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January 04, 2008

Northrop Grumman Submits Its Last KC-X Proposal

USAF Expected To Issue A Decision Near End Of Month

Northrop Grumman joined the fight over the US Air Force KC-X contract Thursday, and submitted its Final Proposal Revision (FPR) for the lucrative deal.

USAFR's 920th Rescue Wing Flies To The Rescue

At the recently concluded 2007 World Space Expo, ANN's Aero-TV crews were invited to get the "bird's eye view" of one of our nation's most intriguing millitary missions. Commanded by Col. Steve W. Kirkpatrick, the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. is an Air Force Reserve Command combat search and rescue unit that trains and equips approximately 1200 personnel to search for, locate and recover U.S. Armed Forces personnel during military operations. FMI: www.920rqw.afrc.af.mil, www.aero-tv.net, I Want My Aero-TV!

Documentary Tells Airmens' Untold Story

Historian Claudio Meunier has spent a decade looking up World War II veterans and their forgotten stories for a book and a new documentary. But this one's a different twist on the theme of The Greatest Generation -- these veterans were young men from Argentina who went to Britain and Canada to fly missions against the Nazis.

Globemaster III Fleet Flies To All Corners Of The Globe

Pratt & Whitney's F117 engine fleet has logged more than five million operational flight hours as the exclusive power source for the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. The F117-powered C-17 serves the strategic airlift and mobility needs of the US Air Force, British Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force.