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l´USAF plane de retirer +300 jets,dont:

-137 F-15
-177 F-16
-9 A-10s

11 ans avant leur date,pour epargner 3,4B$ et accelerer ainsi les F-22/35

mais ca doit dabord passer le congress et le futur president doit signer!

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US Air Force eyes fighter cuts to boost modernization
Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:51pm EDT



WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force is seeking to retire early more than 300 fighter aircraft next year to save $3.4 billion in the hope of funding advanced Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) fighters and other modernization efforts, a published report said on Wednesday, citing internal Pentagon documents.

The plan would retire 137 F-15 and 177 F-16 fighters plus nine A-10 close air support attack aircraft as much as 11 years before the end of their scheduled useful lives, InsideDefense.com, an online news service, reported.

"Without accelerating these retirements, we are left with a larger, less-capable force unable to penetrate anti-access environments," the Air Force was quoted as telling John Young, the Pentagon's top arms buyer, in defense of a fiscal 2010 spending plan it submitted in August.

"Anti-access" is Pentagon jargon for spots defended by advanced surface-to-air missiles and state-of-the-art fighters such as those used or planned by Russia and China.

A key Air Force concern is what it calls a potential fighter gap until Lockheed's radar-evading F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is produced in large numbers.

An Air Force spokesman said it would be inappropriate to discuss an internal working document that will continue to change until it is incorporated into the next president's fiscal 2010 budget submission.

The document was quoted as saying an Air Force analysis showed a "smaller but modernized fighter force, when coupled with a robust bomber fleet, can effectively bridge the gap until the F-35 can be produced in required numbers (ramping to 110) and the F-22 can be modified to a common configuration."

Air Force officials have said they plan to increase F-35 production over the next five years to address the fighter gap, InsideDefense.com said.

Two F-35s have entered flight test, two are in ground test and 17 are in various stages of assembly, including the first two production-model jets scheduled for delivery to the U.S. Air Force in 2010, Lockheed said last month.

The president of the Air Force Association, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Dunn, said it remained to be seen if Congress would let the Air Force get rid of so many aircraft so early and if Pentagon leaders would grab the savings to fund competing priorities within other armed services.

"There will have to be a lot of dialogue inside the Pentagon between the Air Force and the office of the secretary of defense, probably the secretary himself, before a decision is made," Dunn, a former president of the Pentagon's National Defense University, said in a telephone interview.

Old warplanes typically involve high maintenance costs and may require big outlays for structural upgrades. Still, lawmakers often have blocked Air Force attempts to retire aging warplanes early, partly to preserve jobs -- in their voting districts -- at bases from which they are flown.

In the fiscal 2010 budget request being readied at the Pentagon for the next president, the Defense Department is seeking ways to continue production of Lockheed Martin's F-22, the top U.S. dog fighter, while boosting F-35 output to capture economies of scale quickly, Pentagon officials have said.

The final say on whether to go on building the F-22 is being left to the next president, who is to be elected Nov. 4 and take office Jan. 20 -- only weeks before the administration's budget request normally is sent to Congress.

The proposed early retirements represent accelerations of seven years in the case of the F-15, six years for the F-16 and 11 years for the A-10, according to the document cited by InsideDefense.com.

The savings would fuel a push to modernize the Air Force's bombers, late-date fighters and go toward a new "nuclear-specific" B-52 bomber rotational squadron and Northrop Grumman Corp'a (NOC.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system expansion, the document was quoted as saying. (Reporting by Jim Wolf; editing by Carol Bishopric, Gary Hill)

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je lui trouve un petit air de F-5 !!!

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T-38 Talon ; the world's first supersonic trainer.
Picture of a wingman, taken from the backseat of a T38C, of the 479th Fighter Training Group, Moody AFB, Georgia, 2006

Bell presente un successeur au blackhawk....
http://www.opex360.com/2013/04/13/avec-le-v-280-valor-bell-prepare-la-succession-des-helicopteres-black-hawk/

jonas a écrit:

je lui trouve un petit air de F-5 !!!

en quelque sorte c´est un F5,le T38 en est derivé,hormis quelques petites differences de structures

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C-17 Globemaster III co-pilots, prepare for take-off, during a semi-prepared runway operation, March 26, 2013, at Forward Operating Base Farah Airfield, Afghanistan

a post-flight inspection of a C-17 Globemaster III

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USAF to rebalance ISR portfolio

The US Air Force will have to rebalance its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) portfolio after operations wrap up over Afghanistan if it is to be able to collect data from contested airspace, the service's top civilian leader says.

"Our overall ISR enterprise needs, I think, to be rebalanced to accommodate the demanding operations requirements that we could face in a more contested environment," said USAF secretary Michael Donley, speaking to reporters at a Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington, DC, on 23 April.

Donley said 65 combat air patrols of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-1 Predators and MQ-9 Reapers are going to be the high point for medium-altitude unmanned aircraft orbits. "An ongoing discussion is sort of under way on what the right balance is between manned and unmanned, medium altitude and high altitude, penetrating, stand-off, what kinds of sensors," Donley said. "The aperture has been wide open over the last 10 years; it's time to make some more strategic choices."


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Predators and Reapers (above) do have applicability in other regions, Donley said, but not in environments where the airspace is contested. As for the USAF's penetrating ISR capability, Donley said that the service has acknowledged the stealthy Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned aircraft, but that more needs to be done. "This is an area we need to work on going forward," he said.

On 18 April, Lt Gen Larry James, the service's ISR chief, said that the Lockheed F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters are going to be the USAF's primary means to collect data from inside denied airspace. However, James said the service is also continuing to track the US Navy's unmanned surveillance and strike aircraft programme, but is not in a hurry to jump on board that developmental effort.

Lt Gen Charles Davis, military deputy for the office of the assistant secretary of the air force for acquisitions, told the US Congress on 17 April that a classified platform could undertake some of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle's missions. Analysts suggest that the aircraft in question is a stealthy long-range ISR aircraft that is being developed at a classified site in the Nevada desert.

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Raytheon contracted for Miniature Air Launched Decoy and Jammer units


By Raytheon on Friday, April 26th, 2013

The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon a firm-fixed-price $81.7 million option for Lot 6 on the Lot 5 contract for the production and delivery of 202 MALD-J jammers and containers. The contract also includes a 10-year warranty. The contract was awarded in Raytheon’s first quarter of 2013.

“MALD-J adds a jamming capability to the current decoy function of the MALD that disrupts enemy integrated air defense systems using jamming and radar signature technology,” said Harry Schulte, vice president of Air Warfare Systems for Raytheon Missile Systems.

“This weapon will provide unprecedented capability and flexibility to the U.S. Air Force and improve the survivability of our Airmen and their aircraft.”

Performance of the contract will take place primarily at the Raytheon Company facility located in Tucson, Ariz.

MALD is a state-of-the-art, low-cost flight vehicle that is modular, air-launched and programmable. It weighs less than 300 pounds and has a range of approximately 500 nautical miles.

MALD protects aircraft and their crews by duplicating the combat flight profiles and signatures of U.S. and allied aircraft. MALD-J adds radar-jamming capability to the basic MALD platform.

•MALD confuses enemy air defenses by duplicating friendly aircraft flight profiles and radar signatures.
•MALD-J maintains all capabilities of MALD and adds jamming capabilities.
•Raytheon began delivery of MALD-Js in the fall of 2012.


Read more: http://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-contracted-for-miniature-air-launched-decoy-and-jammer-units-47599/#ixzz2RZAS7hJv

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Edwards test team extends KC-135 capabilities


by Jet Fabara
412th Test Wing Public Affairs

4/24/2013 - EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Known as "The Mighty War Wagon" of the United States Air Force, the KC-135 Stratotanker has proven to be the core aerial refueling capability for the Air Force for more than 50 years.

With the help of the 418th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards, along with a multitude of testers, the KC-135 Block 45 test team completed a series of tests in April to help extend the aircraft's service life for decades.

"There are currently 419 KC-135s and 59 KC-10s that enhance the Air Force's capability to accomplish its primary mission of Global Reach while providing aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied nation aircraft. These aircraft also provide mission support including cargo, aeromedical evacuation, personnel transport, and a variety of other specialized missions," said Maj. John Mikal, 418th FLTS KC-135 Block 45 lead project test pilot. "Increasing the life expectancy of the current Air Force tanker fleet is critical. Ongoing upgrade programs help to ensure there is no gap in these mission capabilities, while the new KC-46 program starts replacing the aging KC-135 fleet."

As part of the KC-135 Block 45 upgrades, Mikal said they included a digital flight director, a radar altimeter, an electronic engine instrument display and Automatic Flight Control System or Autopilot for Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) requirements in order to maintain global airspace access.

"Maintenance sustainability was another item that was looked at, which addresses the need to deal with parts that are obsolete, since no one makes the old parts anymore," said Mikal. "Commercial off-the-shelf equipment or systems will be used to replace the existing analog flight director, radio altimeter, autopilot and 21 cockpit engine instruments with newer digital technology equipment that will be integrated into the existing avionics."

According to Mikal, the new upgrades will ensure:

- the extension and improvement of mission capability and sustainability of the KC-135 fleet
- the new digital avionics technology integrated into the legacy system will increase safety, efficiency and reliability
- effective replacement of obsolete components
- the KC-135 meets current and future CNS/ATM requirements, allowing unrestricted operations in commercial and military airspace throughout the world.

"The Block 45 modification was needed to extend the KC-135 aircraft as a viable weapon system through fiscal year 2040," added Mikal. "The Block 45 systems mitigate capability gaps and improve overall KC-135 shortcomings in reliability, maintainability and supportability."

At the initial start of the KC-135 Block 45 program, it was originally estimated that testing would end in March 2011, but the technical challenge of integrating the new digital systems proved to be very challenging, according to the test team.

"It took an amazing amount of ingenuity and hard work by the collective KC-135 Block 45 upgrade team, due to the program experiencing a two-month stop in test in early 2012 to determine the cause of a structural coupling event which occurred during flight test," Mikal said. "While clearing the aerial refueling envelope, the performance of the new autopilot altitude hold was so good, re-adjustment was required to improve stability during aerial refueling coupled flight."

Along with the 418th, the massive, multi-year undertaking required support from more than 90 members to overcome technical hurdles and prevent the very real threat of program cancellation. Of those included, individuals were acquired from the 412th Test Wing, 412th Operations Group, 412th Test and Engineering Group, 773rd Test Squadron, 775th Test Squadron, 370th Flight Test Squadron, 445th Flight Test Squadron, the KC-135 Special Programs Office, Rockwell Collins, Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation Squadron Detachment 3, AMC Air, Space and Information Operations (A3), and McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.

"There were only two KC-135 aircrew in the 418th FLTS when the program started. Eventually, the 418th FLTS KC-135 aircrew numbered four; even so, Test Operations was largely instrumental in supporting the program with their KC-135 aircrew," said Mikal.

Most notable, though, was the Edwards team, which was able to complete the final testing $200,000 below cost and three weeks ahead of new schedule through extremely efficient testing and test execution flexibility despite regular scope changes, priority changes, funding rebaseline, weather cancellations, maintenance issues, resource rescheduling/constraints, and the ultimate challenge of addressing the AR oscillation issue with no additional schedule or funding impacts.

"In the end, the Global Reach Combined Test Force test team proved to be a pivotal contributor, bringing this challenged program to a successful completion," added Mikal. "Successful completion of this program has secured the opportunity to field Block 45 to the KC-135 fleet, while preventing the otherwise inevitable reduction in overall mission effectiveness due to avionics obsolescence and CNS/ATM airspace access issues. Without the KC-135 Block 45, 88 percent of the USAF tanker assets would eventually be unable to complete their mission."

It is currently estimated that the first 179 KC-46 aircraft will be delivered by 2028.

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ALERTE : Crash d'un avion militaire américain au Kirgiztan . Pas de bilan officiel pour l'instant

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Misawa fighter jets break new training barriers

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon's radar warning emits an eerie, distinct pattern as the jet soars over the Northern Pacific Ocean, moving closer and closer toward hostile territory. The warning tone means one thing -- missiles are inbound.

This can end one of two ways: a surface-to-air missile, or SAM, rips through the jet, or the enemy radar SAM site is rendered useless.

This intense training scenario is the new norm for 35th Fighter Wing pilots here as it provides the most effective real-life training they have encountered in more than 50 years here.

A team effort between the U.S. Air Force and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force has brought this robust simulated combat environment to the fight, implementing field training exercises for both U.S. and joint forces and setting the stage for large force employment training.

The 35th FW is home of the Wild Weasel, the only Suppression of Enemy Air Defense, or SEAD, assets in the Pacific Air Forces theater.

Previous SEAD training was primarily executed during biannual Red Flag exercises which have since been suspended due to recent Department of Defense budget constraints.

Although in its early stages, the capabilities this training provides can be monumental, said Capt. Chris Behrens, the 35th FW weapons systems commander, adding that the wing has been actively moving in this direction for some time now.

"It's good both ways -- (JGSDF) get to defend themselves and simulate shooting at F-16s, and they have a great time doing that, and we get to react and simulate shooting back at them," Behrens said.

The JGSDF allows pilots to track and identify emitters put out from Japanese SAM sites, which helps pilots learn how to save their jet while simulating shooting back.

As a result of this joint effort, these types of defensive exercises now have the capability to take place daily, whereas previous operations were limited to only a few times a year abroad or were entirely simulated.

"Pilots would literally tell their wingmen, 'Hey, you're being targeted,' Behrens said about previous training. "Instead, now we actually have a missile site simulating shooting at us and showing up on our real-life systems so we can react and simulate engaging."

Pilots' access to the Gaicho airspace, an area over the Northern Pacific Ocean that connects the airspace over the ocean to the mainland, is a critical ingredient that has accelerated the training process.

The Gaicho airspace hosts an area known as Draughon Range, a location where pilots are authorized to drop live ordnance.

"This airspace allows us to train for our full Wild Weasel mission, using real targets to drop bombs for realistic training and mission employment," said Capt. Thomas Mueller, the 35th Operations Support Squadron chief of wing training. "We will fly every type of mission here and use it regularly."

The benefits of this addition have already made their mark, said Lt. Col. Dave Lyons, the 35th OSS commander.

The acquisition of this airspace has had the biggest impact on 35th FW combat training since the arrival of the F-16 at Misawa AB, he added.

It's an asset that serves a dual purpose.

"Japanese air and ground forces benefit greatly as well, as the Gaicho airspace connects Bravo airspace to these SAM emitters, allowing the JGSDF to train on real air threats too," Mueller said. "Training against real threats will increase the capability of both Japanese and U.S. forces."

"This may be the most important thing that has happened here in the last 20 years," Behrens said. "We now have some great training moving forward to continue to be the best."

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Boeing Brings the B-52 in to Digital Age

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 7, 2013 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] is providing an upgraded communications system for U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers so aircrews can send and receive information via satellite links, allowing crews to change mission plans and retarget weapons in flight and better interact with aircraft and ground forces.

To date, mission information has been uploaded to a B-52 only before a flight, not during. The upgrade, one of the largest improvements to the venerable bomber fleet, will therefore significantly improve B-52 effectiveness and flexibility.

"We are bringing this amazing workhorse of a bomber into the digital age and giving our customer the infrastructure necessary for continued future improvements," said Scot Oathout, Boeing B-52 program director.

The upgrade will be done through a new $76 million Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) contract that covers low rate initial production of the first CONECT kits, along with spare parts and maintenance and service at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. System installation will begin during the latter part of 2014.

Other improvements will include a state-of-the-art computing network with workstations at each crew position and an integrated digital interphone with increased capacity; it will enable crew members to talk to one another on headsets with noise-cancelling technology.

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Eglin AFB receives its first Block 2A F-35

The US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida, received its first Block 2A configuration Lockheed Martin F-35A on 6 May. Another similarly configured aircraft is scheduled to arrive at the base later in the month.

This aircraft called, AF-25, is equipped with an initial version of the Block 2A configuration, but Eglin AFB will receive aircraft with a more advanced version of the software package later in the year, says Lt Col Lee Kloos, commander of the wing's 58th Fighter Squadron.

The squadron will receive the last of its 24 primary authorized aircraft and two backup aircraft by February 2014. Around that same time, the unit will start helping prepare the USAF's second training unit at Luke AFB, Arizona, which is expected to start receiving F-35As in January 2014, gear up to start training operations.The Block 2A configuration adds new functionality to the F-35, Kloos says. The aircraft was previously only able to operate three of its six Northrop Grumman AN/AAQ-37 electro-optical distributed aperture system (DAS) infrared cameras. "This version is the first time all six cameras will be on and we'll be able to use it in flight," Kloos says. "Now, in the first release of the Block 2A software we're not going to be able to put it in the helmet yet, but we'll at least be able to turn on all of them and at least let the aircraft display the information to us on the glass."

Additionally, about a month ago, Kloos says, the wing received clearance to turn on the jet's built-in Lockheed electro-optical targeting system, which is similar to the company's Sniper targeting pod. "It was always in the [Block] 1B, we just didn't have the clearance to turn it on in flight," he says.

The initial Block 2A software release also adds a weather radar mode, which though not tactically significant, is very useful flying around Eglin AFB especially as thunderstorm season approaches, Kloos says. The jet is not yet cleared for instrument meteorological conditions.

Aircraft at Eglin AFB have also activated some simulated weapons capabilities and radar modes which were installed with Block 1B. "We've been able to load up simulated weapons and employ them," Kloos says. "Even in the -1B syllabus, we started doing air-to-air training and air-to-surface training."

Training is still pretty basic-mostly tactical intercepts and basic simulated Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM shots, but no air combat maneuvering. "We don't have the envelope for that yet," Kloos says-the jet is still restricted to 5.5G.

Air-to-surface training is more developed because the F-35's multiple sensors and simulated GBU-12 laser-guided bombs and GBU-31 inertially-guided GPS-corrected weapons. "You can actually get a pretty decent scenario," Kloos says. "The radar is very robust in air-to-air as well so you can actually start to get to opposed SAT [Surface Attack Tactics]-type scenarios with the base capabilities that we have."

Even the basic synthetic aperture radar (SAR) mode of the Northrop Grumman APG-81 current operating on the F-35s at Eglin is better than what a Raytheon APG-70 on an F-15E can deliver, Kloos says. "The SAR-mapping is far better than we have on our other fighter platforms including the Strike Eagle," he says. "It's a very, very nice picture we get out of that."

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17 officiers de l’US Air Force en charge des missiles nucléaires relevés de leurs fonctions
9 mai 2013 – 9:34

En septembre 2007, l’on apprenait que des missiles à têtes nucléaires avaient été chargés par erreur à bord d’un bombardier stratégique B-52 alors que l’appareil devait effectuer un vol entre les bases de Minot et de Barksdale.

Un an plus tard, 3 militaires du 91st Missile Wing, basé, là encore, à Minot, s’étaient endormis pendant leur service alors qu’ils avaient à surveiller des codes de lancement de missiles nucléaires Minuteman III.

Ces incidents, ajoutés à d’autres, comme par exemple la livraison par erreur de composants de missiles nucléaires à Taïwan, avaient amené le Pentagone à dénoncer “le le déclin inacceptable, dramatique et sans appel de la détermination de l’US Air Force à remplir sa mission nucléaire” à prendre des mesures pour y remédier.

Du coup, les critères des évalutions étant devenus plus stricts, ce sont 17 officiers de la force aérienne américaine en charge des 150 Minuteman III de la base de Minot qui viennent d’être suspendus par leur hiérarchie à l’issue d’une inspection surprise. D’après le lieutenant-colonel John Dorrian, de l’USAF, c’est un fait “sans précédent”. “Dans le domaine nucléaire, le commandement exige la perfection”, a-t-il expliqué.

Au cours de cette inspection, ces officiers ont obtenu une note “excellente” pour 14 critères, “satisfaisante” pour 7 autres et “mauvaise” pour un seul. De quoi justifier, donc, la décision de les suspendre de leurs fonctions. D’après le général Welsh, le chef d’état-major de l’US Air Force, ce n’est pas leur “compétence” qui est remise en cause mais leur “attitude.”

Ces 17 officiers pourront retrouver leur poste s’ils passent avec succès une nouvelle évaluation, à l’issue de 60 jours d’entraînement.

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pour un seul point,RESPECT
c´est ca la discipline dans une armée

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Lockheed Martin’s JASSM® Extended Range Successfully Completes IOT&E Flight Testing

ORLANDO, Fla., May 13, 2013 – Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM®) Extended Range successfully completed U.S. Air Force Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) flight testing, scoring 20 successes in 21 flights, a success rate of 95 percent.

The JASSM-ER missiles demonstrated their effectiveness against a wide variety of operationally representative targets. The missiles were employed in all of the operational flight modes at the full range of release conditions. These missions were designed to validate the full operational capability for the B-1B/JASSM-ER weapon system.

“These flight tests demonstrate the operational effectiveness, suitability and overall mission capability of the JASSM-ER system,” said Dave Melvin, long range strike systems program manager at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “The successful completion of the testing program was the final milestone before a planned full-rate production decision, expected later in 2013.”

The successful completion of IOT&E testing follows several JASSM program milestones including:
Completion of Lot 6 baseline missile reliability assessment flights
Letter of offer and acceptance from the Republic of Finland to integrate JASSM onto its F/A-18 C/D aircraft
The U.S. Air Force Lot 10 contract award and integration on the U.S. Air Force F-15E.

JASSM is an autonomous, air-to-ground, precision-guided standoff missile designed to meet the needs of U.S. and allied warfighters. Armed with a penetrator and blast fragmentation warhead, JASSM cruises autonomously, day or night, in all weather conditions. The missile employs an infrared seeker and enhanced digital anti-jam GPS to find specific points on targets.

JASSM is integrated on the U.S. Air Force’s B-1, B-2, B-52, F-16 and F-15E. Internationally, JASSM is integrated on the F/A-18A/B for the Royal Australian Air Force. Future integration efforts will focus on the U.S. and international versions of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft and other international platforms such as the Finnish F/A-18 C/D.

Produced at the company’s award winning manufacturing facility in Troy, Ala., Lockheed Martin has assembled more than 1,100 JASSMs for testing and operational use toward a total objective of 4,900 JASSM missiles. The Pike County Operations facility was selected as an Industry Week “Best Plant” for 2012.

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is a 2012 recipient of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for performance excellence. The Malcolm Baldrige Award represents the highest honor that can be awarded to American companies for achievement in leadership, strategic planning, customer relations, measurement, analysis, workforce excellence, operations and business results.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 118,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products, and services. The Corporation’s net sales for 2012 were $47.2 billion.

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Beechcraft Defense Company Secures $210M Air Force Contract for 35 T-6 Military Training Aircraft


Contract represents 19th production lot since JPATS deliveries began in 2000

WICHITA, Kan. (May 10, 2013) – Beechcraft Defense Company today announced it has signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force for the production of 35 T-6 training aircraft, with an option for two additional aircraft. The contract represents the 19th production lot of T-6 aircraft ordered by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy as part of the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) procurement program, launched in the late 1990s.

The new contract is valued at $210 million and will comprise 33 T-6 aircraft for the U.S. Navy and two for the U.S. Army. Production of JPATS Lot 19, which will take place in Wichita, Kan., begins this month, with the final delivery scheduled for February of 2015.

“The signing of this latest production lot of our JPATS contract underscores the trusted partnership between Beechcraft and the U.S. Government, which continues to rely on us to deliver and support their fleet as we have for the past 13 years,” said Russ Bartlett, president, Beechcraft Defense Company. “The contract will also provide increased stability for our Wichita workforce.”

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Thornton, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron life support technician, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather Doyle, 99th ERS aerospace physiology technician, perform a pre-flight operations check on U.S. Air Force Maj. Patrick Hudson, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 pilot, prior to his final combat sortie, May 17, 2013

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U.S. Air Force Maj. Patrick Hudson, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 pilot, accomplishes his pre-takeoff checks for his final combat sortie May 17, 2013, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Hudson is the 31st pilot in the U-2 program to reach 2,000 sortie flying hours and holds the fourth highest amount of hours for sorties in the U-2 program's 58 years of existence.

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the 108th Wing's newsletter: Wing Tips

the 108th Wing's newsletter: Wing Tips by younes-spirit

chanson officielle



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Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun;
Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,
At 'em boys, Give 'er the gun! (Give 'er the gun now!)
Down we dive, spouting our flame from under,
Off with one helluva roar!
We live in fame or go down in flame. Hey!
Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!

Additional verses:

Minds of men fashioned a crate of thunder,
Sent it high into the blue;
Hands of men blasted the world asunder;
How they lived God only knew! (God only knew then!)
Souls of men dreaming of skies to conquer
Gave us wings, ever to soar!
With scouts before And bombers galore. Hey!
Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!

Bridge: "A Toast to the Host"

Here's a toast to the host
Of those who love the vastness of the sky,
To a friend we send a message of his brother men who fly.
We drink to those who gave their all of old,
Then down we roar to score the rainbow's pot of gold.
A toast to the host of men we boast, the U.S. Air Force!

Zoom!

Off we go into the wild sky yonder,
Keep the wings level and true;
If you'd live to be a grey-haired wonder
Keep the nose out of the blue! (Out of the blue, boy!)
Flying men, guarding the nation's border,
We'll be there, followed by more!
In echelon we carry on. Hey!
Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!