THE US Defence Department last night released the first video images of American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the military headquarters building and killing 189 people in the September 11 attacks.

The US Defence Department tonight released the first video images of American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the military headquarters building and killing 189 people in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The US and Britain remain deadlocked over sharing stealth technology, more than a week after a top British official threatened to pull out of the multinational, £143bn (€210bn) Joint Strike Fighter project.

The US Air Force tonight carried out its first test of the biggest conventional bomb in the US military’s arsenal, a 21,000lb (9,450kg) weapon that could play a dramatic role in any attack on Iraq.

A United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a night training mission in Kuwait today, killing all four crew members, the US Army said.