US Hurries Carrier to Mideast, Congress Leery
Republicans and Democrats pursue legislation to limit the president’s power to take the US into a war between Israel and Iran as the US has moved additional ships and tanker aircraft into the Middle East and hurried the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier to join the USS Carl Vinson already in the region.
SpaceX Delivers Astronauts to Space Station
Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken arrived at the International Space Station following the historic launch on Saturday. The pair of astronauts docked to the space station’s Harmony module at 10:16 a.m. Sunday as the microgravity laboratory flew 262 miles above the border northern China and Mongolia.
Blue Angels Set to Move to Super Hornets
The US Navy’s Blue Angels are tentatively set to start flying the F/A-18 Super Hornet in 2021. The move to the Super Hornet will mark the first time the fighter jet demonstration team has changed aircraft since it moved from the A-4F Skyhawk II to the F/A-18 Hornet in 1986.
First Testing Phase on Carrier Complete
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated Test Force have left the HMS Queen Elizabeth after completing a first phase of developmental testing.
