U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told CNN’s “State of the Union” program on Sunday that the Taliban does not posses any Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS). Continue reading “Gates: Taliban don’t have MANPADs”
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RIMPAC ends with subs hunting Reagan CSG
RIMPAC 2010 ended with submarines from Japan and South Korea hunting the Reagan CSG on Saturday.
Aviation Week editor checks out Auto-GCAS from backseat of F-16
Guy Norris from Aviation Week flew in the AFRL/NASA F-16 to experience first hand the effectiveness of the automatic ground collision avoidance system (Auto-GCAS).
U.S. missile shield in Europe could be operational next year
Washington wants to activate an X-band radar in Turkey or Bulgaria next year. Continue reading “U.S. missile shield in Europe could be operational next year”
Maintainers resurrect F-16s that will become targets
Specialists with the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base are regenerating F-16s so they can be flown to a Boeing facility in Florida where they will be converted to QF-16 full-scale aerial targets.