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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program halted.

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The losers (Lockheed Martin and Boeing) filed a protest of the contract award to Northrup Grumman. GAO ordered a stop work for 100 days whi...

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Airborne tower of Babel

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Long article in Aviation Week deploring the lack of a common data link standard between USAF combat aircraft. Apparently older aircraft lik...

Friday, May 16, 2014

The A-10

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Aka the Warthog. A ground attack plane, a jet powered version of the Russian WWII Sturmovic. It can fly low and slow, just what you need f...

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Time for some Sequestration

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The Air Force has been muddling thru the business of buying tanker places for some years now. The current tanker fleet is largely the KC135...

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