A former Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan bomber returned to the
skies this week, for the first time in 14 years. Vulcan XH558B took
off from Bruntingthorpe Airfield near Leicester Thursday, and flew
for 40 minutes, reports the UK's Defence News... making the plane
the only flying Vulcan in the world.
The Pratt & Whitney F119 engine has logged more than 50,000
operational flight hours, a major milestone for the engine program.
Pratt & Whitney’s F119 is the only fifth-generation
fighter engine in operational service and is the exclusive power
source for the United States Air Force’s F-22 Raptor.
BAE Systems Begins Work On Demonstrator Plane's Tail
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BAE Systems tells ANN it has started manufacture of the F-35
Lightning II Carrier Variant (CV). The CV aircraft is the final
F-35 variant to start production.
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO)
announced Thursday the remains of a US serviceman, missing from the
Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to his family for
burial with full military honors. He is Maj. Robert G. Lapham, US
Air Force, of Marshall, MI. He will be buried Friday in Arlington
National Cemetery near Washington, DC.
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