Airbus really, really wants to build the next generation of US
aerial refueling tankers. It's a deal that Boeing thought was done
until questions about the Chicago-based company's ethics, numbers
and the structure of a lease-purchase arrangement drew a hailstorm
of criticism and a rethinking of the whole project at the
Pentagon.
USAF Chief Of Staff Outlines Plans For Fewer USAF Combat
Aircraft
The Air Force will have fewer fighters and strike aircraft, but
the lethality of those that remain will increase, the
service’s top general said Sept. 13 at the 2004 Air Force
Association’s Air and Space Conference and Technology
Exposition.
Air Force Association's Highest Honor For Industry
Leadership
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, which makes unmanned
aircraft systems has received the John R. Alison Award, the highest
honor given for Industrial Leadership from the Air Force
Association. The award was presented to the president and chief
executive officer, Thomas J. Cassidy, Jr., during the
Association’s annual Air Force Anniversary Dinner on 14
September in Washington (DC).
Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters, located at Maxwell Air
Force Base in Montgomery (AL), was getting ready Wednesday to move
its operations center to Richmond (VA) if necessary. The Montgomery
area was bracing for damage or power outages as Hurricane Ivan
moves into Alabama Wednesday night and Thursday.
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