Tight time schedule for Norwegian fighter aircraft bid

Posted at: Wed Apr 16th, 2008

The producer of the US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), Lokcheed Martin, will not be able to meet the deadline for bidding for the delivery of new jet fighters for Norway, Klassekampen reports.

Officials say current plans create fighter gap

Posted at: Wed Apr 16th, 2008

The Air Force will begin facing a shortage of fighter aircraft by 2017, and the shortage will balloon to 800 aircraft by 2024, senior Air Force officials said April 9. That so-called “fighter gap” could force the Air Force to keep aging F...

Boeing: KC-767 Tanker Adds Up to Best Value for Warfighter, Taxpayers

Posted at: Wed Apr 16th, 2008

ST. LOUIS, April 15, 2008 -- The Boeing [NYSE: BA] KC-767 Advanced Tanker would save billions of dollars over the anticipated lifetime of the aircraft compared with the larger Airbus-based KC-30. Nonetheless, the U.S. government selected the larger air...

Red Flag-Alaska pilots engage in realistic combat scenarios

Posted at: Wed Apr 16th, 2008

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AFPN) -- Aerial dog-fights between 10 or more jets and dodging simulated missiles may sound like a boss-level of a video game, but it's really the daunting experience of a combat pilot during the Exercise Red Flag-Alaska 08-2 that runs April 3 through 18 at Eielson A...