper live with the very latest. i mentioned a moment ago, those images of the two iranian guys who got on the plane with stolen passports, turns out they both have the same legs and some are going, why on earth -- take a look. the legs are the same. the malaysians say no, we d...