The cost of developing the F-35 is now tagged at $382 billion, a 65 percent jump compare to estimates in 2002. Continue reading “F-35’s projected cost up 65%, now at $382 billion”
Month: June 2010
Eurofighter debuts in Slovakia
Two Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, one piloted by the Alenia Aeronautica test pilot Matteo Maurizio, landed in Slovakia for the first time May 28, to participate in the Piestany Air Show.
Mexico takes delivery of first Airbus Military C295 airlifter
The Mexican Air Force has taken delivery of the first of five C295s it has ordered from Airbus Military. 
U.S., French remember America’s first combat pilots
U.S. and French civilian and military leaders paid their respects to America’s first combat pilots during ceremony at a memorial outside of Paris, May 27.
YouTube: 10 people injured due to down wash from V-22
Ten people were injured during a USMC demonstration on New York’s Staten Island. The MV-22’s down wash sent branches hurling off a tree and into a crowd.