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Lockheed Martin Delivers First USAF Production F-35 Lightning II
The U.S. Air Force has accepted into its fleet the first of a planned 1,763 production-model Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters. The signing of formal acceptance documents for the jet, known as AF-7, took place at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 final assembly plant in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, May 5. The jet flew to [...]
Gates Shares Vision for Air Force’s Future
Air Force leaders of the 21st century must apply a view that balances traditional roles with the reality of new and emerging threats in determining their service’s needs and capabilities, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today. In a speech during what he said would be his final visit to the U.S. Air Force [...]
Arsenal of Airpower: USAF Aircraft Inventory 1950-2009
Numbers Crunch: The Air Force invests more of its total budget in joint force support than any other service. In fact, investments in joint capabilities, such as space, mobility, and intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance, account for about 45 percent of its total budget, states a new Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies report released Wednesday. That’s nearly a 40 [...]
USAF Deploys Upgraded F-15Cs to Japan
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan: Boeing and U.S. Air Force officials at Kadena Air Base celebrated the arrival of four F-15Cs upgraded with the APG-63(V)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar on Oct. 21. The newly arrived F-15Cs will join the APG-63(V)1 and (V)2 aircraft already in the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons to provide unmatched [...]
Lockheed Delivers First Production C-5M Super Galaxy to USAF
MARIETTA, Ga.: Lockheed Martin completed delivery of the first production C-5M Super Galaxy at a ceremony here today with officials from Air Mobility Command, Air Force Material Command and Dover Air Force Base, Del. This is also the first C-5M to sport the new Super Galaxy tail flash and nose art. “We are thrilled to [...]
BAE Systems Launches USAF Jet Trainer Replacement Program
ARLINGTON, Va.: BAE Systems announced today that it will pursue the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Pilot Training Family of Systems with the world’s most advanced and successful fast jet training system, the proven Hawk Advanced Jet Training System. BAE Systems is well positioned to compete for the USAF Advanced Pilot Training (APT) Family of Systems [...]
Lakenheath F-15 Unit Assumes NATO Mission
LITHUANIA AIR FORCE AIR BASE, Lithuania: The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, assumed command of the NATO Baltic air policing mission Sept. 1 from the Polish air force at Lithuania Air Force Air Base. For the next four months, the squadron, comprising approximately 125 people, is responsible for ensuring [...]
USAF Extends Service Life of First Aircraft in Navy E-6 Fleet
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE: Airmen from the 566th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron completed work on extending the service life of the first of 16 Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft June 15. The E-6Bs are flown by members of the Strategic Communications Wing ONE, whose primary mission is airborne communication with Navy submarines. It also serves as an [...]
GD to Support the USAF’s Distributed Common Ground System
FAIRFAX, Va.: General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics , has been awarded a $49 million contract to support the U.S. Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) and Project Liberty. The contract covers three years if all options are exercised. General Dynamics will perform network administration, systems administration, hardware maintenance and [...]
