Discussing the future of the Air Force, senior military and industry leaders gathered at the Air Force Association’s 2013 Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor, Md., Sept. 16-18. More than 5,000 U.S. and allied-nation Airmen along with corporate and media representatives attended the … Dowiedz się więcej
Several hundred people gathered today in hangar 237 to witness the first F-35A Lightning II which arrived for depot level maintenance during a ceremony hosted by the Ogden Air Logistics Complex commander, Maj. Gen. H. Brent Baker Sr. The ceremony addressed Hill’s key role in the depot repair and the F-35’s role in national defense … Dowiedz się więcej
Citing changes to one of the Defense Department’s most ambitious acquisition programs, F-35 Lightning II development is making steady progress, the F-35 Joint Program Executive Officer said here Sept. 17. Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan told military and industry experts at the Air Force Association’s 2013 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition … Dowiedz się więcej
An Air Force official here Sept. 17 announced production and high-priority upgrade plans to refresh its fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers. In a presentation at the at the Air Force Association’s 2013 Air & Space Conference & Technology Exposition, Maj. Gen. John Thompson, the Air Force program executive officer for tankers, outlined continued progress in the … Dowiedz się więcej
The Air Force may have to „cut vertically” in fiscal 2014 to achieve the savings needed under sequestration, the service’s acting secretary said here today. Everything is on the table, Eric Fanning said in a media roundtable at the Air Force Association’s annual meeting. He would not confirm reports that the Air Force is looking … Dowiedz się więcej
The Air Force’s KC-46 air refueling tanker project is „on cost and on schedule,” Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning said here Sept. 9. In an interview with American Forces Press Service, Fanning said the program „is in a real healthy place.” The Air Force will buy 179 of the aircraft to replace the venerable … Dowiedz się więcej