Kunsan Airmen paint first arctic F-16 for Eielson

Posted at: Thu Dec 6th, 2007

KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Airmen from the 8th Maintenance Squadron corrosion shop recently completed painting the first U.S. Air Force F-16 aircraft with an arctic scheme. The white, black and gray aircrafts will be used as aggressor plan...

Officials stand down F-15 A-D models until further notice

Posted at: Thu Dec 6th, 2007

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- The commander of Air Combat Command directed the stand-down Dec. 3 of all ACC F-15 A through D model aircraft until further notice. The decision follows additional information received from the ongoing inves...

Russia to test fifth-generation fighter in 2009

Posted at: Thu Dec 6th, 2007

LANGKAWI, December 6 (RIA Novosti) - Flight tests of a fifth-generation Russian-Indian fighter will begin as early as 2009 and mass production of the aircraft may start by 2...

Northrop Awarded $54.9M for MQ-1 sensors

Posted at: Thu Dec 6th, 2007

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems of San Jose, Calif., is being awarded a contract for $54,900,000. The purpose of this action was to procure MQ-1 Unmanned Aerial System ASIP-1C scaled sensor for the Predator Unmanned Aerial System. At this time $16,678,757 has been obligated. USAF/AF...

Northrop Authorizes Suppliers to Begin Work On F-35 LRIP-1

Posted at: Thu Dec 6th, 2007

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has authorized Terma, Lystrup, Denmark and Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI), Ankara, Turkey to begin fabricating subassemblies for the first two F-35 Lightni...

Super Hornets on track for delivery to RAAF

Posted at: Thu Dec 6th, 2007

THE first components of the RAAF's new Super Hornet aircraft have been assembled in the US, with the first of 24 aircraft on track for delivery late in 2009. Manufacturer Boeing said the production process had started but the first Austra...

Atlantis Launch Postponed

Posted at: Thu Dec 6th, 2007

Dec. 6, 10:30 a.m. EST: During tanking, two of four LH2 Engine Cutoff (ECO) sensors failed to respond appropriately, which is a Launch Commit Violation. The requirement to proceed calls for 3 of 4. The launch was scrubbed at 9:56 a.m. EST on the recommendation of Launch Director Doug Lyons.