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April 06, 2007

Rhode Island ANG Unit Accepts Delivery Of Seventh C-130J

Super Hercules Fleet Has Seen Duty In Iraq

Lockheed Martin tells ANN the company has delivered a seventh C-130J Super Hercules to the 143rd Airlift Wing, the Air National Guard Unit based at Rhode Island's Quonset State Airport. Lieutenant General Craig R. McKinley, Director Air National Guard, accepted the new aircraft.

First-Ever Boeing Cockpit Simulator House In Dedicated Pavilion

A Boeing-built 707 simulator was unveiled this week at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA, where it will be on permanent display in the Air Force One Pavilion.

Aircraft, Personnel Support Operations In Afghanistan

Aero-News received word the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 returned to the north Arabian Sea on April 4, following its first port visit in the Middle East.

ANN Special Feature: Rick Homans, Spaceport America - 04.06.07

Today, we'll revisit comments from New Mexico's Secretary of Economic Development Rick Homans, made just after the state legislature approved initial funding for Spaceport America last year.

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Student, Instructor Suffer Minor Injuries In Accidental 'Zero-Zero' Ejection

Eject! Eject! Eject! Oops!

A student pilot and his instructor suffered minor injuries when the student accidentally ejected from his Harvard II during a lesson Wednesday. Flight operations at 15 Wing Moose Jaw, a Canadian Forces Base in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, were temporarily suspended following the incident.

Highlight Streak Of Successful Launches, Need For GPS III

Aero-News has learned three senior leaders provided testimony on national security space activities before the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee March 23.