Program slashes maintenance time for the B-2 fleet
Posted on: Tue Apr 18th, 2006 | af.mil

4/17/2006 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) -- A critical material scale-up problem that directly affected the operational maintainability of the Air Force's B-2 Spirit fleet has been solved, thanks to engineers from the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, working with the B-2 Syst...

US-Backed Coalition Probes Possible Civilian Friendly Fire Deaths in Afghanistan
Posted on: Tue Apr 18th, 2006 | voanews.com

U.S.-backed coalition forces in Afghanistan are investigating two cases in which civilians and Afghan security forces may have been killed by friendly fire during combat operations targeting Taleban insurgents.

The F-22 Raptor is said to be invisible...until it isn't
Posted on: Tue Apr 18th, 2006 | niemanwatchdog.org

It was the most impressive fighter aircraft seen to date.Designed around a breakthrough technology, it was heavily armed with the latest air-to-air weapons and was capable of flying faster than its enemies and destroying previously invulnerable enemy aircraft.

JSF delay could trigger series of after-shocks
Posted on: Tue Apr 18th, 2006 | janes.com

The US Air Force's (USAF's) senior officer is warning that a repeat of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's costly development crisis of two years ago could trigger a wave of after-shocks in other fighter programmes.