A Dyess Air Force Base B-1 carried a full load of 24 AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles on a five-hour flight over the Gulf of Mexico, Sept. 7 — a first for the B-1 and AGM-158.
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Boeing completed modification to VC-25
An internal Boeing magazine has revealed that a VC-25 was recently modified at Boeing’s plant in Wichita.
BAE Systems asked to provide details on canceling CVF
The chief executive of BAE Systems told a defense select committee that his company was asked to provide details on the cost of canceling one or both the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier by the government.
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Australia late in getting JASSM
Australia selected the AGM-158 JASSM for its AIR 5418 Follow-on Standoff Weapon (FOSOW) requirement in 2006, deliveries of the weapon was supposed to start last year. Until now the weapon has yet to be fitted to a RAAF F/A-18 for testing.
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Former USAF Chief Scientist backs F136
Dr. Mark Lewis, a former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force, says the Pentagon should not stop work on the F136 since its 75 percent completed.
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