CENTAF releases combined airpower summary

Posted at: Mon May 8th, 2006

5/8/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the combined airpower summary for May 5 to 7. May 7 Coalition aircraft flew 56 close-air-support missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. They included support to coalition tr...

Japan to Talk With NASA on Supersonic Jet

Posted at: Mon May 8th, 2006

TOKYO -- Stung by repeated setbacks, Japan's space agency plans to start talks next month with NASA about jointly developing a supersonic successor to the retired Concorde, an official said Monday. Japan is trying to leapfrog ahead in the aerospace field with a plan to build a next-g...

Boeing eyes Indian defence pie

Posted at: Mon May 8th, 2006

Less than a month after bidding for the sale of eight P-8A maritime aircraft to the Indian Navy, Boeing is now eyeing a mega-defence deal. It is pitching its F/A-18E/F "Super Hornet" for India’s ambitious plan to induct 126 multi-role ...

The real significance of the ISS thruster test failure

Posted at: Mon May 8th, 2006

Last month the test of thrusters mounted on a Russian module of the ISS was aborted. James Oberg examines what went wrong with that test, and its significance for ISS operations in general. Last month’s failure of a test of a pair of rocket engines on the International Space Sta...

USAF Retires Last Lockheed Martin C-141 StarLifter

Posted at: Mon May 8th, 2006

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Air Force retired the last Lockheed Martin C-141 StarLifter airlifter to the National Museum of the United States Air Force in ceremonies here this morning, closing out the transport's 43-year career.