They were aiming for a Taliban commander. Instead, an American warplane flying over Afghanistan hit a village in the Afghan mountains, killing nine children. American officials say the attack indeed killed former Taliban commander Mullah Wazir. Locals in the village, however, say he escaped. Still, the collateral damage threatened to inflame the Afghan public. American Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said he was "deeply saddened" by what he termed the "tragic loss of life" in the village of Hutala in southern Afghanistan. It was the latest strike in which civilians were killed, prompting the UN envoy to that war-torn country to say he's "profoundly distressed." Lakhdar Brahimi said the airstrike, "follows similar incidents (and) adds to a sense of insecurity and fear in the coun

Making Oscar Skyworthy Again Imagine this: A WWII Luftwaffe cadet restoring a Japanese Oscar in Texas. Ooookay. But that's just what Herb Tischler and his son, George, are doing at Meacham Field in Fort Worth (TX). They're rebuilding four Japanese Ki-43-IIIa fighters from the rusted hulks of aircraft that originally rolled off the Nakajima assembly lines between 1939 and 1945.

Volvo Aero Corporation has been selected as a major contributor to the General Electric Aircraft Engines (GEAE) F414M/MT engine for the EADS Mako trainer. A Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, has been signed between GEAE and Volvo Aero Corporation. The MoU involves cooperation on development activities, hardware production, final assembly and testing, up to a total engine value of 30 percent.