US keeps pushing Norway to buy Joint Strike Fighter jets
Posted on: Tue May 23rd, 2006 | aftenposten.no

US President George W Bush's new man in Oslo applied some not-so-subtle pressure on Norway to buy US Joint Strike Fighter jets this week, saying a failure to do so would weaken military operations between the countries. Not true, responded a top Norwegian military official.

CENTAF releases airpower summary for May 22
Posted on: Tue May 23rd, 2006 | af.mil

5/23/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary.

Greek, Turkish jets collide in interception moves
Posted on: Tue May 23rd, 2006 | today.reuters.com

ATHENS, May 23 (Reuters) - Greek and Turkish fighter planes collided in mid-air on Tuesday while shadowing each other in the southern Aegean, where the two NATO allies have long disputed control over airspace.

Congress faults Pentagon plan to scrap new engine
Posted on: Tue May 23rd, 2006 | washingtonpost.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional investigators said on Monday the Pentagon's controversial decision to cancel a $2.4 billion second engine for the radar-evading, supersonic Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was based on "insufficient cost, savings and performance data."

Eurofighter could be offered to Japan
Posted on: Tue May 23rd, 2006 | flightglobal.com

The Eurofighter consortium is looking at options to develop a Japanese-specific variant of the Typhoon as one possible approach to contesting Tokyo's expected medium-term competition to replace its Mitsubishi/McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ fighters.