RAF get a lift from Sixth C-17

Posted at: Mon Dec 3rd, 2007

The RAF’s ability to transport heavy equipment and supplies to troops in theatre was significantly enhanced with the purchase of a sixth C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft. The purchase of the aircraft, through a £130 million contract with the...

F-35: As other nations delay purchases, U.S. pays price

Posted at: Mon Dec 3rd, 2007

Foreign nations are in no rush to place orders for Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, and that threatens to push the planes' rising cost even higher and shrink future orders.

Russian Air Force to receive 20 modernized Su-24 bombers

Posted at: Mon Dec 3rd, 2007

MOSCOW, December 3 (RIA Novosti) - An Air Force regiment deployed in Russia's Far East will be equipped with 20 upgraded Su-24M Fencer tactical bombers in the near future, a spokesman said Monday.

Boeing Wins $45 Million U.S. Air Force B-1B Upgrade Contract

Posted at: Mon Dec 3rd, 2007

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 03, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $45 million U.S. Air Force contract to upgrade the B-1B bomber's avionics software. The contract award continues an annual upgrade program launched in 2003 to update th...