Boeing recently announced some much-needed good news regarding
its delayed 737 "Wedgetail" program for Australia's air force. The
company has completed the first aerial refuelings of the
platform.
Will Search For Cheaper Methods To Produce Biofuel
San Diego, CA-based General Atomics was awarded a contract from
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop
scalable processes for the cost-effective large-scale production of
algae triglyceride oil and an algae-derived JP-8 jet fuel
surrogate.
Kadena Deployment Part Of Western Pacific Show Of Force
F-22 Raptors took to the sky over Japan last week. Members of
the 27th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron began flight operations
January 14 with Kadena Air Base officials.
Even as the plight of US manufacturers has revived "buy
American" sentiment, the Pentagon appears to be opening the door
for the next Air Force One to come from Toulouse, France.