Russian strategic bombers land in Venezuela
Posted on: Wed Sep 10th, 2008 | RIA Novosti

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 on: Wed Sep 10th, 2008 | Northrop Grumman

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 decision terminating the current KC-X tanker competition:

Secretary Gates Cancels Air-Refueling Solicitation
Posted on: Wed Sep 10th, 2008 | AFPN

WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has cancelled the competition for the $35 billion Air Force tanker contract.

Boeing Completes Mission System Flight Testing for US AWACS Block 40/45 Upgrade
Posted on: Wed Sep 10th, 2008 | Boeing

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 on: Wed Sep 10th, 2008 | US Air Force

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 on: Wed Sep 10th, 2008 | US Air Force

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 on: Wed Sep 10th, 2008 | RIA Novosti

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.