Hot Air » air force http://hotair.com The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Sun, 26 May 2013 00:31:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 America’s aging aviation force: Father, son flew same fighter jet 30 years apart http://hotair.com/archives/2012/05/18/americas-aging-aviation-force-father-son-flew-same-fighter-jet-30-years-apart/ http://hotair.com/archives/2012/05/18/americas-aging-aviation-force-father-son-flew-same-fighter-jet-30-years-apart/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:40:24 +0000 Rob Bluey http://hotair.com/?p=196503

Military relies on outdated aircraft

Dave Deptula, a retired three-star general, knows the risks associated with flying older aircraft. While serving as the joint task force commander in 1998 and 1999 for Operation Northern Watch, Deptula flew 82 combat missions over Iraq. On one mission, as he was headed to a tanker to refuel, the master caution light came on, [...]

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Outsourcing national security

The United States Air Force is facing questions from Hawker Beechcraft Corp. after a recent GAO decision effectively removed them from the running in a bid to build our next generation of light attack aircraft. Hawker Beechcraft, which has been excluded by the U.S. Air Force from competing for a contract to supply a new [...]

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