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| Russia could start 5th generation fighter tests by yearend |
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After years of developments and years of speculation, we may actually see, for the first time, what the competitor to the American F-22 looks like. Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov said on Wednesday that "We are not making any New Year presents, but flight tests will start in the very near future."
According to the official RIA Novosti agency, the aircraft trials would begin in 2010. Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin has said the fighter, which has been under development since the 1990s, will enter service with the Air Force in 2015. Ru...
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| Holloman personnel prepare for Operation Assist Santa |
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 Santa Claus will have some special escorts as he makes his way through New Mexico Christmas Eve thanks to a volunteer Team Holloman effort dubbed "Operation Assist Santa."
Aircraft from the 49th Fighter Wing will serve the jolly old elf in a number of ways to ensure he delivers his cargo safely, on-time and on-target.
"We are Santa‟s favorite wing. All the aircraft tails assigned to the 49th Fighter Wing a... continue»
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| F-22 Raptors return from training in Middle East |
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 Six F-22 Raptor pilots returned Wednesday to Langley Air Force Base from a five-week training mission in the Middle East. Their trip marked the controversial aircraft's first extended test under harsh desert conditions.
The pilots, who are part of the 27th Fighter Squadron of Langley's 1st Fighter Wing, spent most of the deployment carrying out simulated combat missions at a training center in the United Arab Emirates, the Air Force said. They practiced against... continue»
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| House bill passes, would delay Tyndall F-15 drawdown |
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 The expected drawdown of Tyndall Air Force Base’s F-15 squadrons might be pushed back to April 2010, after the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Appropriations Bill.
The bill included a provision by Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Monticello, to postpone the Tyndall F-15 drawdown until April 1, 2010.
In November, after a meeting with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Boyd said the Air Force wanted to st... continue»
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| Holloman on track to get |
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 The 49th Fighter Wing says southern New Mexico's Holloman Air Force Base is on track to receive 40 F-22 Raptors.
Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Robert Gates recommended the Pentagon quit buying F-22s beyond the 187 already planned.
He says he wants to gear defense to the smaller, lower-tech battlefields the military faces now and is likely to conf... continue»
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| F-22 taxiway collision causes $1 million damage |
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 A US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor has sustained more than $1 million in damage after colliding with another aircraft parked on a taxiway.
A spokesman at Tyndall AFB, Florida, where the incident last week occurred, confirmed the F-22A struck a Canada's Air Force Boeing CF-18.
Despite a $1 million repair bill, the collision was a relatively minor, low-speed event, the spokesm... continue»
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| F-22 exchange pilot helps strengthen U.S., Australian ties |
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 A Royal Australian Air Force pilot assigned to the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron has had the opportunity to fly the Air Force's premier fighter, the F-22 Raptor, as part of a foreign pilot exchange program.
Squadron Leader Matthew Harper is an F-22 instructor pilot and the 90th EFS flight commander in charge of scheduling and training. Squadron Leader Harper began his three-year assignment here in the spring of 2008.
The pilot exchange program ha... continue»
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| It's Official: F-22 production stopped at 187 aircraft |
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 Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday the Pentagon will end the F-22 fighter jet and White House helicopter programs run by Lockheed, but would increase production of the company's Joint Strike Fighter.
Job and other budget figures released by Gates sought to assuage fears of deep cuts at the nation's largest defense contractor and its suppliers, helping Lockheed shares to rise nearly 9 percent.
Gates recommended more than doubling the n... continue»
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| Edwards: Avoid F-22A crash recovery area |
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 Air Force officials are asking the public to refrain from entering the F-22A crash recovery site northeast of Edwards Air Force Base.
At 10 a.m. March 25, an F-22A crashed about 35 miles northeast of the base, killing David Cooley, a Lockheed Martin test pilot. A board of Air Force officers is investigating the cause of the crash, while a team from Edwards Air Force Base is working... continue»
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| Ejection seat not used by crashed F-22 pilot? |
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 Some senior U.S. Air Force officials were notified yesterday that there was no pilot ejection from the F-22 that crashed near Edwards AFB Base.
The Lockheed Martin pilot was declared dead at the hospital which seemed to indicate he was killed after ejection, but officials at Edwards said that statement was simply a pro forma statement for the investigation.
USAF officials said the re... continue»
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