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Heathrow campaigners lose court case against expansion
May 01, 2019 (AFP)
Opponents to the introduction of a third runway at the west London airport cite the negative impacts on noise and air pollution, habitat destruction, transport ...
Hurricane repair work at Tyndall AFB halted as funds run out
May 01, 2019 (UPI)
The hurricane caused nearly $5 billion in damage to the base, damaging nearly 700 buildings and forcing the relocation of 11,000 personnel and 46 aircraft. Whil...
Air Force's B-1B bombers back in the air after month-long safety inspection
Apr 24, 2019 (UPI)
A precautionary halt to flights, and an all-inclusive inspection of each plane's egress system, which includes all methods of airmen departing a plane, was orde...
Lockheed Martin cuts ribbon on South Carolina F-16 production line
Apr 24, 2019 (UPI)
Guests at the ribbon cutting on Tuesday included Gov. Henry McMaster and Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, as well as South Carolina representatives in Congress, includin...
Lockheed Martin awarded $117.1M contract for F-35 parts
Apr 24, 2019 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Defense Department, covers air vehicle initial spares, including a deployment spares package, afloat spares package, and asso...
Lockheed signs long-term contracts with F-35 suppliers
Apr 19, 2019 (UPI)
Lockheed has moved sub-contractors into performance-based logistics contracts or master repair agreements to improve capacity, reduce costs and enhance supply a...
New Air Force science and technology strategy puts focus on speed
Apr 18, 2019 (AFNS)
The 32-page report is a blueprint for the next decade and beyond. The strategy includes an array of changes allowing the Air Force to maximize - and expand - it...
New research adds to work of Prandtl, father of modern aerodynamics
Apr 17, 2019 (SPX)
The book was uniquely successful such that Prandtl's students continued to maintain and develop the book with new findings after his death. Today, the work is a...
Japan's F-35As had 7 emergency landings before crash
Apr 17, 2019 (UPI)
The Japanese air force began using its fleet of 13 F-35As in January, and on April 9, the first plane off Mitsubishi's assembly line crashed off northern Japan....
State Department approves new deal with Taiwan for F-16s
Apr 16, 2019 (UPI)
On Monday, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the possible sale, to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, as part of...
Japan, US struggle to find crashed jet and its 'secrets'
Apr 16, 2019 (AFP)
The Japanese jet vanished from the radar on April 9 over the Pacific as it was conducting a training mission with three other aircraft some 135 kilometres (85 m...
F-35As deployed to Middle East for first time
Apr 16, 2019 (UPI)
F-35A Lightning II aircraft arrived Monday at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirites from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, the U.S. Air Forces Central Command...
Boeing awarded $14B for upgrades to B-1, B-52 Air Force bombers
Apr 15, 2019 (UPI)
The flexible acquisition and sustainment contract provides for the planes' upcoming modernization and sustainment efforts to increase lethality, enhance surviva...
GAO: Cost for president's new 23-helicopter fleet drops $234M
Apr 12, 2019 (UPI)
As of last May, the total acquisition costs for the Sikorsky VH-92A presidential helicopter program were estimated at $4.95 billion, which is a 4.5 percent decl...
OSM Aviation Academy places order for 60 all-electric planes
Apr 12, 2019 (SPX)
"We're proud to take the lead in the future of green aviation," says Espen Hoiby, CEO of OSM Aviation Group. "This is the largest order for commercial electric ...
German govt buys new planes after embarrassing technical faults
Apr 11, 2019 (AFP)
Berlin will pay 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) for the three A350s, the first to be delivered in 2020 and the remaining two in 2022, the ministry said Wednesd...
Textron nets $15.3M contract extension to refurbish trainer planes for Iraq
Apr 10, 2019 (UPI)
The contract notes a schedule extension to a previously awarded contract, to July 31, for rebuilding the planes and installing cartridge-activated and propellan...
Wreckage of missing Japan fighter jet found, pilot missing
Apr 10, 2019 (AFP)
There was no word yet on the fate of the one pilot on board the jet, Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya said. It was the first reported case of a crash by an F-35A,...
'Flight shame' has Swedes rethinking air travel
Apr 10, 2019 (AFP)
"Flygskam", or flight shame, has become a buzz word referring to feeling guilt over the environmental effects of flying, contributing to a trend that has more a...
Lt Col Dick Cole, last surviving Doolittle Raider, passes away at age 103
Apr 10, 2019 (AFNS)
"Lt. Col. Dick Cole reunited with the Doolittle Raiders in the clear blue skies today," said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. "My heart goes out to hi...
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