<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KC135TopBoom" class="quote" target="_blank">KC135TopBoom</a> (<a href="#23" class="quote">Reply 23</a>):<br/><i>If we go back to the 2008 compit...
Jump to postI believe this is the company website. <a href="http://www.usaerospace.com/" target="_blank">http://www.usaerospace.com/</a> A couple of articles on them and the agreement... <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012263539_tanker03.html" target="_blank">http://seattletim...
Jump to postHere is a response from EADS to Boeing's national security concerns.
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbyi...to-pelosi-to-defend-its-reputation
There was a store on King Street in Alexandria VA (not far from DC on the Metro) that was selling airline memorabilia. I can't remember it's name or if it's still there. Maybe someone on this site will know.
Jump to postHere is another article on the 'national security' concerns of Boeing and others. <b>"Boeing portrays tanker rival as possible threat to national security"</b> <a href="http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/defense-homeland-security/99783-boeing-portrays-tanker-rival-as-possible-security-threat-" targe...
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Jump to postThe President is coming to <acronym title="STAF Airlines (Argentina)">SF</acronym> sometime in May to participate in a fundraiser for Sen. Boxer. Some pre-planning will be going on. <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36128.html" target="_blank">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/04...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TeamAmerica" class="quote" target="_blank">TeamAmerica</a> (<a href="#26" class="quote">Reply 26</a>):<br/><i>Nope. Bidding on government contra...
Jump to postI believe to considered a <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</acronym>-X candidate aircraft, the platform has to be one of those listed in the <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</acronym>-135 replacement AOA. No Russian aircraft are listed in that report. <a hre...
Jump to postHere is the latest from 'Inside Defense' (subscription site). US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> plans to retire (17) C-<acronym title="Alpine Aviation (USA)">5A</acronym>'s in FY 11. Air Force Proposes 17 C-<acronym title="Alpine Aviation (USA)">5A</acronym> Retirements In FY-11, Will Repla...
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Jump to postIf they hadn't taken so long to get food and water out there, maybe people wouldn't be so desperate during airdrops. They should have ferried many <!--<acronym title="Bemidji Airlines (USA)">-->CH<!--</acronym>-->-47's (with troops for security) in the first 24 hours from the US. Those aircraft coul...
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Could it have been operationally possible to ferry helicopters such as CH-47's to Haiti from Florida via Guantanamo?
The latest...over $100 million added to defense spending bill for <acronym title="Aeropostal (Venezuela)">VH</acronym>-71. <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/71913-more-than-100m-committed-to-defunct-presidential-helicopter-project" target=_blank>http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...
Jump to postIt's still alive but just barely in the appropriations conference. Excerpt..... <b>Meanwhile, Murtha said there still has been no decision by House and Senate conferees on whether to include funding for the problem-plagued <acronym title="Aeropostal (Venezuela)">VH</acronym>-71 presidential helicopt...
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Jump to postIt sounds like the RERP (C-5M) program may be on the chopping block again.
C-5 upgrade might not fly in Congress
http://aimpoints.hq.af.mil/display.cfm?id=35682
Quoting <A href="/aviation-forums/profile.main?username=AirRyan">AirRyan</A> (<A href="#35">Reply 35</A>): <I>So why then did she allow her Congress to double the request of the DOD in the first place? The damage is done - she get's off too damned easy as it is; accuse the <!--<acronym title="Rome -...
Jump to postThe C-17 was developed using US Government money. Any development of a commercial version would certainly lead to complications in pending and future WTO challenges.
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Jump to postMore evidence of why this is a bad idea. Here is an excerpt from an article linked below. <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E solid;border-right: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-bottom: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-left: 1pt #28455E solid;table-layout:fixed;border-spacing:0;pa...
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Jump to postI have been told the US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> has been chartering An-124 and IL76 aircraft for a number of years and the amount grows each year. Now someone showed me a recent press release where Volga-Dnepr demands to be first in line for flying DOD equipment to and from Afghanist...
Jump to postI was thinking of the corporations paying a fine. Last time Boeing paid over $600 million. I would suspect it would be much more the second time around.
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Jump to postI think Moseley is not going to get off lightly. Read the letter from Sen. McCaskill which led to this new investigation. McCaskill letter <a href="http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/files/2008.04.17%20McCaskill%20letter%20to%20Wynne.pdf" target=_blank>http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/fil...cCaskill%2...
Jump to postReport just came out and DOD-IG found former <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> Chief of Staff violated the following: 1) Provided preferential treatment to contractor 2) Created appearance of improper disclosure of non-public information 3) Misused subordinates time and Government property 4)...
Jump to postCongress just increased the required number of "strategic airlift aircraft" from 299 to 316. So if my math is correct, that means 213 C-17's (205+8) and the remaining 111 C-5's means a total of 324 or 8 aircraft over the required 316. That paves the way for retiring at least 8 C-5's? House Chairman'...
Jump to postYes the Sec. of Transportation & FAA Admin typically fly on aircraft N1 which is a G4.
Jump to postNew rumor from Seattle <acronym title="Sunflower Airlines (Fiji)">PI</acronym> online (link below). "Novel tanker idea: Pentagon to shake up the whole thing? <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/archives/172389.asp" target=_blank>http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/archives/172389.asp</a>
Jump to postI believe the US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> has never operated a 'twin' as an air tanker. I wonder if they will have to change operations to allow for this? Does the US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> always send at least two tankers in case one has to abort the mission? For exa...
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Jump to postI have no problem converting the <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</acronym>-135E's. In its study RAND even considered buying used aircraft and converting them but the Congress and US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> wanted only 'new' aircraft. A retired military officer w...
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Jump to postAnyone here know if all the C-141's have been stripped clean of engines and avionics while they wait for shredding? Is it possible for the US Government to put any of them back into service if they wanted without major spending? I know that just before they were retired, they spent a lot of money up...
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Jump to postHere is a link to a picture of the aircraft on the runway. Note that you can download a bigger picture at the web-site:
http://www.af.mil/news/story_media.asp?id=123133880
Another damaged C-17 at Bagram.... <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E solid;border-right: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-bottom: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-left: 1pt #28455E solid;table-layout:fixed;border-spacing:0;padding:0;border-collapse: collapse;" bgcolor=#1E3951><tr...
Jump to post<b>New information on the C-5M program status from a February 2, 2009 Air Force Magazine Daily Report:</b> C-5 RERP Must Still Prove Capability, DOT&E Report Says: According to the just-released Directorate of Operational Test & Evaluation annual report, the restructured C-5 Reliability Enhancement ...
Jump to postNow the real fun starts. What gets cut? <b>Defense Official: Obama Calling for Defense Budget Cuts</b> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/30/defense-official-obama-calling-defense-budget-cuts/" target=_blank>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...obama-calling-defense-budget-cuts/</a>
Jump to postI did not see it mentioned here but this is not an RFP (Request for Proposals) but an RFI (Request for Information) from prospective bidders for the next AF1. An RFP is what will define exactly what the US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> wants in the next AF1 and is likely a few years away a...
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Jump to postEvery time I read about one of these accidents it makes me think about the proposed <acronym title="Carpatian Air Transport (Hungary)">KC</acronym>-X tanker. Gen. Moseley wanted it to operate from austere runways in places such as Afghanistan. It seemed to me they would have had even worse problems ...
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