Airbus and its European parent company, EADS, appear to be
making much more than a token effort to beat out arch rival Boeing
for the USAF tanker contract.
An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the Wildcats of Strike Fighter
Squadron (VFA) 131 crashed Nov. 9th after taking off from Nellis
Air Force Base in Las Vegas. The pilot successfully ejected from
the aircraft and was recovered by Air Force recovery crews. He is
listed in good condition at a Nellis hospital.
Unmanned aerial vehicles are earning star status in the global
war on terror, becoming the most-requested capability among
combatant commanders in Southwest Asia and increasing fourfold in
that theater during the last year alone, according to the deputy
director of the Pentagon's UAV planning task force.
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