Here’s an interesting little nugget of info that came out of this week’s Air Force Association conference in National Harbor, Md: Hawker Beechcraft and Lockheed Martin’s AT-6 entry into the Air Force’s light attack competition has been tested by the Air National Guard in the Air Sovereignty Alert (ASA) mission that defends U.S. airspace. The […]
From the monthly archives:
September 2011
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — Check out this panorama of Boeing’s newly renovated H-47F Chinook production line here in Ridley Park. The company brought DT up here today for a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Chinooks first flight and the official ribbon cutting of the $130 million facility. Among the dignitaries on hand for […]
Here’s a little update on this fighter design we showed you yesterday. It is indeed Boeing’s concept for a sixth-gen “air dominance” fighter for the U.S. Navy and Air Force, Daryl Davis, chief of Boeing’s Phantom Works division told me today. The plane, which is still just a concept, would have long-ranger range and fly at […]
Here’s a quick hit on what Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said at the Air Force Association’s annual conference in National Harbor, Md., today. Basically, tightening budgets mean that the service is going to be smaller and might not be able to perform numerous major operations at once. As for future weapons […]
Boeing isn’t the only company with some seriously futuristic airplane designs on display with minimal explanation at this year’s Air Force Association conference in National Harbor, Md. I snapped the photo above in Northrop Grumman’s booth last night. I’m told it might be a concept for a long range strike aircraft. It was on a mural featiuring […]
