Aviation regulators in Kenya are the latest group to return the Boeing 737 Max to operational status. The UAE also cleared the aircraft for its return to service recently.

An all-black crew of personnel from the US Air Force and Army operated a E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System flight recently, a first for the military. "This is a dream. This is just an honor and privilege so the folks that will come behind us will see one day that it's OK to dream," said Capt. Dewey McRae.

Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., is praising Northrop Grumman's work on the B-21 Raider. The Air Force plans to buy 100 or more of the stealth bombers.

Rep. Rob Wittman, who chairs the House Armed Services Subcommittee for Seapower and Projection Forces, says the US must move forward with plans to develop hypersonic weapons. "Through effective development and acquisition of hypersonics, we can give our decision makers what they need to meet the challenges of today and prepare for the threats of tomorrow," he writes.

Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., says there is a "good chance" that Congress will repeal sequestration during the current budget process. "At least the defense spending sequester will be set aside," said Wittman, the chair of the House Armed Services Committee. "I think with all the dangers we see around the world it has to be."