The speakers for the next Air Force Association "Mitchell Hour"
will be Dr. Nayantara Hensel, Professor of Industry and Business at
the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and Fred Downey, Vice
President of National Security for the Aerospace Industries
Association.
Officials Say Militants Recovered Part Of The Wreckage
A UAV reportedly went down Saturday in North Waziristan near the
Afghan border, according to U.S. military officials. The unmanned
reconnaissance aircraft went down about 20 miles east of Miranshah,
a town that is the frequent target of UAV attacks against Taliban
and Al-Qaeda targets.
Lockheed Martin's operation in Pinellas Park, FL, officially
opened a new 57,000 square foot manufacturing facility today to
produce aircraft canopy components for the F-35 Lighting II
fighter. The new facility is an annex to Lockheed Martin's existing
197,000 square foot building that has been producing structural
components for more than 10 different types of aircraft since
1997.
Amount Projected To Fly 2,443 F-35 Fighters For 50 Years
Operation of a fleet of 2,443 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters will
cost the U.S. taxpayers nearly a trillion dollars over 50 years,
according to Lt. Gen. Terry Robling, deputy commandant of the
Marine Corps for aviation. The Pentagon is reportedly looking into
ways to drive those costs down.
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