"One thing we have to consider, and we believe the intelligence community is considering as an explanation, is that these could be balloons tied to commercial or research entities and therefore totally benign," Kirby said.
The U.S. Navy quietly ditched a team of aviators scheduled to conduct a traditional flyover before Super Bowl LVII and replaced it with a group of all female aviators, Military.com reported Friday.
The U.S. military on Friday shot down an "object" flying in territorial waters over Alaska less than a week after an F-22 fighter jet shot down a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday asking if the agency would investigate reports from pilots who have claimed they had an adverse response to COVID vaccination.
According to Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL), reinstatement for military personnel forced out by the Biden administration vaccine mandate remains a priority for him and his House Republican colleagues with the majority in Congress.
FAA ordered a grounding of all departing aircraft in the United States due to a computer outage in their Notice to Air Missions System, causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations.
