Air Force's secretive X-37B space plane may land Friday
The U.S. Air Force is standing ready for this week's much anticipated return to Earth of a robotic space plane that has spent more than a year in orbit on a secret mission. Air Force officials say landing day for the unmanned X-37B space plane could be Friday. full story 
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US Military's Mysterious Robotic Space Plane Marks Two Months In Orbit
The US military has had a robotic space plane in orbit around Earth since December - and no one knows what it's doing. The US Air Force's X-37B space craft is a reusable, currently unmanned vehicle similar - though smaller - than the retired Space Shuttle. The Boeing-built X-37B is about 30 feet long, 15 feet wide, weighs 11,000 pounds and can carry about the same load as a...
huffingtonpost.com (3 months and 2 days ago)
Air Force One For Sale
Ever dreamed of owning Air Force One? Now you can! Technically, a president has to be in an Air Force jet for it to be officially called Air Force One. But this plane "was part of Air Force 2 and may have acted as Air Force 1," according to the GSA Auctions page where you can bid on the aircraft: The bidding starts at $50,000. Below, a slideshow of photos from the Air Force...
huffingtonpost.com (16 days ago)
Tough Times: Former Air Force One Plane Up For Auction
Presumably to dig us out of this massive deficit, the government is auctioning a former Air Force One plane, which it will probably replace with another Air Force One plane that's newer and 10x more expensive. You know, I wish we could choose where our tax dollars went because I'd want mine just flushed down the shitter and the video broadcast over the internet. It's not...
geekologie.com (11 days ago)
British air force diverts Pakistani plane, arrests 2 passengers, after alleged threat
LONDON - Two passengers on board a Pakistan International Airlines flight were arrested Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after Britain scrambled two Royal Air Force Typhoon jets to investigate and escort the plane to safety.
washingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Unclear if crashed plane from Fairchild AFB
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- The Air Force is not saying if a military tanker refueling plane that crashed Friday in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan is from Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane....
ap.org (22 days ago)
Air Force restricts data on Afghan drone strikes
In a stunning reversal that comes amid intense scrutiny on the U.S. government’s secretive drone program, the U.S. Air Force said late Friday that it will no longer disclose the number of drone strikes it launches in Afghanistan.
nydailynews.com (2 months and 18 days ago)
U.S. Air Force Sides With Brazil's Embraer In Fighter Plane Dispute
The U.S. Air Force has sided with Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer (ERJ), saying Friday that the company and its lead American partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), should continue with its light air support contract after a four day suspension.
forbes.com (2 months and 12 days ago)
General who died in plane crash served Ellsworth
RAPID CITY — A decorated Air Force general who died with his wife in a plane crash near Williamsburg, Va., once served as commander of Ellsworth Air Force Base The Air Force says Maj. Gen. Joseph Brown and Susan Brown died Friday when the single-engine Cessna 210 he was flying crashed. KOTA television reports that Brown served at Ellsworth from 2001 to 2005, taking over as...
argusleader.com (1 month and 3 days ago)
Virginia plane crash victims were Air Force general, wife
The Air Force said Maj. Gen. Joseph D. Brown IV, 54, and his wife, Susan D. Brown, died Friday when the single-engine Cessna 210 he was flying crashed.
omaha.com (1 month and 4 days ago)
U.S. Air Force says Space Fence program safe for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force on Monday said it took steps to fully fund the first increment of a new ground-based radar to track satellites and other objects in space in its fiscal 2104 budget proposal, but there was no funding for a second site for now.
reuters.com (1 month and 9 days ago)
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