The first Iraqi air force C-130 mission with an all-Iraqi
aircrew Dec. 5 is an indicator of Iraqi security forces' progress,
according to a US military official.
Washington, Oregon Workers Approve Their Deal With Aerospace
Manufacturer
Aero-News has learned engineers at The Boeing Company's Wichita
Integrated Defense Systems are planning to return to the
negotiation table, after voting to reject the company's offer for a
new employment contract. However, the union's members in Washington
and Oregon who work for Boeing's Commercial Airliner division were
also presented with a new contract, which that union approved
last week -- with nearly 90 percent of its membership voting yes on
the three-year deal.
Naval Airship Veteran, Was On Hindenburg Ground Crew
Aero-News was saddened to learn from one of our readers that
John Antonio Iannaccone, 94, died Friday, December 2. He was a
retired Chief Petty Officer, United States Navy and a veteran of
the Navy's World War II blimp program, as well as one of
the last remaining "Sky Sailors" from the Navy's rigid airship era
of the 1920's-1930's. Iannaccone was also the last
known living US Navy ground crewmember from the Hindenburg
disaster.
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