Tag: Air Force

Air Force chief looks to industry for low-cost, light-attack aircraft

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Air Force chief looks to industry for low-cost, light-attack aircraft

Jacqueline Klimas · January 18, 2017 3:20 pm

Air Force Academy spends $387,000 to remodel superintendent’s foyer

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Air Force Academy spends $387,000 to remodel superintendent’s foyer

colorado-springs, Tom Roeder · January 17, 2017 8:10 pm

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said the engine of a B-52 bomber "disintegrated" mid-flight over North Dakota. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

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Air Force secretary: B-52 engine ‘disintegrated’

Jacqueline Klimas · January 6, 2017 4:30 pm

A B-52 bomber landed safely after an engine dropped out of the plane during an Air Force training flight in North Dakota Wednesday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Luke Hill)

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Engine falls off B-52 during Air Force training flight

Kyle Feldscher · January 5, 2017 3:01 pm

The Air Force released its final request for proposal for a two-seat T-X trainer jet that will replace the service’s aging fleet of Northrop Grumman T-38s. There are at least four industry teams hoping to bid for the contract: (L to R) Raytheon, Boeing and Saab, Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems, and Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries.

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Air Force releases final request for new trainer jet

Jacqueline Klimas · December 30, 2016 9:00 pm

Protracted haggling over the price of F-35 lots has created problems between the Pentagon and Lockheed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jeremy L. Mosier/Released)

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Trump team aims for quicker deals, lower costs for F-35s

Sarah Bedford · December 22, 2016 7:29 pm

Boeing's and Saab's prospective bid for the Air Force's T-X trainer contract made its first flight on Tuesday. (Boeing photo)

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WATCH: Boeing aircraft trainer bid makes first flight

Jacqueline Klimas · December 21, 2016 2:55 pm

In this Dec. 24, 2014 photo, NORAD and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey joins other volunteers taking phone calls from children around the world asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to their homes, inside a phone-in center during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation, at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Hundreds of military and civilian volunteers at NORAD are estimated to field more than 100,000 calls this year through Christmas Eve, from children from all over the world eager to hear about Santa's progress. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Santa tracked like incoming missile by NORAD

Paul Bedard · December 14, 2016 7:00 pm

Trump: Boeing ‘doing a little bit of a number’ on taxpayers for new Air Force One

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Trump: Boeing ‘doing a little bit of a number’ on taxpayers for new Air Force One

Kyle Feldscher · December 6, 2016 3:05 pm

People are not only the most important part of the military, but also the most expensive. And they're the first to be hit by budgets cuts. Above, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus speaks to Marines. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Sequester special report: Military men and women hardest hit

Jamie McIntyre · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

Carter thanked four service members for their service to the country and said he knows how difficult it is to be separated from their loved ones during the holidays. (Department of Defense photo)

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Obama, Carter thank US service members on Thanksgiving

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 24, 2016 10:04 pm

In September, the U.S. approved the possible sale of one Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tanker to Japan. The U.S. reported $33 billion in fiscal 2016 foreign military sales on Tuesday. (Boeing photo)

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Foreign military sales in fiscal 2016 top $33 billion

Jacqueline Klimas · November 8, 2016 6:08 pm