Russian strategic bombers land in Venezuela

Posted at: Wed Sep 10th, 2008

MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - Two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers have landed at a military airfield in Venezuela, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Statement of Northrop Grumman on the KC-X Tanker Replacement Program Decision

Posted at: Wed Sep 10th, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sept. 10, 2008 - The following is the statement of Brandon R. "Randy" Belote, III, Northrop Grumman vice president, Strategic Communications, in response to today's d...

Secretary Gates Cancels Air-Refueling Solicitation

Posted at: Wed Sep 10th, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has cancelled the competition for the $35 billion Air Force tanker contract. Secretary Gates told the House Armed Services Committee Sept. 10 that he decided the contrac...

Boeing Completes Mission System Flight Testing for US AWACS Block 40/45 Upgrade

Posted at: Wed Sep 10th, 2008

SEATTLE, Sept. 10, 2008 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has completed mission system flight testing for Block 40/45, the largest upgrade in the history of the U.S. E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet.

F-35 cockpit demonstrator travels to Wright-Patterson

Posted at: Wed Sep 10th, 2008

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) -- Aeronautical Systems Center personnel connected with the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program are "flying" the jet with the Sept. 8 arrival of the F-35 cockpit demonstrator here.

B-52s roar over Guam during bomber surge

Posted at: Wed Sep 10th, 2008

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFPN) -- Members of the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flew surge missions and launched six of its B-52 Stratofortresses on a large scale training flights Sept. 4 and 5 from here.

Russia modernizes fleet of A-50M AWACS planes

Posted at: Wed Sep 10th, 2008

MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has started official testing of its modernized A-50M Mainstay AWACS aircraft for the country's Air Force, a Russian electronics company said Wednesday. The A-50 Mainstay is a Russian airborne warning and control system aircraft based on the...