US Air Force
US Air Force dubs Cope India exercise a success
29 Oct 2009
Lockheed’s F-22 Raptor – a maintenance nightmare
By Defence Bureau | 11 Jul 2009
Defence secretary Robert Gates may be on firm ground seeking to scrap the controversial F-22 Raptor programme with the aircraft requiring more than 30 hours of maintenance for every hour that it spends in the skies, easily outstripping the cost of keeping other fighters in the skies.
Lawsuit claims Lockheed’s F-22 Raptor has defective stealth coatings
08 Jul 2009
The USAF’s F-22 Raptor programme is set to run into fresh controversy with a whistleblower lawsuit claiming that the company has supplied defective stealth coatings on the aircraft, calling into question the effectiveness of the whole programme.
Nothing stealthy about "Save the F-22 Raptor" campaign
21 Jan 2009
Boeing and Lockheed Martin have mounted a publicity campaign aimed at keeping the sophisticated, but very expensive, F-22 Raptor fighter programme alive By Rajiv Singh
Northrop Grumman bags USAF contract
14 Jan 2009
Northrop Grumman bags USAF contract
14 Jan 2009
Northrop Grumman bags USAF contract
14 Jan 2009
New US missile warning satellite fails
03 Dec 2008
Lockheed Martin wins $30 million USAF contract to develop next generation turbine engines
30 Oct 2008
Red Flag invite likely for Pakistan Air Force next year – to engage USAF in exercises at home
20 Sep 2008
USAF Tanker bid: Boeing does another shuffle
23 Aug 2008
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