Russian strategic bombers in Venezuela prepare for flight home

Posted at: Wed Sep 17th, 2008

MOSCOW, September 17 (RIA Novosti) - Two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers have landed at an airfield near Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, to prepare for their long flight home, a Russian Air Force spokesman said on Wednesday.

Guard unit makes final preparations for Predator flights

Posted at: Wed Sep 17th, 2008

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- Members of the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing here are now ready to begin training the Airmen on the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system. March Air Reserve Base officials expect to fly its first "live" t...

Lockheed Martin Inducts First C-5A Into Avionics Modernization Program

Posted at: Wed Sep 17th, 2008

MARIETTA, Ga., September 17th, 2008 -- September 17, 2008 --The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) reached another milestone this week with the induction of the first U.S. Air Force C-5A into the program.

Air Force develops plan for filling unmanned aircraft system positions

Posted at: Wed Sep 17th, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Air Force leaders are taking a two-pronged approach to address the increasing need for pilots of unmanned aircraft systems in Afghanistan and Iraq, an Air Force official said recently. The first approach will use a small percentage of undergraduate pilot training...