Missile Defense Exercise and Flight Test Successfully Completed

Posted at: Fri Sep 1st, 2006

Air Force Lieutenant General Henry “Trey” Obering III, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, announced today it has successfully completed an important exercise and flight test involving the launch of an improved ground-based interceptor missile designed to protect the Uni...

CENTAF releases airpower summary for Sept. 1

Posted at: Fri Sep 1st, 2006

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Sept. 1. In Afghanistan Aug. 31, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles, HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and a RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft provided cl...

After Katrina: ACC's intel team applies lessons learned

Posted at: Fri Sep 1st, 2006

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (ACCNS) -- The men and women of Air Combat Command's intelligence directorate haven't been stocking up on distilled water and plywood, but they're prepared for the busy part of the 2006 hurricane season or any natural disaster that might affect the United States.

NASA Selects Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Prime Contractor

Posted at: Fri Sep 1st, 2006

NASA selected Thursday Lockheed Martin Corp., based in Bethesda, Md., as the prime contractor to design, develop, and build Orion, America's spacecraft for a new generation of explorers. Orion will be capable of transporting four crewmembers for lunar missions and later supporting cre...