All 17 Aboard Military Plane Survive Crash

Posted at: Mon Apr 3rd, 2006

DOVER, Del. Apr 3, 2006 (AP)- A huge military cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff at Dover Air Force Base on Monday, breaking apart in a belly flop that drenched some of the 17 people aboard with fuel but caused no fire or life-threatening injuries.

Future role of air power in Iraq unclear, open-ended

Posted at: Mon Apr 3rd, 2006

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Balad's two runways, among the world's busiest, launch 27,500 aircraft a month, hundreds of them bomb-laden jets flying close air support for U.S. troops moving against insurgents. But as the Army “stands down” and the Iraqi army “stands up,” will Ameri...

Successful first flights of the new EADS Air Refuelling Boom System (ARBS)

Posted at: Mon Apr 3rd, 2006

On March 30, 2006 the first phase of the ARBS (Air Refuelling Boom System) flight test programme has successfully been completed after 3 years of development, where EADS CASA has completed the design and manufacture of this new generation refuelling boom. Preliminary results of the tests have shown ...

German Army NH90 TTH Achieves NAHEMA Qualification

Posted at: Mon Apr 3rd, 2006

Eurocopter is pleased to announce the Qualification of the German Army NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter - TGEA Variant. The award ceremony took place at NHindustries on Friday 31st March 2006 at the end of a ‘Review Executive Meeting’ where NAHEMA, a NATO Agency, officially granted the first Q...

Gripen targets Nordic JSF states

Posted at: Mon Apr 3rd, 2006

Gripen International has proposed a common Nordic industrial programme for further development of the Swedish Saab JAS39 fighter as the centrepiece of its responses to tender requests from Denmark and Norway. Both countries are conducting formal competitions in the lead-up to decisions later this ye...

NG fires back at GAO report - defends Global Hawk's record, performance

Posted at: Mon Apr 3rd, 2006

PALMDALE - In response to a critical government report, Northrop Grumman says its Palmdale-built Global Hawk robot spyplane is providing combat commanders and troops with critical intelligence in wartime. In its formal response to a Government Accountability Office report critical of...

Cover-up alleged in GAO missile-shield inquiry

Posted at: Mon Apr 3rd, 2006

A senior congressional investigator has accused his agency of covering up a scientific fraud among builders of a $26 billion missile-shield system meant to protect the nation from nuclear attack. Investigator Subrata Ghoshroy says the Government Accountability Office ignored evidence...

U.S. Air Force plane crashes in Delaware

Posted at: Mon Apr 3rd, 2006

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo plane crashed at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware with 17 people on board on Monday, and their condition was unknown, a military spokesman said. The plane lay on a field about 200 yards (metres) from the runw...

AFA: The F-22 Is Battle Ready

Posted at: Mon Apr 3rd, 2006

On Jan. 21, with little fanfare, two F-22s armed with live missiles took off from Langley AFB, Va., and streaked skyward. The Raptor sortie was undertaken as part of Operation Noble Eagle, the years-long Air Force campaign to defend US airspace. It was the first operational combat mission of America...

North Korea accuses US of conducting 180+ spy flights in March

Posted at: Mon Apr 3rd, 2006

North Korea claimed Friday that U.S. spy planes had surveyed strategic targets and military installations in the communist nation on more than 180 aerial espionage missions last month. An overseas-based E-3 AWACS airborne command plane also was in the area to direct more than 2,000 fi...