News of June 27, 2006
Shuttle engineer says he's off team
Posted at: Tue Jun 27th, 2006
The Johnson Space Center's director of engineering said Monday that NASA has removed him from the management team for the space shuttle flight scheduled for Saturday after he expressed support for workers who questioned preparations for the flight.
CENTAF releases airpower summary for June 27
Posted at: Tue Jun 27th, 2006SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for June 27. In Afghanistan June 26, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and Royal Air Force Harrier GR-7s provided close-air support to coalition forces taking small-arms and rocket-prope...
Wars Force Army Equipment Costs to Triple
Posted at: Tue Jun 27th, 2006WASHINGTON (AP) - The annual cost of replacing, repairing and upgrading Army equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan is expected to more than triple next year to more than $17 billion, according to Army documents obtained by the Associated Press.
Su-30MK jets to debut at Lima '07
Posted at: Tue Jun 27th, 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Air Force's Sukhoi Su-30MKM will make its debut at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition (Lima '07) next year.
The first batch of the aircraft is expected to be delivered before the five-day ...
Who will be building JSF?
Posted at: Tue Jun 27th, 2006
The coming months will determine whether F-35s roll off the line anywhere other than in Fort Worth, Texas. Italy is the only partner nation to have formally expressed interest in hosting a final assembly and check out (FACO) line, but UK industry is pressing its government to invest in a similar fac...
Buy F-22 Raptors or face air gap: Beazley
Posted at: Tue Jun 27th, 2006
AUSTRALIA should consider buying US F-22 Raptor stealth fighters to avoid a serious gap opening up in the RAAF's air combat power after 2010, Kim Beazley said yesterday.
Pointing to possible delays in the $16billion Joint Strike Fighter program, the Opposition Leader claimed the RAAF ...
Hornet Strike Fighters Involved in Mishap Over Fort Hunter-Liggett
Posted at: Tue Jun 27th, 2006
From Commander, Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs
NAS LEMOORE, Calif. (NNS) -- Two F/A-18 Hornets based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, Calif., were involved in a mishap while on a routine air-to-air intercept training mission June 26.
One of th...
Controversial Shuttle Mission to Launch Saturday
Posted at: Tue Jun 27th, 2006
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery is set to launch to the International Space Station July 1, a decision that has caused controversy. The space agency, NASA, is sending the ship up for the first time in nearly one year, despite objections from two top agency officials that engineers have not done eve...
DoD Cost Estimate Questions Could Cause Trouble For F-22
Posted at: Tue Jun 27th, 2006
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- New questions about Air Force cost estimates could cause trouble for Lockheed Martin Corp.'s (LMT) F-22 stealth fighter, even though the plane won broad support for a long-term purchase contract in a defense budget bill recently passed by the Senate.
