F-15C roadmap explores use of digital radar
Posted on: Wed Apr 12th, 2006 | airforcetimes.com

The Air Force can't get from today to tomorrow without a mobility bag full of roadmaps.

STS-1: 'A test pilot's dream'
Posted on: Wed Apr 12th, 2006 | cnn.com

(CNN) -- Veteran commander John Young and his rookie pilot Robert Crippen faced a lot of uncertainties April 12, 1981, as they waited for the space shuttle Columbia to lift off from Florida's Kennedy Space Flight Center.

1961: Soviets win space race
Posted on: Wed Apr 12th, 2006 |

Eighty-six cities around the globe are scheduled to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's historic spaceflight today. The event, entitled Yuri’s Night, is a grassroots world party for space that has been held annually since 2001.

Brits not yet talking about hosting U.S. interceptors
Posted on: Wed Apr 12th, 2006 | news.monstersandcritics.com

British Defense Minister John Reid has denied that Washington and London have discussed the possibility of Britain hosting missile interceptors as part of the U.S. missile defense program, the London Financial Times reported.

US Close to Announcing Missile Defense Base in Czech Republic or Poland
Posted on: Wed Apr 12th, 2006 | praguepost.com

Two ministries have independently confirmed that the country has been in talks with the United States for at least two years about building a U.S. missile interceptor base here.

Sixth Global Hawk Delivered to US Air Force
Posted on: Wed Apr 12th, 2006 | primezone.com

SAN DIEGO, April 12, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- The U.S. Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities have grown as Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) delivered another RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the service on April 5.

200 Hours of Wind Tunnel Tests Completed on Next-Gen Tanker Concept
Posted on: Wed Apr 12th, 2006 | defenselink.mil

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, April 11, 2006 -- The Air Force Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin partnered to complete approximately 200 hours of wind tunnel tests on a next-generation tanker concept model.

Air Force Deceides Not to Upgrade Oldest C-130's
Posted on: Wed Apr 12th, 2006 | aimpoints.hq.af.mil

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The U.S. Air Force has decided not to upgrade its oldest C-130 cargo planes with a Boeing Co. (BA) cockpit kit, according to documents obtained by Dow Jones Newswires.

Environmental Assessment Planned for F-22s at Holloman
Posted on: Wed Apr 12th, 2006 | abqjournal.com

The Air Force plans to study potential environmental consequences of deploying F-22A fighter airplanes at Holloman Air Force Base.