MOD welcomes NAO report on fast jet support

Posted at: Tue Jul 17th, 2007

The MOD has welcomed a report published by the National Audit Office today, Tuesday 17 July 2007, on the successful transformation of logistic support to Royal Air Force <a href="/page/41/AV-8-Harrier.html">Harrier</a> and Tornado aircraft.

Pact for IAF Mirage 2000 upgrade

Posted at: Tue Jul 17th, 2007

BORDEAUX (FRANCE): With the Indian government set to ask for proposals to upgrade its fleet of Mirage 2000 fighters, French defence and aerospace company Thales will soon enter into a pact with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to jointly bid for the project, top officials said here.

Work ramps up on F-35

Posted at: Tue Jul 17th, 2007

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Orlando operations and vendors are revving up their work on a lucrative training contract involving the military's next-generation stealth fighter jet, the company said Monday. Lockheed's training division now has hundreds of high-tech jobs in Orlando tied to t...

Japanese forces arrive for Red Flag-Alaska

Posted at: Tue Jul 17th, 2007

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AFPN) -- Airmen from the Land of the Rising Sun arrived in the Land of the Midnight Sun July 11 in preparation for the Red Flag-Alaska air combat training exercise. After a seven-hour flight across the Pacific Ocean, six Japanese <a href="/page...