Wind tunnel tests contribute to first flight of F-35

Posted at: Wed Jun 18th, 2008

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. (AFPN) -- The June 11 completion of the first flight of the short takeoff/vertical landing version of the ...

Chairman Emphasizes Leadership as Fix to Air Force Problems

Posted at: Wed Jun 18th, 2008

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev., June 18, 2008 – Good leadership at all levels will fix what ails the Air Force, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here yesterday. “There’s nothing more important … to what we do than leadership. It covers the full spec...

Boeing, Northrop Statements on GAO Decision

Posted at: Wed Jun 18th, 2008

Boeing Statement on Tanker Protest Ruling ST. LOUIS, June 18, 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] was informed today that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found in Boeing's favor on a number of issues related to its protest of the U.S. Air Force's award of a $35 billi...

GAO Recommends USAF to Reopen KC-X Tanker Bid Process

Posted at: Wed Jun 18th, 2008

Washington, DC - (June 18, 2008) - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today sustained the Boeing Company’s protest of the Department of the Air Force’s award of a contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for KC-X...

F-35 and F-22 programs are on divergent paths

Posted at: Wed Jun 18th, 2008

Clear air, politically speaking, appears to lie ahead for the F-35 joint strike fighter program after Lockheed Martin’s successful flight test last week of the first redesigned version.

Typhoon proves its air-surface capability

Posted at: Wed Jun 18th, 2008

Typhoon, the RAF's newest fighter aircraft, has passed its latest major hurdle on the way to becoming a fully fledged multi-role combat aircraft, with flying colours. While taking part in Green Flag, a major exercise held at Nellis United States Air Force (USAF) Base in Nevada, seven ...

C-27J Spartan JCA #1 Successfully Completes First Flight in Italy

Posted at: Wed Jun 18th, 2008

Washington - June 17, 2008 - Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica and part of the Finmeccanica Group, announced today that the first C-27J Spartan for the U.S. Army's Joint Cargo Aircraft (...

Strike Eagles roar above the Pacific

Posted at: Wed Jun 18th, 2008

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Eighteen F-15E Strike Eagles and more than 400 Airmen from the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, arrived here as part of a scheduled air expeditionary force rotation to help maintain dete...

B-52 presence on Guam demonstrates global strike capabilities

Posted at: Wed Jun 18th, 2008

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Personnel and B-52 Stratofortress bombers from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., continue to provide a bomber presence here, helping maintain stability and provide security in the Asia-Pacific region.