missions, over 200 carrier landings. if got to kind of wonder who at the military is prioritizing a vaccine over that kind of experience defending the country. but what s your conclusion? thank you, sir. thank you for the opportunity to join you tonight. specifically be able to convey our personal experiences just understand that as an active duty service member, these views are not held by the united states marine corps or the department of defense, but we do believe that yes, we have a reasonable argument. we ve asked our immediately as well as our congressional leadership to inquire us to really the cost-benefit analysis of several hundred very qualified aviators. the average time for those aviators is 14 years and also to just consider the second and third order effects and consequences of what they have to offer. you know, i am not unique in my situation. there are many incredible qualified individuals with a tremendous amount of experience, and will believe that that can be a d
his home in bahrain. so, let s get right to abc s chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz with us live tonight. martha, what have you learned? reporter: well, david, this was such a shock, not only for his family, but for the 20,000 forces he has commanded since may. this is one of the most critical positions in the navy, in the persian gulf region, where u.s. sailors have faced off with iranian revolutionary guard boats, weapons smugglers and pirates. admiral stearney was a decorated f-18 pilot, a former top gun instructor with more than 1,000 carrier landings. he had also served in afghanistan. but despite what appeared to be a stellar career, sources who know stearney tell abc this was an apparent suicide with no warning, and for now, david, no explanation. all right, martha raddatz in our washington bureau across town. martha, thank you. also tonight, here in the nation s capital, as robert mueller keeps his next move under wraps, president trump is
training officers, a problem some pilots say it can never made up. today that number has been reduced to 750 flight hours and 150 carrier landings. on our recent visit to uss george h.w. bush, the head of the ships air wing says his pilots are as ready as he was. there are hours are indicative of the hours i got sprayed when i would say is that our training system to include our aircraft as well as our training evolutions are far superior to what i received when i was a young guy. some critics question whether the u.s. can fight to conflicts at once. all we can handle is one major theater of war, then that encourages adventurism on the part of someone else. we have to be able to fight and win in a minimum of two major
some pilots say it can never made up. today that number has been reduced to 750 flight hours and 150 carrier landings. on our recent visit to uss george h.w. bush, the head of the ships air wing says his pilots are as ready as he was. there are hours are indicative of the hours i got sprayed when i would say is that our training system to include our aircraft as well as our training evolutions are far superior to what i received when i was a young guy. some critics question whether the u.s. can fight to conflicts at once. all we can handle is one major theater of war, then that encourages adventurism on the part of someone else. we have to be able to fight and win in a minimum of two major theater wars simultaneously or
i was sitting on the couch and heart a big bang and went to the door and my uncle was there. we both came out and looked up and saw the smoke behind the building. he cut back through the house and he was talking and my uncle was there with him. my uncle is an emt and retired. i went throughout the building complex saying to get out and we have to get away. a lot of people were home. the pilot may have said to the witnesses on the scene that he was sorry he crashed into the home. was it anything like that? he was walking to the pilot. he said to my uncle. yes, i did hear that. matthew edwards joining us as an eyewitness to the scene. barbara star is standing by and what s the latest from the pentagon on what happened and how this happened? we told them a good part of the day happened when this training flight took off from the naval air station. a two-seater f 18. by all accounts it ran into trouble. it crashed into this apartment building about two miles from the runw