, one escort. This tactic has proven its high effectiveness more than once. Report by vesti military correspondent alexander katsuba. Attack helicopters of Army Aviation and a group of troops from the south are breaking up a concentration of enemy infantry in the north donetsk direction. The second helicopter enters the battle mi28 night hunter. If we control aircraft missiles, i look for them. The commander confirms, gives the command to fire, i use aviation weapons and lead until the target is destroyed. Each missile reaches its target. The actions of our attack k52 and mi28 are covered by the crew of the mi8 transport and combat helicopter. The car hovers over the air strike area, as they say here, in the line of sight. Search and rescue team on an e8 helicopter. As quickly and carefully as possible, we are one of the first to land, we pick up the crew members, the injured , the wounded, we take them on board the search and rescue aircraft and evacuate the nearest medical center, du
Deputy administrator in the obama administration. He stressed the importance of faa innovation. The chair of the house transportation and Infrastructure Committee spoke in support of the nomination at an earlier hearing. Good morning, everyone. The u. S. Senate committee on commerce, science and transportation took him to order. This morning we are here to consider the nomination of Michael Whitaker to be the administrator of the federal aviation administration. I want to thank mr. Whitaker for his willingness to serve. Im also grateful that the house chairman sam graves is here and we will hear from you soon. Chairman gray along with my colleague Ranking Member larsen have worked hard on a bipartisan bill to pass a longterm faa reauthorization so we thank you for that. Im hopeful we will be able to do the same. In a bipartisan fashion. And finalize the bill into law before the end of 2023. This is a reminder that the aviation safety and the job of running the faa are not partisan. The
Now. Hell tell you how its going to warm up in the bay area. Steve i did mine yesterday as well, guys, im here. Gasia. Im here. I there we are. Of course, i did. 26 miles, 47. Santa rosa. And the forecast high is 91. What what . All right, 50s on the temps. I think palo alto is down to 51. Ill fix it when i have time. Were going to warm it up, though. There are some big differences on the forecast. Highs mostly clear this morning. If theres any fog, it wont last long. Sunny for all warm enough for you know i want it warmer. Okay. Tomorrow. But today we will see a lot of 80s upper 80s to near 90. 70 is over by the coast. Well go 82 to 90 on the forecast highs. All right, sal is here and he is going to discuss at 701 what were going to see the east bay. Steve, we have a lot of slow traffic approaching the bay bridge. We also have slow traffic also on highway four, which is not unusual. So a lot of the usual suspects here on 80 westbound slow traffic, 880 in oakland looks good. But when y
1, the chair declares the house when members return, well have live coverage here on cspan. This morning on capitol hill, Michael Whitaker testified for his nomination to head the federal aviation administration. Hes appearing this morning ahead of the commerce, science and transportation committee. Well take you live there now on cspan. Sen. Cantwell each day they help keep americans moving safely. 25,000 u. S. Airline flights carrying 2. 5 million passengers across the country and around the world. Today, you will come before the committee with more than 30 years of diverse experience in aviation, including executive leadership in the private sector and three years serving as f. A. A. Deputy administrator. He led the f. A. A. s modernization of the National Air Space system known shorthand as nextgen, and i hope he will be able to illuminate today the progress that weve made, important milestones that weve achieved and what we need to do to get it finally implemented. Mr. Whitaker wi
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