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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.
A U.S. Air Force F-15C fired Raytheon Company's AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder advanced, infrared-guided air-to-air missile as part of the missile's developmental testing program. The weapon successfully guided and passed within lethal range of a BQM-74 target drone, meeting all primary test objectives. The Nov. 20 test occurred at the U.S. Air Force's Eglin Air Force Base test range and marks the second time the missile has been fired. Read more Read Full Story
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three students from Albuquerque's traditional public high schools each earned $2,000 U.S. Savings Bonds in the fourth annual scholastic 'It's the Write Thing to Do' essay contest. The program is sponsored by Sandia and Lockheed Martin Corp. as part of their commitment to promoting math, science and engineering education and encouraging students to consider careers in those areas. The essay topics were: How can a carbon nanotube device direct light? How do hydrogen fuel... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 Reuters - Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn on Thursday told lawmakers the Pentagon was likely to make only minor changes to the proposed terms of a multibillion dollar refueling aircraft competition, Representative Todd Tiahrt, a Kansas Republican, said. Lynn met with Boeing Co supporters Tiahrt and Representative Norm Dicks, a Washington Democrat, a day after meeting with Alabama lawmakers supporting a bid by Northrop Grumman Corp and its European partner EADS, the... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said it was "deeply concerned" about growing costs and apparent delays in Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter program, the Pentagon's costliest acquisition. Discussion with top Pentagon officials took place on Wednesday behind closed doors of "strategy to keep costs down and to have development brought back to its planned schedule," the panel's chairman, Democrat Carl Levin of Michigan, and its top Republican, John McCain, said... Read Full Story
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - The Pentagon's fiscal 2011 budget and five-year defense plan will probably include funding for a new long-range bomber for the Air Force, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday. Gates delayed funding a new bomber in fiscal 2010, which began October 1, saying the program should be scrutinized in the Defense Department's Quadrennial Defense Review, a major review of weapons programs conducted once every four years. That review, which is now wrapping up... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Friday agreed to add over $100 million for continued work on Lockheed Martin Corp's VH-71 presidential helicopter to a compromise 2010 defense bill despite a White House threat. The deal would fund continued work on the missions system for the helicopter and ensured that Lockheed's VH-71 helicopter would remain a "viable contender" in a follow-on competition for a new presidential helicopter, said Representative Maurice Hinchey, a Democrat who... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional plans to revive a pared-down version of a new presidential helicopter built by Lockheed Martin Corp but canceled by Defense Secretary Robert Gates remain "very much alive," one of its top backers in Congress said on Friday. Representative Maurice Hinchey said he is working with the Senate to ensure the helicopter is funded in a compromise version of the fiscal 2010 defense appropriations bill being worked by lawmakers, despite a White House veto threat... Read Full Story
The US Air Force on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the "Beast of Kandahar," a drone spotted in photos and shrouded in secrecy. The RQ-170 Sentinel is being developed by Lockheed Martin and is designed "to provide reconnaissance and surveillance support to forward deployed combat forces," the air force said in a brief statement. The "RQ" prefix for the aircraft indicates an unarmed drone, unlike the "MQ" designation used for... Read Full Story
Shares of defense contractors fell Wednesday after Macquarie Securities downgraded some companies in the sector, including Lockheed Martin Corp., on concerns about tight military budgets. Analyst Rob Stallard said defense budgets are likely to grow about 2 percent above inflation during the Obama administration, but that discretionary programs will see smaller gains because of money used for personnel and other functions. He said shares of defense contractors are likely to perform worse than... Read Full Story
Lockheed Martin Corp. may add an aircraft-carrier model to a group of F-35 test planes as the company works to limit delays on the fighter jets to six months or less instead of the two-plus years expected by the Pentagon. “We could add a 20th jet,” Dan Crowley, the company’s vice president and program manager, said in an interview yesterday in Fort Worth, Texas, where the planes are assembled. The extra Navy test plane would allow the company and the U.S. military to do “parallel testing... Read Full Story
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