screen, developments in great britain right now. the very future of boris johnson, the prime minister that is under duress, if you look at it that way from his own conservative government, 359 members that are voting whether he should stay in power or that they have lost confidence in him. we should know the results soon as the leader of the torres goes, someone else would have to take over. who that next person would be. the unlikely that this happens is anyone s guess. even if he survived this vote, there s no guarantee that he won t still be wounded political bait. so we re watching that closely. we should know of his fate shortly. meantime, here, we re also keeping an eye on what s happening on the inflation front, which is now running out of control. gas prices hitting another record. the administration now focusing on this and not quite the way you d think. mark meredith has more from washington. mark? hey, neil. good afternoon. gas prices are breaking records on a ne
Thank you. Live now to the Mitchell Institute for aerospace studies, group is holding a discussion on the future of air warfare. To top u. S. Air force officials, live coverage here on cspan2. We joined in progress. We have russias next generation, the as 500 to be capable of engaging targets as far away as charlotte and buffalo. As you can see the systems are being deployed worldwide and this trend will only continue as additional nations seek to neutralize our air power advantage. Variants of the same to invoice on the globe where our air forces operate. Moving onto airbase evince the production and proliferation of advanced fighters poses another escalate escalating challenge to our Legacy Fighter force and even our new fifthgeneration aircraft. One only has to look at trends and Aircraft Development over the past several decades to see where our legacy systems are being overtaken. Today are most numerous fighters are outmatched by the latest russian and chinese designs. Every stage
America. Yesterday, a panel of activeduty and retired u. S. Air force officials discussed the importance of maintaining air superiority on the global stage. Posted by the Mitchell Institute for aerospace studies, this is about an hour. Our fellow on panel, which we are fortunate to have with us. Deputy chief of staff for the airports for operations nolan and his partner, lieutenant mison. L dash ja a cat bit of introduction for you all. I think most of the people in this room understand that air superiority is a tenet of National Security operation. We cant succeed unless we have it. However, in terms of quantity of aircraft, the United States air force has been on a down slide for over 25 years now. The air force has 59 fewer fighter squadrons than it had during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, but we had 130 four squadrons at the time. Got 33 fewer people and fewer total aircraft. At the same time, the air force is operating a geriatric force that is becoming more so every day. Bomber
Wow, along with these Television Companies, support cspan 2 as a public service. Good evening everyone. Welcome to the National World war i Museum Memorial located here in kansas city, missouri. My name is james todd. And the Public Program specialist here for the memorial. It is my great passion to welcome you here for women and warfare with Lieutenant Colonel nikki dean. Now to introduce our speaker tonight, i will also say the view she will be stating or not reflective of the United States army, the department of defense, the command and general Staff College or the underlying arm of the United States rv. Lieutenant colonel, nikki dean, has 21 years of active service including multiple tours to iraq and afghanistan. By train she is an Army Helicopter pilot. Currently, for her second time, isnt army doctor and writer. Originally she is from buffalo, new york. Is very emotionally conflicted every time the chiefs and bills play each other. She has been stationed around the United State
The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center rotation is a large-scale training exercise that enables collaboration between 5,300 Active Duty, Reserve and National Guard members from across the U.S. Joint Forces, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and Thailand.