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The capabilities and mission of the small, bat-winged aircraft, which resembles a pint-sized version of the Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber, were a subject of speculation in the defense press after the aircraft was spotted at a coalition military base in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Spy Planes Play an Indispensable Role in Mission Nathan Hodge 2011

These aging airframes reportedly will get sophisticated radars and electronic countermeasures that in some ways will make them more capable than the U.S. Air Force's own F-16s.

Splitting Taiwan's Baby 2011

I'd look into scaling up the Air Force's successful X-37b spaceplane, then go after scramjet supersonic combustion ramjet technology that would allow aircraft to reach speeds beyond Mach 12.

The Commercial Space Age Has Begun Homer Hickam 2011

In wake of the scandal involving the Air Force's former JAG (Major General Thomas Fiscus), the service's legal community remains under something of a cloud.

Heroes or Villains? 2010

The new fighter will replace the Japanese Air Self Defense Force's 70 aging F-4 fighters made by McDonnell Douglas, which is now part of Boeing, using technology dating from the 1960s.

Tokyo Moves Closer to Buying a New Generation of Jet Fighters Chester Dawson 2011

Some in the region fully support the low-altitude flights, echoing the Air Force's position that expanded training is crucial to keeping pilots' skills sharp and testing all functions of advanced aircraft like the Osprey, which can take off vertically and hover like a helicopter.

Air Force Revises Unpopular Training-Flight Plan in the West Stephanie Simon 2011

The KC-X refueling tanker is an effort to replace the Air Force's aging fleet of KC-135 tankers, which began flying under President Dwight Eisenhower.

Boeing Bid Beats Europe for Tanker Nathan Hodge 2011

This latest award marks the Air Force's third major attempt to replace its tanker fleet.

Boeing Bid Beats Europe for Tanker Nathan Hodge 2011

On Tuesday at the show, David Van Buren , the U.S. Air Force's chief acquisition official, said this time the Pentagon is likely to avoid the kind of broad cuts that decimated funding for weapons development and acquisition at the end of the Cold War.

Defense Sector Sees Delayed Outlay Cuts Andy Pasztor in Paris 2011

As for Colonel Murphy, the reduction in charges was certainly good news; announced just days before the Article 32 hearing was set to begin, the move suggested a slight weakening of the Air Force's case.

Heroes or Villains? 2010