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The Sierra Vista Herald - 2 hours 39 minutes ago
July 30, 1916 – Dec. 6, 2009 No descr Lester N. Wilmarth, 93, a 42-year resident of Sierra Vista, Ariz., passed away Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. Les was born July 30, 1916, in Center, Colo., to Sidney S. and Dora V. Wilmarth. Les loved to tinker with his computer and ham radio. He was an avid Arizona Diamondbacks fan and a supporter of U of A athletics. Les served his country in the U.S. Air Force ...
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The Washington Times - 27 minutes ago
ANNAPOLIS | U.S. Naval Academy officials said Monday that they were exploring ways of working knowledge about cyberwarfare into the core curriculum for all students because of the rising significance of cybersecurity. Right now, the academy offers some elective courses, classes mostly taken by computer science and information technology majors. But unlike the U.S. Military Academy at West Point ...
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The Langley Air Force Base Fighter - 2 hours 44 minutes ago
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Airmen from the 71st Fighter Squadron returned Nov. 21 from a three-week exercise at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., where they provided weapons systems and adversary role support to pilots in training.
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Forbes - Mon Dec 7, 6:07 am ET
The enemy has certainly not given up.
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Strategy Page - Mon Dec 7, 11:32 pm ET
Before September 11, 2001, the U.S. Air Force only had a few dozen fighter available for air defense of the United States. After September 11, a larger force of 250 aircraft and 11,000 personnel were devoted to continental air defense.
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The Aero-News Network - 1 hour 6 minutes ago
Raytheon Awarded Contract To Study Radar Blackout Zones Caused By Spinning Turbines Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract by the United Kingdom's NATS, formerly National Air Traffic Services, to conduct software modeling and field trials of technology that minimizes the effects of wind turbines on radar signals.
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The Aero-News Network - 1 hour 6 minutes ago
First Composite Lay-Up Manufactured In Nantes The first composite lay-up for the A350 XWB has been manufactured today in Nantes, France, and marks the 'coming to life' of Airbus's new long range aircraft. This panel for the center wing-box (CWB), entirely made of carbon, has a surface area of 387 square feet.
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The Aero-News Network - 1 hour 6 minutes ago
Expects Certification Of Czech-Built Powerplant Early Next Year GE Aviation's wholly owned subsidiary, GE Aviation Czech is set to begin by year-end certification testing of its new H80 turboprop engine, which will produce up to 800 shaft horsepower (shp) to power utility, agriculture and business and general aviation aircraft.
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The Aero-News Network - 1 hour 6 minutes ago
Upgrade Or Replace Are The Two Options The FAA is taking a look at the control tower at Tucson International Airport to see if the 1950's era facility should be replaced, or if an upgrade would address controller's concerns.
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The Aero-News Network - 1 hour 7 minutes ago
Meet Lt. Colonel Jerry 'Jive' Kerby, One of the Two Team MS760 Pilots Beginning today, nearly 1,600 air show professionals will gather at the International Council of Air Shows Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. To celebrate the 2009 ICAS Convention, Aero-TV is profiling some of the most extraordinary air show performers we've had the honor to meet over the last year.
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The Aero-News Network - 1 hour 7 minutes ago
Airport No Longer Handles At Least 1% Of Nation's Air Traffic Scheduled flights at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport have been cut to the point that CVG will not be listed as one of the nation's busiest airports for the first time since 1993, according to the FAA.
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The Aero-News Network - 1 hour 7 minutes ago
First Tweet From Off-Planet Nominated For Online Award Astronaut Mike Massimino (pictured) sent the first ever Twitter message from space back in May, with the message "From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!"
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The Aero-News Network - 1 hour 7 minutes ago
Will Bring The African Airlines' ATR-72 Fleet To 12 ATR and the Algerian national airline Air Algerie announced Monday they have entered into a contract for the purchase of 4 ATR 72-500s by the African airline. This agreement, which is valued at some $82 million, was inked in Algiers.
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The Aero-News Network - 1 hour 7 minutes ago
Increased Use Of Composites And New Engines In Block III Aircraft The Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III program has completed the first flight of its structures test aircraft. The test, conducted November. 23 in Mesa, AZ demonstrated flight characteristics and handling maneuvers. Tests are expected to continue for the next several weeks.
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The Aero-News Network - 1 hour 7 minutes ago
Advance Bio Jet Fuel One Of Several Products To Be Produced ClearFuels Technology and Rentech made a joint announcement Monday to say they have been selected to receive up to $23 million as a grant from the U.S. DOE to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech's Energy Technology Center ("RETC") in Denver.
