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WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS: Service honored after 60 years - San Angelo Standard Times

WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS: Service honored after 60 years
San Angelo Standard Times
WASPs logged about 60 million miles in the air carrying out missions across the United States in every kind of military aircraft. ...
WWII Women fliers finally recognized 65 years laterExaminer.com
Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II Receive Congressional Medal, Six ...ABC News
WWII US women flyers finally receive recognition, medalDigitalJournal.com
AFP -AvStop Aviation News -Christian Science Monitor
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3/14/2010 1:54:35 AM

Sunday Buzz Boeing-funded study of tanker jobs doesn't add up - Seattle Times

The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)

Sunday Buzz Boeing-funded study of tanker jobs doesn't add up
Seattle Times
Local politicians were quick to embrace a Boeing-commissioned report this past week declaring that 10 times as many US jobs will be created if the Air Force...
Is Boeing the best choice for tanker?Kansas.com
Reports: EADS may get time to submit tanker bidPress-Register - al.com (blog)
US arms buyer rejects protectionism chargeReuters
Big Government (blog) -Benzinga -Trading Markets (press release)
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3/14/2010 1:54:35 AM

Price of Lockheed's F-35 fighter soars - Reuters

ABC Online

Price of Lockheed's F-35 fighter soars
Reuters
The US Air Force is set to formally notify Congress that the program has crashed through a key cost-containment threshold that will force a thorough review, ...
Strike fighter to cost more: US probeSydney Morning Herald
GAO analyst says cost overruns, delays continue to plague F-35 programWashington Post
Joint Strike Fighter soars to $95MPolitico
ABC Online -Raw Story -GovExec.com
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3/14/2010 1:54:35 AM

Thunderbirds take to the skies to showcase Air Force capabilities - Arizona Daily Star

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Thunderbirds take to the skies to showcase Air Force capabilities
Arizona Daily Star
Activated on June 1, 1953, at Luke Air Force Base, the Thunderbirds are the US Air Force Demonstration Squadron, and represent the more than 700000 active ...
Arizona desert a final stop for some special planesPittsburgh Post Gazette
Aerospace & Arizona Days 2010: If you goArizona Daily Star

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3/14/2010 1:54:35 AM

Tucson Air Museum showcases vintage planes - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Tucson Air Museum showcases vintage planes
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Inside the Pima Air & Space Museum, two-thirds of the collection is on loan from the US Air Force, the US Navy, the US Marine Corps and NASA, ...
Proposed museum would celebrate WWII air powerColorado Springs Gazette

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3/14/2010 1:54:35 AM

Protectionism and defence procurement The best plane loses - Economist

Los Angeles Times

Protectionism and defence procurement The best plane loses
Economist
The decision this week by Northrop Grumman and its partner, EADS, to withdraw from a $35 billion contest with Boeing to provide the United States Air Force...
EADS sees no financial hit from US tanker lossReuters
Europe anger over end of US air force tender bidAFP
No Solo EADS Bid for US Tanker: GalloisDefenseNews.com (subscription)
Hartford Courant -RFI -Earthtimes (press release)
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3/14/2010 1:54:35 AM

Venezuela receives Chinese planes armed with missiles - Sify

MiamiHerald.com

Venezuela receives Chinese planes armed with missiles
Sify
With almost 1 million sq km of territory and more than 600000 sq km of territorial waters and an exclusive economic area, 'Venezuela will be a force for ...
China warplanes in VenezuelaStraits Times

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3/14/2010 1:54:35 AM

Sarkozy Criticizes US on Tanker Deal - Wall Street Journal

The Hindu

Sarkozy Criticizes US on Tanker Deal
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Sarkozy, speaking in London, said he was disappointed that a long-delayed contract to supply a fleet of aerial-refueling tankers to the US Air Force...
Sarkozy, Brown slam US 'protectionism' on defence dealFrance24
Sarkozy scolds Obama on protectionismHot Air (blog)

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3/14/2010 1:54:35 AM

Sypris Awarded $6 Million in F-16 Follow-on Orders - MarketWatch (press release)

Sypris Awarded $6 Million in F-16 Follow-on Orders
MarketWatch (press release)
The F-16 Fighting Falcon, first introduced in 1978, is a lightweight, multi-role fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force by Lockheed ...

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3/14/2010 1:54:35 AM

Wright-Patterson's C-5 cargo planes to be replaced by C-17s - Dayton Daily News

Wright-Patterson's C-5 cargo planes to be replaced by C-17s
Dayton Daily News
Reservists also often fly the planes in the Dayton area during pilot training runs. The Air Force has seen rapidly increasing costs for modernizing its more ...

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