Ceremony for Gripen in Hungary

Posted at: Tue Jan 29th, 2008

Yesterday 28th January an official ceremony took place at the Hungarian air force base at Kecskemet, celebrating the successful delivery of all 14 Gripen aircraft to Hungary. The last 3 aircraft that were delivered last December were handed o...

Boeing Completes First KC-767 Tanker Night Refueling

Posted at: Tue Jan 29th, 2008

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29, 2008 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] made KC-767 program history Jan. 26 when one if its aircrews successfully transferred fuel from a KC-767 tanker aircraft to an F-15E at night -- the first ...

Tyndall squadron prepares for 'pipeline' Raptor pilots

Posted at: Tue Jan 29th, 2008

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- Opportunities to train on the F-22 Raptor are highly competitive, and pilots picked to fly the world's premier fighter have been chosen from the ranks after logging years on other airframes -- until now.

B-2 Spirits Complete First Aerial Bombing mission at Kwajalein

Posted at: Tue Jan 29th, 2008

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM -- B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., completed the first aerial bombing mission at the Ronald Regan Test Site on the Kwajalein Atoll in the western chain of the Marshall Islands of Guam, Jan. 23.

Russian Bear bombers join final drills in N. Atlantic

Posted at: Tue Jan 29th, 2008

MOSCOW, January 29 (RIA Novosti) - Six Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers joined on Tuesday a Russian naval task force in the Atlantic to take part in the final stage of the current naval exercise, an Air Force spokesman said. During the exercises, from January 28 to February 2, Russian ...

Russia Air Force will receive new attack helicopters in 2009

Posted at: Tue Jan 29th, 2008

MOSCOW, January 29 (RIA Novosti) - The new Mi-28N Night Hunter helicopter gunship will continue to be fine-tuned by the manufacturer in 2008, after which it will be adopted for service, a senior military offi...