First JSF Nears Completion

The horizontal tails on the first F-35 have been installed at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth facility, marking completion of major structural component assembly by the Joint Strike Fighter team, the company announced Tuesday. The next major milestone for the fifth generation fighter is engine installation in early 2006. Lockheed says Pratt & Whitney is scheduled to deliver the F135 engine to Texas before the end of December.

Would Pentagon End JSF Engine Competition?

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAt least one news report quotes an anonymous source saying DOD plans...

What’s This Talk About a Light Cargo Aircraft?

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThere’s been some speculation about whether the Air Force has any role...

Recollection of the AVG Flying Tigers

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgRecollection of the AVG Flying Tigers: The Pentagon has a new special...

Quite a Sight—17 C-17s in Formation:

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgSeventeen C-17s from the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, S.C., took...

Moving Out With the ICBM Makeover

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAccording to the new commander of 20th Air Force, the 20th is...

No Melded Rocket Launch Team This Year

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgIt looks like the merger for Lockheed Martin and Boeing launch services—United...

AETC Steps Out With One-for-All Desktop

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAETC Steps Out With “One-for-All” Desktop: Air Education and Training Command officials...

Ramstein Facility Sees 30,000th Patient

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe 435th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility at Ramstein AB, Germany, recently supported...

PACAF Ships Out Last M117

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe 36th Munitions Squadron at Andersen AFB, Guam, inspected, re-palletized, loaded, and...

S-J EOD Airman Gets the Bronze

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgSrA. Justin Frewin, an EOD technician, was awarded the Bronze Star recently...

Hillary & Friends Secure 9/11 Credit for Guardsmen:

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgDOD now has to count the service of National Guard troops who...

Air Strikes in SWA:

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgUSAF F-16s and Navy F/A-18s on Dec. 19 performed air strikes against...

JFCOM Works on Visualization:

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgUS Joint Forces Command has asked defense industry and academics to help...

It Was On Again, Now It’s Off Again:

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgA fuel tank problem with a rocket carrying a US Air Force...

Air Sorties in the Global War on Terrorism

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgDecember 19, 2005 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 13 4...