News of July 31, 2008
Pentagon Releases $1 Billion for Six F-35B STOVL Fighters
Posted at: Thu Jul 31st, 2008
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 31st, 2008 -- The U.S. Department of Defense has released $1 billion of funding to acquire six Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft as part of the second Low Rate Initial Production (LR...
Pilot killed in F-15 Eagle crash on Nellis range
Posted at: Thu Jul 31st, 2008
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFPN) -- A pilot from Nellis Air Force Base was killed after an Air Force F-15D Eagle crashed on the Nevada Test and Training Range approximately 50 miles east of Goldfield, Nev., at approximately 11:30 a.m. July 30.
