Gusty winds were a challenge for Utah National Guard Blackhawk and Lakota helicopters from the 211th Aviation Group training in Salt Lake City.

Among the Utahns who will be at tonight's State of the Union address is Jennie Taylor, the wife of North Ogden mayor Brent Taylor.

President Donald Trump is expected to declare near-total triumph over the Islamic State group in Syria in his State of the Union address Tuesday, but U.S. defense officials are increasingly fearful that the militants are simply biding their time until the Americans leave the battlefield as planned.

A Utah soldier who has been missing since 1945 is finally coming home to be laid to rest. The pilot was shot down during World War Two.

Family and friends packed Wright Air Base to welcome home the Utah National Guard's 65th Field Artillery Brigade from a 10-month tour in the Middle East.

The Trump administration said Friday it is withdrawing from a treaty that has been a centerpiece of superpower arms control since the Cold War. Some analysts worry the move could fuel a new arms race.

"He was there at Pearl Harbor, when the battleships were still smoldering, he was there at Okinawa. He was there at Iwo Jima, where he said, 'I only got out of there by the grace of God.'"

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday after clashing with President Donald Trump over the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and after two years of deep disagreements over America's role in the world.

The Pentagon is developing plans to withdraw up to half of the 14,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Thursday, marking a sharp change in the Trump administration's policy aimed at forcing the Taliban to the peace table after more than 17 years of war.

The remains of a New York pilot killed during World War II are the first of the 27 Tuskegee Airmen listed as missing in action to be identified, the Pentagon announced Thursday.