RAF Typhoons now multi-role capable
Posted on: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 | Royal Air Force (UK)

The Royal Air Force has declared its Typhoon jets multi-role capable today. The RAF Typhoons can now carryout precision Ground Attack as well as Air Defence tasks. The declaration, which was made at the home base of the Typhoon Force, RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, represents a major milestone in th...

New Global Hawk UAV model scheduled to arrive at Beale
Posted on: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 | beale.af.mil

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Beale will add a new Global Hawk to its flock June 30, with the arrival of a Block 20 model of the RQ-4 unmanned aerial vehicle. The Block 20 will be the first of its kind assigned to the base.

First A400M Military Transporter Rolled Out
Posted on: Thu Jun 26th, 2008 | EADS N.V.

In a ceremony presided over by His Majesty Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, Airbus Military has today rolled out the first complete A400M military transport aircraft from the Final Assembly Line facility in Seville, Spain.

GAO Recommends USAF to Reopen KC-X Tanker Bid Process
Posted on: Wed Jun 18th, 2008 | gao.gov

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 aerial refueling tankers. Boeing challenged the Air Force&#...