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April 18, 2006

Boeing To Lay Off 25 Percent Of Wichita Workers

Cites Defense Budget Cuts

Boeing announced it will cut 25 percent of its work force -- or 900 jobs -- in three rounds of layoffs at its Wichita, KS facilities. Those layoffs will begin Tuesday, with approximately 360 workers receiving 60-day layoff notices.

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Panamanian Helo Downs Suspected Drug Plane

Believed To Have Been Heading To US

After agents warned its pilot not to take off, a general aviation aircraft suspected of drug smuggling was chased by a Panamanian Air Force helicopter Sunday, before being shot down.

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Pentagon Okays Tanker Competition

Boeing Vs. Airbus... Round 4,521

The Pentagon has started shopping for refueling tankers again... a process that will almost certainly put Boeing and Airbus in a head-to-head fly-off competition between the 767 and the A330 tanker variants.

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