Tests conducted by the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) found that the F136 produced 15 percent more thrust at sea level compared to its Pratt & Whitney rival.
Boeing won’t protest SDB II contract
Boeing has announced that it won’t protest the decision to award the Small Diameter Bomb increment II contract to Raytheon.
20 percent of USAF’s airmen failed new PT test
One in five of the active-duty, Guard and Reserve airmen from the U.S. Air Force failed the new physical fitness test implemented last month.
USAF F-15E WSO sues to block ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ discharge
USAF Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach has filed a request for a temporary restraining order in U.S. District Court in Idaho late Wednesday to prevent the military from discharging him under the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy.
MiG-31BM upgrade almost completed
The Russian Air Force is about to complete a program to upgrade its MiG-31 to the MiG-31BM standard.