Boeing has been awarded a $402 million contract to upgrade Japan’s four E-767 aircraft and three ground support facilities. Work will be performed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and is expected to be complete by Jun. 30, 2020. The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $402,787,272 fixed-price incentive firm and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (PZ0001) […]

The U.S. Air Force will deploy 12 A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft and about 300 airmen from the States to Spangdahlem Air Base for six months, a move intended to bolster regional security as fighting continues to escalate in eastern Ukraine, the service announced Tuesday. The close-air support Warthogs — which the Air Force has been […]

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) delivered the first replacement wing for the United States Air Force (USAF) T-38 aircraft. In a ceremony held at IAI’s main campus, the T-38 wing was presented to the DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) Commander Lieutenant Colonel Allen Garrison. The ceremony marked IAI’s successful completion of the first phase of the […]

The US Air Force on 28 January announced Boeing’s four-engined 747-8 Intercontinental airliner will serve as the next Air Force One, besting the Airbus A380 as the next generation of aircraft specially outfitted to carry the US president. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James says “the Boeing 747-8 is the only aircraft manufactured in the […]

U.S. Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade take off in an AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter while conducting flight operations during exercise Allied Spirit at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 27, 2015. Exercise Allied Spirit includes more than 2,000 participants from Canada, Hungary, Netherlands, U.K. and the […]

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) will begin production of four RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the Republic of Korea’s Air Force. The systems will provide valuable wide-area intelligence gathering capabilities to military commanders so they can make more informed decisions. Under a contract awarded Dec. 16, the company will work closely with the […]

A 445th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III that experienced a rare tail pipe fire Jan. 7 is now back in the air flying missions. The C-17 engine fire occurred during engine start. Crew members were alerted of the fire within seconds and followed proper procedures for tail pipe fires, extinguishing it within 20-seconds, minimizing the […]

The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, also known as USASAC, has implemented and completed a case for delivery of 250 Mine Resistant Armor Protected, or MRAP, vehicles to the Iraqi government. This complicated and monumental task was achieved in less than 90 days by USASAC and its security assistance enterprise partners, Dec. 23. The MRAPs […]

Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona was awarded a $295,866,116 firm-fixed-price foreign military sales (Indonesia) contract for eight AH64E Apache attack helicopters. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2018. One bid was solicited with one received. Fiscal 2010 other procurement funds in the amount of $295,866,116 are being […]

Several F-15 jets and more than 130 airmen from Barnes Air National Guard base are in Hawaii for a training exercise.The 104th Fighter Wing announced Tuesday that it is part of Sentry Aloha; a three-week long exercise in which which F-15 pilots will train with F-22 Rapotors in a “simulated combat environment.” “We left this […]