The Air Force has invested $7.5 million to replace the B-52 bomber’s weapons testers—the equipment that certifies the elderly bombers can still release their weapons. The Oklahoma Air Logistics Center at Tinker AFB, Okla., signed a contract with Boeing earlier this year for the work under what’s called the multi-user system tester-armament next generation—MUSTANG—program. MUSTANG will replace three different testers, two of which date from the 1970s, reports the Tinker Take-Off newspaper. Boeing is to complete its work by May 2007.
National Guard adjutants general from nearly two dozen states have signed a letter to Congress seeking multiyear funding for the Air Force to purchase between 72 and 100 new fighter jets per year to modernize the total force.The letter, sent to Congress last week, stresses the need for the Air…