News of June 02, 2006
Tanker Wars: Boeing challenged
Posted at: Fri Jun 2nd, 2006
MOBILE, Ala. -- Around the time Bill Boeing was incorporating his airplane manufacturing business in Seattle in 1916, another aviation pioneer was preparing to set up shop in this Alabama town on the Gulf Coast.
O.E. Williams, who had started an aviation school and airplane-making bus...
CENTAF releases airpower summary for June 1
Posted at: Fri Jun 2nd, 20066/2/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for June 1. In Afghanistan, Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, a B-1B Lancer and a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle responded to coalition forces taking small-arms fire and rocke...
New high-tech helmet for Eurofighter Typhoon pilots
Posted at: Fri Jun 2nd, 2006
The latest state-of-the-art pilot helmet designed and manufactured by BAE Systems has been tested on Eurofighter Typhoon, the world's best-selling new generation combat aircraft, in preparation for delivery to front-line pilots.
