Boeing Conducts Remote 787 Testing
ZA001, the first Boeing 787 built, is on remote deployment to Edwards Air Force Base in California for a series of tests to demonstrate extreme landing conditions. Four of the five 787s in the flight test fleet are conducting remote testing this week.
C-17 conducts flight test with biofuel
EDWARDS AFB, Calif. | The U.S. Air Force's ongoing alternative fuels certification efforts reached a new milestone Aug. 27 when a C-17 Globemaster III from here flew on all engines using jet fuel...
Vail Valley Voices: Time to rethink Afghanistan
In 1812, Napoleon's Grande Armee was reduced to a fraction of its former strength because of its fateful retreat from Russia-Napoleon never fully recovered. One hundred and thirty years later, Adolph Hitler's Panzers repeated Napoleon's folly and were also forced to retreat from Russia, presaging the fall of the Third Reich. In April 1942, the surrender of 80,000 American and Filipino troops to ...
Business : Boeing Conducts Remote 787 Testing
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 (Bernama) -- Four of the five Boeing 787 flight test airplanes are conducting remote test operations this week.
Swift Fuel helps chase record
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Squadron shows its pulling power for limbless servicemen
TEAMS from across the country put their backs into a challenge to pull a 70-tonne aircraft as part of a RAF fun day on Saturday.
Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Crashes in San Bernardino Desert
ADELANTO, Calif. -- The Air Force is reporting that one of its unmanned MQ-9 Reaper aircraft has crashed in a sparsely populated area in San Bernardino.
Water Cooler
Smokey gets Swift A green fuel developed at West Lafayette's Swift Enterprises will be flying high next weekend. And fast.
Muskegon County road work schedule for the week of Sept. 6, 2010
Road work project schedules may be altered by weather.
US drone strike kills eight militants in Pakistan: officials
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 4, 2010 - A US drone strike on Saturday killed eight militants including three foreign fighters in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said. The strike targeted a militant compound in Datta Khel village in North Waziristan district, a known hub for Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants. "A US drone fired missiles on a ...
