Norway has decided to re-wing all its F-16s in order to keep them flying for longer periods.
[thumb]http://theforeigner.no/pages/news/norway-extends-f-16-life/[/thumb]
Category: Air Force
Sale of RQ-4s to South Korea have stalled
Talks to sell four Global Hawk UAVs to South Korea appears to have stalled, Bloomberg reported.
[thumb]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-19/northrop-sale-of-global-hawks-to-south-korea-appears-stalled-.html[/thumb]
Australia requests 10 C-27Js
The Australian government has requested to buy 10 C-27J cargo planes via the Foreign Military Sale program.
[thumb]http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2011/Australia_11-51.pdf[/thumb]
Last U.S. flight out of Iraq
Christian Science Monitor has the story on the last U.S. flight out of Iraq, a C-17 that departed on Saturday night.
[thumb]http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2011/1218/Iraq-war-ends-what-it-was-like-on-the-last-US-flight-out[/thumb]
Last member of the B-52 design team dies
Holden Withington, one of the six engineers that came up with the B-52 bomber design, has passed away on Dec. 9.
[thumb]http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Designer-of-B-52-plane-dies-2409930.php[/thumb]