Would Be The First U.S. Military Team To Summit The World's Highest Mountain
Four Air Force Academy graduates may be busy preparing to climb the world's highest peak in May, but they haven't forgotten where mountaineering first began for them: here, climbing Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks as cadets. A team of six seasoned Air Force mountaineers currently stationed in Colorado, Alabama, Florida, Texas and Virginia, will venture on a bold, 50-day journey, encountering frigid temperatures and demanding conditions, to stand atop Mount Everest's 29,029-foot summit.
A problem with a fuel line prompted the Pentagon to ground all F-35B aircraft last Friday, with no firm date for the resumption of flight operations being set.
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