Coast Guard C-130 And Marine Super Cobra Collided In
Flight
Coast Guard and Navy assets are searching for survivors
following the mid-air collision of a Coast Guard C-130 and a Marine
Corps AH-1W Super Cobra off San Clemente Island Thursday night.
There were 7 people aboard the C-130, and the Cobra carried a crew
of 2.
Wrecked C-130 Will Be Used To Train Iraqi Mechanics
U.S. and Iraqi airmen moved parts of a wrecked C-130 Hercules
transport from Sather Air Base, Iraq to New Al Muthana Air Base,
where they will be used as training aids for Iraqi aircraft
maintainers. The move took place October 27th.
First Indication Is That Navy Hornet Can Fly on 'Green
Fuel'
The Navy says it is one step closer to flying the "Green
Hornet." Members of the NAVAIR Fuels team recently made a small,
but very vital step toward changing the source of jet fuel the U.S.
Navy uses. The team tested an F404 F/A-18 engine to determine if it
could run on a jet fuel (JP-5) derived from a weed.
International Association Of Machinists Blasts Northrup/EADS
Bid
General Vice President Richard Michalski of the International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers issued a statement
Wednesday, which he said responds to recent statements by Northrop
Grumman about its bid to win the Air Force's $35 billion tanker
contract:
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