Langley receives last Raptor, completes fleet

Posted at: Sat Jan 20th, 2007

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- The 1st Fighter Wing received its last assigned F-22A Raptor Friday when the 94th Fighter Squadron accepted tail number 5085, bringing the total to 40 F-22s to complete the fleet.

Air Force ready to deploy 30,000-pound 'super bomb' on B-2 bomber

Posted at: Sat Jan 20th, 2007

EGLIN AFB, Fla., 18 Jan. 2007. U.S. Air Force researchers are pondering a project to fit the recently developed Massive Ordnance Penetrator -- a 30,000-pound bunker-busting "super bomb" -- on the B-2 stealth bomber to destroy deeply buried, concrete-reinforced ...

Lockheed's C-130J takes fire in report

Posted at: Sat Jan 20th, 2007

Lockheed Martin's C-130J, built at the company's Marietta plant, "is not effective for worldwide operations," according to a Pentagon weapons testing report. The report says the mid-sized transport plane has weaknesses in its missle de...

Deployed B-52s complete counter-sea exercise

Posted at: Sat Jan 20th, 2007

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFNEWS) -- Usually, naval mines are placed at sea by dedicated ships traveling days from their home port. However, Airmen deployed to Guam's Andersen Air Force Base showcased the B-52 Stratofortress bomber's capability t...