Boeing Delivers 1st Fleet EA-18G Growler
Posted on: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 | Boeing

ST. LOUIS, June 04, 2008 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] delivered the first fleet EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack (AEA) aircraft to the U.S. Navy's Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129 on Tuesday at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., ahead of schedule and within budget.

F-35B STOVL Stealth Fighter Achieves Successful First Flight
Posted on: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 | Lockheed Martin

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 11th, 2008 -- With test pilot Graham Tomlinson at the controls, the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II streaked into blue Texas skies Wednesday, marking the first flight of an aircraft that will provide a combination of capab...

192nd first Air Guard unit to fly F-22 for Operation Noble Eagle
Posted on: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 | AFPN

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- The Virginia Air National Guard's 192nd Fighter Wing here is the first Air Guard unit to fly the F-22 Raptor in support of Operation Noble Eagle.

B-1 sniper pod aims to hit summer target
Posted on: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 | afmc.af.mil

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Air Force officials say the B-1 sniper pod could be operational as early as this summer after accelerated testing cut the length of the sniper pod program from nine to three months.

Air Force announces Reserve F-22 squadron at Holloman
Posted on: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 | AFPN

WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Air Force Reserve Command officials announced June 6 that a second F-22 Raptor fighter squadron will be established at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.

B-2 accident report released
Posted on: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 | AFPN

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- Distorted data introduced by a B-2 Spirit's air data system skewed information entering the bomber's flight control computers ultimately causing the crash of the aircraft on takeoff at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 23, according to an Air Combat Command ac...