Veterans Celebrate The 90th Anniversary Of The RAF

Posted at: Tue Apr 1st, 2008

A Chinook helicopter from RAF Odiham landed at the RAF Museum in North London yesterday to deliver badges for dozens of veterans on the eve of the RAF’s 90th anniversary. The Chinook – which flew from its home in Wiltshire – landed outside the museum where the badges...

'Aim-120 AMRAAM derivative could be used as ASAT weapon'

Posted at: Tue Apr 1st, 2008

David Fulghum of Aviation Week's Ares blog wrote an interesting article about new capabilities being developed for the AIM-120 AMRAAM missile. It could, however, also be used as an ...

Northrop Grumman Begins Assembling First F-35 Production Jet

Posted at: Tue Apr 1st, 2008

PALMDALE, Calif., April 1, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has begun assembling the center fuselage for the first production Lightning II jet, a weight-optimized, U.S. Air Force F-35A conventional take-off and landing (CT...

General Atomics awarded $79M for Predator Hellfire kits; 4 new Reapers

Posted at: Tue Apr 1st, 2008

General Atomics Aeronautical System, Inc., of San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a firm fixed price contract for $49,870,416. This action provides for 24 Predator MQ-1B Aircraft, Hellfire missile kit installation, IMAs, and core tasks. At this time $...

Upgraded B-52 still on cutting edge

Posted at: Tue Apr 1st, 2008

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (ACCNS) -- The B-52 Stratofortress is continually modified with new technology making the 50-year-old airframe one of the Air Force's most effective long-range heavy bombers.