The Air Force says that its fiscal year 2013 budget proposal comes from an approach “that retains critical core capabilities and maintains the Air Force’s ability to rapidly respond to …
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced on Jan. 20 that he is ending the “probation” of the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) version of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the F-35B …
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The motto of the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) is ad inexplorata, usually rendered as “toward the unknown.”
Dealing with the unexplored …
Less than two weeks after making a source selection, the U.S. Air Force has suspended work on the $355 million Light Air Support (LAS) contract under which it agreed to …
In what must be a mere coincidence of timing with the latest round of saber-rattling across the Straight of Hormuz, Lockheed Martin has announced its receipt of an “undefinitized” contract …
The U.S. Air Force quietly made a somewhat surprising choice Dec. 22 when it tapped Brazil’s Embraer as winner of a hotly disputed contract to build counterinsurgency aircraft. The selection …
Gen. Norton Schwartz, the U.S. Air Force chief of staff, often cites the KC-46 air refueling aircraft as one of his top priorities. But now questions are being raised about …
The status of the U.S. Air Force’s Light Air Support (LAS) competition is unclear after the service dropped the AT-6 Texan II from consideration.
Planemaker Hawker Beechcraft says it has …
Flight training is costly. The Air Force spends roughly $2.6 million to train a fighter pilot and roughly $600,000 to train an airlift pilot. The Navy spends a similar amount …
The Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) is the perfect replacement for the U.S. Air Force’s aging T-38 Talon, say industry advocates who demonstrated the aircraft at Fort Worth, Texas, on …
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