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  Military Academies' Graduation 2011

  Posted by John M. Doyle 10:16 PM on Jun 10, 2011

  During the last week of May, commencement exercises were held at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York; the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and the U.S. Air... Read More >>

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  The Reality of U.S. AirSea Battle

  Posted by Michael Bruno 5:19 PM on Apr 01, 2011

  Accuse me of being a blatant cheerleader all you want, but you have to read our AirSea Battle coverage in the latest editions of Aviation Week & Space Technology and Defense Te... Read More >>

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  Tanker Trove

  Posted by John M. Doyle 5:32 PM on Jul 17, 2009

  The House Appropriations defense subcommittee has included $440 million for the Air Force replacement refueling tanker in its version of the Fiscal 2010 defense spending bill. Rep.... Read More >>

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  Apples and Oranges

  Posted by John M. Doyle 3:50 PM on May 25, 2009

  Rep. Gene Taylor (R-Miss.) says the U.S. Air Force should consider having the winner of the replacement tanker competition assembled in more than one location, to speed up the proc... Read More >>

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  Bye-Bye Split Buy?

  Posted by John M. Doyle 5:24 PM on Apr 29, 2009

  There's been a growing drumbeat -- both on and off Capitol Hill -- to split the $35 billion U.S. Air Force replacement refueling tanker contract between rivals Boeing and Nort... Read More >>

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  Cleaning Up Its Act

  Posted by Bettina Chavanne 6:17 PM on Feb 10, 2009

  The Air Force has cleaned up its act considerably. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering removing 2,900 or 3,552 acres at the former Griffis Air Force Base,... Read More >>

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  Gates: I'm Looking at Tradeoffs, Balancing the Services

  Posted by Michael Bruno 6:56 PM on Dec 02, 2008

  U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates tells Aviation Week that he is looking for balances and trade-offs among the military services now that he'll be sticking around a while longer.... Read More >>

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  Last Days of the Tanker Mess

  Posted by John M. Doyle 4:20 PM on Sep 29, 2008

  Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he didn’t want to scrap plans to issue a revised RFP for the Air Force replacement tanker competition … but then he looked at the c... Read More >>

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  Next-gen Bomber

  Posted by Bettina Chavanne 7:41 PM on Mar 28, 2008

  I attended a breakfast the other morning, and the featured speaker was USAF Gen. John Corley, chief of Air Combat Command. He talked about the next-generation bomber, and some of t... Read More >>

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