News of August 25, 2009
Chief of staff visits Beale: "U-2 a national treasure"
Posted at: Tue Aug 25th, 2009
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., (AFNS) -- Deployment lengths, force-shaping efforts and emerging unmanned aircraft missions were some of the topics on the minds of Beale Airmen during the visit by the Air Force chief of staff here Aug. 21.
United Arab Emirates take off for historic first Red Flag
Posted at: Tue Aug 25th, 2009TUCSON, Ariz -- F-16 pilots and maintainers from the United Arab Emirates Air Force are set to participate in their country's first Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 22 - Sept. 5.
NATO AWACS proves interoperability at operational event
Posted at: Tue Aug 25th, 2009
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Late last month, flying at an observation point 100 miles off the coast of Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., a NATO AWACS took part in six-hour combat scenarios that demonstrated interoperability between its protot...
Northrop Successfully Demonstrates Interoperability Between Manned and Unmanned Platforms
Posted at: Tue Aug 25th, 2009BETHPAGE, N.Y., Aug. 24, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A leader in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) successfully demonstrated Joint STARS and E-2 Hawkeye interoperability between manned and unmanned platforms during a recent virtual joint mil...
Saudi Arabia set to buy 30 Russian military helicopters - source
Posted at: Tue Aug 25th, 2009MOSCOW, August 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is concluding talks with Saudi Arabia on selling 30 Mi-171B helicopters, a source close to the negotiations said on Tuesday."We are in a final stage of talks on the purchase of 30 helicopters and hope to sign the deal in September," the source ...
