✪ The 2024 version of the National Defense Authorization Act (pdf) allows the Air Force to retire 42 A-10 Thunderbolt 2s in 2024, with the remaining 220 or so to be retired with prejudice by 2029…
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American Airlines To Purchase 20 Supersonic Planes From Boom
✪ American Airlines on Tuesday agreed to buy up to 20 ultrafast jets from the aviation startup Boom Supersonic, with an option to purchase 40 more. American becomes third airline to place order for Boom Supersonic jets…
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The Impact Of Airlines Cutting Their Service To Flyover Country
✪ The term “flyover country” implies that the lives and industries of half the U.S. population are ignorable—that is, until the people, places, and problems ignored begin to affect national politics…
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Trump Appointed Federal Judge Rules Biden Airplane Mask Mandate Is Illegal
✪ President Joe Biden’s federal “Mask Mandate” on commercial airplanes has been ruled illegal by a federal judge on Monday in a setback to Biden’s COVID-19 agenda…
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United Airlines Wants To Bring Back Supersonic Air Travel
✪ New interest in the return of commercial supersonic air travel is booming. However, will the technology be able to break through the regulatory barriers that stand in its way?
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New Air Force Hypersonic Missile Can Hit Targets 1,000 Miles Away In Less Than 12 Minutes
✪ The U.S. Air Force says the hypersonic boost-glide vehicle warhead in its forthcoming AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid-Response Weapon hypersonic missile will fly at an average speed of between 5,000 and 6,000 miles per hour…
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✪ Boeing Co. will set plans this week to consolidate 787 Dreamliner assembly in South Carolina, people familiar with the matter said, ending production of that jetliner in Washington State as the coronavirus pandemic saps demand for aircraft...
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☆ The Wheels Of Industry Begin Turning In America Again.
Boeing’s move brings 27,000 Seattle-area employees back to work in the world’s largest building…
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Despite multiple efforts to push the iconic A-10 Warthog‘s retirement date further into the future, the U.S. Air Force is now slated to shelve dozens of the Cold War-era ground-attack planes in the upcoming fiscal year, according to the service’s budget request. The Air Force will remove 44 Thunderbolt IIs from its total aircraft inventory, the fiscal 2021 Air Force budget documents say.
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