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October 13, 2008

Gone West: U2 Pilot Richard Stephen Heyser

30-Year Veteran Took First Photos Of Cuban Missile Sites In 1962 Crisis

Richard Stephen Heyser, a retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and U-2 spy plane pilot who took the first reconnaissance photos of secret missile launch sites during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, died October 6 at a nursing home in Port St. Joe, FL.

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Bell Receives Navy Contract For More H-1 Upgrade Helos

Lot 5 Purchase Option Exercised

Bell Helicopter announced Friday the US Navy has exercised an option under its contract with Bell to purchase Lot 5 of the H-1 Upgrade Program, an award worth $210 million.

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Boeing Awarded $3 Billion Contract For C-17 Support

Receives $514M Against Total Value

Boeing was recently awarded the initial phase of a new three-year US Air Force contract to continue the C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership (GSP) program following a decade of comprehensive logistics support of C-17 fleets around the world.

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