Air Force Chief of Gen. Staff Norton Schwartz said Wednesday
that the service would move quickly to re-open the bidding for the
LAS contract which was abruptly cancelled as of Friday. "There's no
way to put a happy face on this," Schwartz said, speaking to a
group of reporters Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
Aircraft Ready To Begin Initial Operations After Airworthiness
Board Approval
Officials at the Aeronautical Systems Center a Wright Patterson
AFB in Ohio have issued a Military Flight Release that will allow
the F-35A Lightning II fighter to begin initial operations at Eglin
Air Force Base, FL. This decision was reached after an
airworthiness board conducted an assessment that evaluated
potential risks and the corresponding mitigation actions to conduct
unmonitored flights.
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