Cuts Include Cancellation of 2013 Thunderbirds Schedule
The USAF has bowed to the inevitable while Washington political gridlock and gamesmanship damages a great nation... seemingly beyond repair. As the U.S. Air Force braces for potential sequester, ANN has been that, "leadership has canceled all aviation support to public for at least the remainder of the fiscal year and is standing down the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team to save flying hours to support readiness needs."
Featured Speaker At February 22 Event In Colorado Springs
The first person ever to travel faster than the speed of sound didn't know anything about airplanes when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September 1941. But retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager did have a knack for fixing machines and a willingness to do whatever his duty required of him and to take advantage of any opportunity that presented itself, which is how he ended up behind the controls of the X-1 experimental aircraft when it made its first supersonic flight just six years later.
Boeing, Sikorsky Partner To Enter Joint Multi-Role Future Vertical Lift Demonstration Program
Sikorsky and Boeing will submit a joint proposal to build a demonstrator aircraft -- based on Sikorsky’s X2 Technology rotorcraft design -- for the U.S. Army's Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Technology Demonstrator (TD) Phase 1 program. The JMR TD program supports the Army's Future Vertical Lift initiative to deliver the next generation of vertical lift utility and attack aircraft.
Golden Knights, Raptor, Osprey All On The Schedule
The South Shore Air Show planned for mid-July in Gary, Indiana, may fall victim to budget cuts imposed by sequestration. The show has several military acts, including the Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team, the F-22 Raptor, and the MV-22 Osprey.
Ranks Of 'Doolittle Raiders' Survivors Shrinks To Four
And then there were four. Tom Griffin, who until his death was one of five surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders, passed away Tuesday night at the Fort Thomas VA hospital in Cincinnati, OH.
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