. cnn has been reporting from north korea for more than 25 years. the aircraft we re boarding today has been flying for 50. this an 24 is part of a aging fleet of soviet planes operated by air corio, north korea s only airline, still flying despite sanctions with regular international flights to russia and china. our flight takes us 400 miles north of pyongyang to a place cnn has never been allowed before. as a western journalist even setting foot here is extraordinary. right along the chinese border
the military plans to buy about 2500 of these jets over the next couple of decades to replace its aging fleet of f-16, f-18 hornet s. the f35b, which has the ability to take off from a very short runway and land vertically on a ship or a small pad. they are easy to fly according to pilots. they can be armed with bombs, missiles, and 25-meter cannons. the biggest advance is in the 21st century electronics. a series of cameras and sensors woven together to allow unprecedented situational awareness. i m a big fan. i ve been lucky to fly some f-18 hornet s during different tours in my career. this jet is by far in a different league. then there are the helmets which cost of $400,000 each.
trading partner which virtually ground to a halt after the revolution. and the iranians here are touting it as a big victory. because they ve been complaining that there s been no tangible results since the nuclear deal was inked a little over a year ago, and now they ve got a deal with boeing for 80 planes as you said, over ten years, worth $17 billion. so it s a really big deal for the iranians, and it has been criticized in the states. there are groups saying boeing shouldn t have made the sale to iran. president-elect trump has also been very critical over iran and it will be interesting to see how he navigates their deal with iran, but it s a big deal for iran and something that iran really needed, ali, because their aging fleet has one of the worst aviation records in the world. and it s got a very big air traffic industry. competing airlines. i notice a deal has a lot of triple sevens, which are not
quote stinks. northrop grumman is to build next generation bomber to replace the aging fleet. it could eventually be able to fly without a pilot and be nuclear capable. a travel mess in the colorado mountains. it is that time of year. heavy snow danger closing roads and triggering accidents. be careful out there. we take you back now to hannity. to fox news.com. welcome back to hannity. gun violence and murders are surging in chicago. according to the tribune, during this past weekend multiple shootings left 28 wounded and 6 dead. that s not all. the chicago tribune is reporting that this year 2,500 people have been shot. for months on this program we ve been calling on the president to stop politicizing tragic mass shootings and called on him, go
that is burnt out. the aging fleet of fighter jets other than the stealth 22 could soon be overtaken by russia chinese, and french warplanes. everything else we have is not going to be a generation ahead of them. the gap has closed. reporter: at langley air force base jennifer griffin, fox news. israeli prime minister has been sent to eight months in prison. he was forced to resign in 2009 amid the corruption allegations. olmert s lawyer says he will appeal to the country s supreme court. gay marriage supporters in ireland are celebrating the country vote to make same-sex marriage legal. 62% of those voting approved the proposal. the bill formally legalizing the change is expected in early july. some young kids in queens learned that the dollar is king even in public school.