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June 06, 2008

Flying Heritage Collection Exhibition Opens At Paine Field

Public May See Paul Allen's Storied Fleet Of Fighters

The Flying Heritage Collection, one of the world's great collections of rare World War II-era fighter planes from five major countries of the war, announced Friday its exhibition facility at Paine Field in Everett, WA is now open to the public. The collection features 15 of the most famous fighting planes ever designed and built, and it is one of the nation's largest collections of vintage planes in flyable condition.

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Lockheed Martin Cleared To Begin Production F-16s For Morocco

$233.6 Million Contract For 24 Block 52 Fighters

The United States government recently awarded Lockheed Martin an Undefinitized Contract Authorization (UCA) for the production of 24 Advanced F-16 Block 52 aircraft for Morocco, making the Kingdom of Morocco the 25th nation to select the F-16.

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First KC-30B MRTT Arrives In Australia

Will Be Converted To Tanker

Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Defense Procurement, Greg Combet, announced Friday the first Airbus A330 recently arrived in Australia for conversion to a KC-30B Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) under Project Air 5402.

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Gates Attributes Wynne, Moseley Resignations To Decline In Nuclear Program Focus

Says Incidents Revealed Lack Of Proper Oversight

As ANN reported Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the resignations of Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne and Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley. Gates says he took this action following an investigation revealing a decline in the Air Force's nuclear program focus, performance and effective leadership.

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USAF Says 'Distorted Data' To Blame For Guam B-2 Accident

Moisture In Transducers Led To Flight Control Errors

The US Air Force says distorted data introduced by a B-2 Spirit's air data system skewed information entering the bomber's flight control computers, ultimately causing the crash of the aircraft on takeoff at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, February 23. That's the conclusion reached in an Air Combat Command accident investigation report released Thursday.

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Boeing Delivers First Fleet EA-18G Growler To US Navy

Will Replace EA-6Bs In Airborne Electronic Attack Role

This week, Boeing delivered the first fleet EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack (AEA) aircraft to the US Navy's Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, WA... ahead of schedule and within budget, the planemaker noted.

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