Boeing Delivers 1st Fleet EA-18G Growler

Posted at: Mon Jun 16th, 2008

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 at: Mon Jun 16th, 2008

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 air...

192nd first Air Guard unit to fly F-22 for Operation Noble Eagle

Posted at: Mon Jun 16th, 2008

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 Nobl...

B-1 sniper pod aims to hit summer target

Posted at: Mon Jun 16th, 2008

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 Materiel Command's Global Power Bomber Combined Test Force...

Air Force announces Reserve F-22 squadron at Holloman

Posted at: Mon Jun 16th, 2008

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. Reserve officials will relocate the 301st Fighter Squadron from Luke AFB, ...

B-2 accident report released

Posted at: Mon Jun 16th, 2008

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...