The UK Ministry of Defense announced Thursday its new Sea Viper
air defense missile system demonstrated its ability to protect air,
land and sea forces during a second, successful test firing. The
missile system was successfully test-fired from the 12,000 tonne
trials barge Longbow, near the Ile du Levant off the French
coast.
Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a $285 million contract
option from the US Air Force to maintain F119 engines for the F-22
Raptor. The Support Program for the Raptor Engine (SPaRE) involves
sustainment for fielded engines in 2009, including spare parts,
labor support, fleet management and technical support.
The Mitchell Bomber Turned The Tide Of A World War
Of all the stories that permeate the rich heritage of the
aviation world, few are as compelling and as dramatic as that of 16
B-25 bombers who launched off a pitching carrier deck to bomb Japan
on April 18th, 1942. They called it the "Doolittle Raid" and it
came to be the first, pivotal, air raid to strike the Japanese on
their home turf during World War II.
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