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Australian Air Force Picks C-27J Spartan Battlefield Airlift
Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, welcomes the decision taken by the Australian Minister for Defence and Minister for Defence Materiel to purchase 10 new built Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan Battlefield Airlift aircraft at a cost of around 800 million Euro (AUSD 1.4 billion). The acquisition of the aircraft will be conducted through a Foreign Military [...]
Global Strike Command leader previews B-52 upgrades
During a recent visit to Edwards AFB, Calif., the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command spent time with B-52 Combined Test Force officials to preview the combat capability enhancements made to the B-52H Stratofortress. Modernizing and sustaining the nation’s long range strike aviation capability is a top priority for the command, Lt. Gen. Jim [...]
Boeing Completes 1st Flight of QF-16 Aerial Target for US Air Force
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Air Force completed the first manned flight of the QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) on May 4 at Cecil Field in Jacksonville. The QF-16 took off at 3:05 p.m. Eastern time and climbed to an altitude of 41,000 feet during its 66-minute flight. The Air Force [...]
Medical Official Explains F-22 Pilot-protection Efforts
The Air Force has instituted measures designed to protect its pilots, ensure mission completion and assess the possible physiological effects of flying the F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft, the command surgeon for Air Combat Command told reporters here today. “The health and safety of our pilots — all of our pilots — is the utmost priority,” [...]
New Battlefield Aircraft for the Australian Air Force
Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced that the Government had agreed to purchase 10 Alenia C-27J Spartan Battlefield Airlift aircraft at a cost of $1.4 billion. The C-27J will replace the Caribou aircraft which was retired from service in 2009 after a career spanning more than four [...]
Officials Emphasize Commitment to Joint Strike Fighter
Senior leaders from the Air Force and Navy affirmed yesterday that the F-35 joint strike fighter remains the centerpiece of the tactical aircraft program and will play a large part in the services’ ongoing modernization plans. Navy Vice Adm. David J. Venlet, F-35 Lightning II program executive officer, told the Senate Armed Services Committee’s airland [...]
F-35 JSF Lightning II Flight Test Update
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II flight test program continues to make progress during the first four months of 2012. In March, the program completed 123 test flights totaling 223 flight hours, setting a record for the most System Development and Demonstration (SDD) flights and flight hours for a single month. During the time period, the [...]
Air Force Leader Talks About Future of ISR
Air Force leadership reinforced the critical nature and future of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions April 26 to a group of civic and industry leaders as well as media members attending the Air Force Association’s monthly breakfast in Arlington, Va. The Air Force Association’s breakfast program is a monthly series that provides a venue for [...]
Security forces enhances situational awareness with Innovation
Airmen at Thule Air Base are adopting a new land mobile radio system, enhancing their communications capabilities. Known as Terrestrial-Trunked Radio, or TETRA for short, this LMR system’s employment will result in enhanced situational awareness, removal of a redundant command and control node, savings of one security forces post, and enhanced emergency services interoperability across [...]
