News of February 06, 2009
Record of Decision signed on beddown of Joint Strike Fighter
Posted at: Fri Feb 6th, 2009
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Air Force officials have decided to bed down 59 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft and to allow associated construction at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., to begin, implementing a BRAC 2005 decision. The decisio...
Obama will not reject European missile shield plans - expert
Posted at: Fri Feb 6th, 2009
MOSCOW, February 6 (RIA Novosti) - Washington is unlikely to scrap the Bush administration's plans to deploy elements of a missile defense shield in Central Europe, a U.S. expert on Russia said on Friday. The director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and...
Some 70% of Russia's MiG-29 fighters unable to fly - experts
Posted at: Fri Feb 6th, 2009
MOSCOW, February 6 (RIA Novosti) - At least 200 MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters, or 70% of the total in service with the Russian Air Force, are too old to take to the skies, a Russian business daily said on Friday citing military experts.&n...
'$200m+ Congressional Cut to E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Puts 350 U.S. Jobs At Risk'
Posted at: Fri Feb 6th, 2009ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 6, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calling a $200-plus million cut to production procurement for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye a "high risk" move that will put U.S. jobs and global security at risk, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and its 280-member supplier team is calling on...
RAF Tornado crews train for Afghanistan
Posted at: Fri Feb 6th, 2009
Crews from the three RAF Lossiemouth front line squadrons took their Tornado GR4s to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, USA, in January, for an intense two weeks of training in preparation for a deployment to Afghanistan.
