Raptor Tests Suspended After Crash

Posted at: Wed Dec 22nd, 2004

The Air Force suspended testing of its Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor fighter jets yesterday, a day after one of the stealth aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The pilot, who was conducting a training mission, ejected safely and was unharmed in ...

Boeing Delta 4 Heavy rocket lifts off

Posted at: Wed Dec 22nd, 2004

Riding not one but three pillars of flame, Boeing's new Delta 4 Heavy rocket lifted off from its launch pad at 4:50 p.m. ET today in what is expected to be a five-hour and 49 minute flight into orbit. A demonstration mission for the U.S. Air Force, today's Delta 4 Heavy mission was st...

X-45A UCAV Controlled Via Satellite from 900 Miles Away

Posted at: Wed Dec 22nd, 2004

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 21, 2004 – A Boeing [NYSE: BA] X-45A unmanned aircraft was controlled by a pilot-operator in Seattle, Wash., after launching from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Dec. 9.