United States Air Force

United States Air Force

A community portal about United States Air Force with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The United States Air Force is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces and one of the seven uniformed services... [more]

A community portal about United States Air Force with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The United States Air Force is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces and one of the seven uniformed services. Formerly part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947. The USAF is the largest and most technologically advanced modern air force in the world, with over 9,000 aircraft in service and about 352,000 personnel on active duty, 72,000 in the Ready Reserve, 102,000 in the Air National Guard and 57,000 auxiliarists.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has offered to add Israeli systems and munitions to a new U.S.-built fighter jet and deliver it to Israel by 2015, provided a deal is sealed in coming months. Lockheed Martin Corp, maker of the radar-evading F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, would tie in Israeli-built command, control, communications, computer and intelligence systems for a unique version of the jet for sale to Israel, Jon Schreiber, a senior...  
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF), announced today that its Communication Systems Division has been awarded a contract from the Lockheed Martin Systems Integration-Owego business unit to manufacture support systems for U.S. Navy helicopters. The equipment supplied under the $6.9M contract will be delivered in early 2011. The contract calls for the production...  
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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) this morning successfully delivered a commercial telecommunications satellite for Intelsat, the leading provider of fixed satellite services, into orbit aboard an Atlas V booster provided by United Launch Alliance.  
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The stuff of science fiction is fiction no more — this report comes directly from the Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] which demonstrated the ability of mobile laser weapon systems to perform a unique mission: track and destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).  
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MARIETTA, Ga., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Demonstrating the increase in the C-130J build and delivery rate, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) simultaneously delivered two C-130Js on Nov. 19 to two different customers - a C-130J to the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and a KC-130J to the U.S. Marine Corps. The USAFEread more  
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