The Defense Security Cooperation Agency today notified Congress that the Pentagon wants to sell 48 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets and support equipment valued at $4.5 billion to NATO-ally Romania.
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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency today notified Congress that the Pentagon wants to sell 48 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets and support equipment valued at $4.5 billion to NATO-ally Romania.
The House Armed Services air and land forces subcommittee today recommended that $523 million be set aside in the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill for the advance procurement of 20 F-22A Raptors.
Pentagon acquisition czar John Young has notified Congress he has recertified the Air Force Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile acquisition program, which in the past had been marred by performance and cost issues.
The Institute for Defense Analyses' plan for how to conduct a congressionally mandated study on the Air Force's mobility fleet mix lacks sufficient details for assessment and does not adhere to legislative mandates, government auditors contend in a new report.
Pentagon acquisition czar John Young has approved the second low-rate initial production contract for 12 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, according to two senior Air Force generals.
A redacted version of Boeing's official protest filed with government auditors over the Air Force's selection of a competitor in the KC-X next-generation tanker competition lays out what the company contends is the closeness of the competition.
Breaking a long-standing history of not protesting Pentagon contract awards, Boeing announced today it would protest the Air Force's decision to award the KC-X next-generation tanker contract to a Northrop Grumman-EADS team.
In a shocking move, the Air Force has chosen the Northrop Grumman-European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company KC-30 tanker as its next-generation aerial refueling platform, service acquisition officials announced today.
ORLANDO, FL -- The Pentagon is in the final stages of reviewing a key study on Air Force and Army requirements for operating the C-27B Joint Cargo Aircraft, according to a senior Air Force official.
ORLANDO, FL -- The Air Force will face a capabilities gap in the next decade if it does not field a new bomber platform by 2018, the Air Combat Command chief said today.
The Pentagon has told Congress it is ready to continue an Air Force effort to re-engine the C-5 Galaxy fleet of airlifters, officially recertifying a troubled program that has been plagued by cost overruns, a senior acquisition official said this morning.
The Air Force has compiled an $18.75 billion list of weapon systems and programs it says are critical to meeting its "required force" and are not paid for in the Pentagon's fiscal year 2009 budget request.
The powerful chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee said he is looking to insert money into an upcoming war funding bill that would allow the Air Force to purchase more F-22A Raptor, C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules aircraft.
After gutting its personnel coffers over the past years, the Air Force has slashed its military construction lines in its fiscal year 2009 budget proposal in an attempt to recapitalize its aging aircraft fleet, according to senior service officials.
Defense giants Boeing and Lockheed Martin today formally announced they have formed a partnership to compete for the Air Force's next-generation bomber program, one they say can produce an aircraft in 10 years.
Boeing officials say they are putting the KC-767 tanker built for Japan through a final round of evaluations in a bid for Federal Aviation Administration certification permitting the aircraft to carry personnel and cargo -- a designation the company failed to secure last spring, forcing a one-year delay in delivery of the first aerial refueling tanker to Tokyo.
Air Combat Command has ordered the stand-down of most F-15 fighters for the second time in as many weeks due to potential airworthiness issues, Inside the Air Force has learned.
NEW YORK -- The Air Force hopes to use funds designated in its fiscal year 2009 spending proposal to shut down the F-22A fighter aircraft line instead as a down payment toward an additional 20 aircraft, part of a new strategy to keep the high-tech aircraft assembly line warm until the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter moves into production in 2013.
Air Combat Command chief Gen. John Corley has ordered the stand-down of most of the Air Force's F-15 fleet pending additional structural inspections in the wake of an Eagle crash earlier this month, Inside the Air Force has learned.
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, GERMANY -- The Air Force has lifted a flying ban on the F-15E fleet pending a one-time inspection of each aircraft, service officials told Inside the Air Force today.