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F-22 Raptor Air Dominance Fighters Begin Operational Service In Alaska
Elmendorf AFB AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2007Ceremonies held at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska today marked the formal beginning of operations for the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor in the Pacific region. "There is no doubt that the F-22 is the most advanced and capable operational fighter in the world," said Larry Lawson, Lockheed Martin Executive Vice President and F-22 Program General Manager. "The Raptor stands ready to defend America and our alli ... more US Withdrawal Likely Unless Iraq Violence Falls 
Washington (AFP) Aug 09, 2007A US withdrawal from Iraq may be "impossible to resist" unless violence against civilians falls substantially, a study funded by the US Air Force warned Wednesday. The study by the RAND Corporation said that reducing violence against Iraqi civilians should be the primary objective of US strategy as long as US forces are in Iraq. And it said the United States was likely to continue its approach t ... more Preparing For Peace And War 
Washington (UPI) Aug 08, 2007The Middle East has seen a flurry of intense diplomatic activity over the past few weeks with the U.S. secretaries of state and defense visiting the region in preparation for a peace conference called for by President Bush. Or is the visit of the two high-ranking U.S. officials to America's allies intended to muster support for a possible military strike against Iran? From the ancient Romans to ... more Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Completes First Flight 
St. Augustine FL (SPX) Aug 06, 2007The first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye development aircraft, known as Delta One, built for the U.S. Navy by prime contractor Northrop Grumman, completed its first flight this afternoon. Northrop Grumman Flight Test Pilot Tom Boutin and U.S. Navy Flight Test Pilot Lt. Drew Ballinger along with Northrop Grumman Flight Test Lead Weapon Systems Operator Zyad Hajo lifted off shortly before 11 a.m. and flew ... more Raytheon Awarded Contract For Paveway IV Weapon Integration On F-35 Lightning II 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2007Raytheon Systems Limited (RSL) has been awarded a contract to support the integration and flight trials of the Paveway IV new generation guided weapon on to the Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) version of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter. The contract is valued at GBP24 million. The UK is currently one of six European nations that are planning to ... more |
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Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 08, 2007Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 08, 2007 You could understand if a half-dozen Magellanic penguins developed a "big bird is watching" phobia before this month is over, but the surveillance really will be for their own good. University of Washington scientists will attach satellite tracking devices to the backs of six penguins that have been treated at two centers in northern Argentina after their feathers ... more Iraq Oil Deals Signed Under Saddam Up For Review 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007All contracts concluded by foreign oil companies with Saddam Hussein's regime and the Kurdistan authorities will be reviewed in line with Iraq's new legislation, the Iraqi oil minister said Wednesday. "A draft oil law stipulates that any contract concluded with the previous regime or the Kurdistan autonomy must be reviewed and brought in line with the new law," Hussain al-Shahristani said on arr ... more Russia Oil Firm Russneft Securities Seized 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007Investigators from Russia's Interior Ministry said Wednesday they had seized on a court order 100% of private oil group RussNeft's securities. The seizure had been requested by the Interior Ministry, whose investigators are conducting a tax evasion and illegal business probe against the company's CEO. "On July 31, Moscow's Lefortovo district court upheld a motion to seize 100% of the company's s ... more Belarus Pays Gazprom Bill For Russian Natural Gas In Full 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007Belarus has fully paid its $460 million debt for Russian natural gas supplies, ending a dispute between the country and Gazprom, the state-controlled gas giant said Wednesday. "Gazprom today received the last installment of debt payment for Russian gas supplied in the first half of the year," company spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said. Gazprom threatened last Wednesday to slash gas supplies to Bel ... more Russian Hostages Freed In Nigeria 
Miami (UPI) Aug 08, 2007Six Russian hostages held by militants in the Niger Delta were freed after more than two months amid gang violence in Port Harcourt that left at least 15 dead. The six Russians were taken hostage June 3 while working at an aluminum factory run by Russian firm UC RUSAL, the No. 1 producer of aluminum in the world. The captives were among the more than 200 people abducted so far this year by milit ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 08, 2007Russia has moved to a higher level in the design of strategic sea-based nuclear systems. Admiral Vladimir Masorin, commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, said the Bulava-M (SS-NX-30), a naval derivative of the land-based missile Topol (SS-27), had been approved for mass production. It will be supplied to the new fourth-generation Project 955 Borey-class strategic submarines. Three such submarin ... more Iran Provides A Sour Note At Mini Stan Summit 
Washington (UPI) Aug 07, 2007Amid the photogenic bonhomie of the Camp David summit between President Bush and his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, Monday, there was only a hint of a single discordant note. In a widely reported interview with CNN just before his departure for the United States at the weekend, Karzai said Iran had been helpful to security efforts in his country -- directly contradicting the repeated, public ... more Proxy Aviation Completes Cooperative Flight Demonstration OF UAV For USAF 
Germantown MD (SPX) Aug 08, 2007Proxy Aviation System announced that it successfully completed a series of demonstrations of the cooperative flight capabilities of its SkyWatcher and SkyRaider unmanned aerial vehicles, managed by its SkyForce Distributed Management System. The U.S. Air Force contracted with Proxy to perform these tests under the operational control of the USAF UAV Battle Lab. The demonstration, called Cooperat ... more Pakistan Mullah-Military Pact 
Washington (UPI) Aug 07, 2007The long alliance between Pakistan's powerful military and the country's religious-political groups seems to be running out of steam, as the army looks for new partners among moderates. The Pakistan Military Academy in the northwestern town of Abbottabad, which produces the officers who run the army, is a secular institution. Cadets at the PMA are not only taught war strategies and the use of we ... more Airmen Mentor Afghan Air Corps Soldiers 
Kabul Air Base, Afghanistan (AFNS) Jul 31, 2007From firefighters to aircraft mechanics to squadron commanders, several Airmen are mentoring and training their Afghan National Army air corps counterparts as members of the Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan here in the nation's capital. It's a job that's like no other, said Master Sgt. Michael Stoller, a vehicle maintenance craftsman from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, who's b ... more
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