The government shutdown has grounded the Blue Angels from its crowd-pleasing. stunt-filled airshow at San Francisco's Fleet Week this weekend. But Fleet Week organizers said Wednesday that Royal Canadian pilots and Colombian sailors will be on hand to make sure the show goes on. The Royal Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds will headline the air show this weekend instead of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. The three-masted ARC Gloria and official flagship of the Colombian Navy will arrive at the Port of San Francisco Thursday. Fleet Week was started in 1981 by the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. It's a civic celebration of those who serve in the armed forces.
Organizers of San Francisco Fleet Week, an annual celebration of the U.S. Armed Forces, confirmed Wednesday that some events will go on amid a…
The coast of San Mateo County south of Montara Mountain has a nice, quiet stretches of sandy beaches that goes on for miles. On sunny days, it…
Today is Tuesday, May 27, the 147th day of 2025. There are 218 days left in the year.
Hegseth beefs up warship presence in the Middle East and will have 2 aircraft carriers in the region
A U.S. official says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is beefing up the Navy warship presence in the Middle East, ordering two aircraft carriers to be there next month as the U.S. increases strikes on Yemen-based Houthi rebels. It's the second time in six months the U.S. has kept two carrier strike groups in that region, up from one. The Norfolk, Virginia-based USS Harry S. Truman will be in the Middle East for at least an additional month. The USS Carl Vinson was in the Pacific and had been slated to head home to San Diego in three weeks but will head toward the Middle East.
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George R. “Dick” Green passed away on December 26, 2024, at the age of 104. He was born in October 1920 in Hornell, New York, and was the youn…
The oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah has died. He was 105. Warren Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos. Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors, says he suffered a bout of pneumonia. The Utah was moored at Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes began bombing the Hawaii naval base in the early hours of Dec. 7, 1941. The attack propelled the U.S. into World War II.
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