"It was like being in the middle of a bad movie. You're up
there, you're flying over the city, the towers are on fire. It was
just wrong, the whole thing."
It looks for all the world like Lockheed-Martin may reluctantly
bounce Brazilian plane-maker Embraer from its list of partners on
the Army's Aerial Common Sensor program. The reason: The US Army
says the ERJ-145 is just too small and the Army is reluctant to go
with a bigger Embraer aircraft without rebidding the project.
New Zealand's Minister of Defense, Mark Burton, says his
country's air force has sold its entire combat wing -- comprised of
34 Skyhawk and Aermacchi aircraft -- to a private American company,
Tactical Air Services, Inc. for around $155 million (US$110 million
).
Many people wonder what happened to navy pilot Michael Scott
Speicher, but some people know. Those people are probably either in
Coalition custody, or at large among the Iraqi insurgents,
according to a Naval board that has reviewed Speicher's status.
For all the damage and turmoil wrought by Hurricane Katrina, the
storm did present a "target of opportunity" for researchers with
the 418th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB in California.
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