Engineers at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, AZ have
started modifications on the first of dozens of B-1 Lancer bombers
expected to pass through the base in the coming months.
When Vought Aircraft scored an important contract in 2005 to
build cabin sections for Sikorsky's Black Hawk helicopters, the
company thought the deal would amount to a financial windfall for
its plant in Grand Prairie, TX. As it turns out, though, so far
it's been anything but.
Thousands of pounds of bombs rained down near the village of
Arab Jabour on January 20, as coalition forces continued their
relentless pursuit of al-Qaeda. A military commander in the region
said the drop was designed to eliminate al-Qaeda's tactical
advantage before coalition ground forces move in to clear the
heavily agricultural community southeast of Baghdad.
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