Headlines of: Monday 8 May, 2006
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Mon May 8th, 2006 | af.mil
5/8/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the combined airpower summary for May 5 to 7.
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Mon May 8th, 2006 | latimes.com

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.
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Mon May 8th, 2006 | hindustantimes.com

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 fighter aircraft.
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Mon May 8th, 2006 | thespacereview.com

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.
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Mon May 8th, 2006 | globalsecurity.org

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.