Air Force
Edmonds artist remembers fallen soldiers with sketches
For the past eight years, Edmonds artist Michael Reagan has been sketching free portraits of U.S. service members who have lost their lives in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the wars against terrorism.
Date: 05/28/2012 | Local News
Push made to bring tankers to Spokane
SPOKANE -- Washington's entire congressional delegation has signed a letter asking the Air Force to select Spokane's Fairchild Air Force Base as the home for new air tankers.The Spokane base is already home to aging KC-135 air tankers.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest
F-16 jets intercept small plane as Obama leaves L.A.
LOS ANGELES — Two F-16 fighter jets intercepted a small private plane that violated restricted airspace Friday as President Barack Obama was about to depart from Los Angeles International Airport aboard Air Force One, authorities said.
Date: 05/11/2012 | Nation & World
Study sought to save Boeing program in Okla.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A defense funding bill that would delay efforts to end a program at Oklahoma City's Boeing plant to upgrade the cockpits of U.S. Air Force C-130 transport planes was approved Thursday by the U.S. House Armed Services Committee.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Business
House Republicans OK $5 billion antimissile site
WASHINGTON -- The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday backed construction of a missile defense site on the East Coast, rejecting Pentagon arguments that the facility is unnecessary and Democratic complaints that the nearly $5 billion project amounts to wasteful spending in a time of tight...
Date: 05/10/2012 | Nation & World
Proposal would delay end of C-130 work in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY — A proposed amendment in the U.S. House Armed Services Committee would — if accepted — delay efforts to end a program in Oklahoma City to upgrade the cockpits of U.S. Air Force C-130 transport planes.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Business
Body found in Long Lake may be missing airman
SPOKANE -- Officials are trying to identify a body found in Long Lake and determine whether it's the Fairchild airman who disappeared March 31 when he attempted to canoe in the fast-moving Spokane River.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
Some Air Force pilots refuse to fly F-22 Raptor
LOS ANGELES -- Some of the nation's top aviators are refusing to fly the radar-evading F-22 Raptor, a fighter jet with ongoing problems with the oxygen systems that have plagued the fleet for four years.
Date: 05/02/2012 | Nation & World
1st private cargo run to space station delayed
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first commercial cargo run to the International Space Station has been delayed again for more software testing.
Date: 05/02/2012 | Nation & World
Groundbreaking for new base command at Fairchild AFB
SPOKANE -- A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday for a long-sought new wing command headquarters building at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Spokane tries to preserve Fairchild AFB
SPOKANE -- Fairchild Air Force Base is Spokane County's largest employer and has been a mainstay of the local economy for seven decades.
Date: 04/29/2012 | Northwest
Air Force to trim its visits to air shows
NORFOLK, Va. -- The Air Force says it is scaling back its participation in dozens of air shows this year in an effort to cut costs and ensure its pilots are getting the training hours they need in a time of shrinking budgets.
Date: 04/21/2012 | Nation & World
Secret U.S. hypersonic glider lost its skin
LOS ANGELES -- An unmanned hypersonic glider likely aborted its 13,000 mph flight over the Pacific Ocean last summer because unexpectedly large sections of its skin peeled off, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said Friday.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Nation & World
157 missions to Antarctica
Trips take guts and skill; Edmonds native has both
Date: 03/28/2012 | Local News
Delicate rescue saves stranded military satellite
DENVER -- Air Force ground controllers delicately rescued a $1.7 billion military communications satellite last year that had been stranded in the wrong orbit and at risk of blowing up -- all possibly because a piece of cloth had been left in a critical fuel line during manufacture.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Nation & World
Skydiver makes 13.6-mile-high jump
Skydiving daredevil Felix Baumgartner is more than halfway toward his goal of setting a world record for the highest jump.
Date: 03/15/2012 | Nation & World
FAA moves toward allowing unmanned drones in U.S. airspace
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration has taken the first concrete step toward allowing drones to fly alongside passenger airplanes in the United States.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Nation & World
Boeing space plane remains in orbit on mystery mission
LOS ANGELES -- One year after the Air Force blasted it into orbit, an experimental robotic space drone continues to circle the Earth.Its mission and payload, however, remain a mystery.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Nation & World
Some Idaho residents want to keep F-35 jets out of state
BOISE, Idaho -- A group of residents in southwest Idaho is hoping to ground a possible plan to bring F-35 fighter jets to Boise's Gowen Field.Residents say they fear deafening jet engines flying over homes, causing health problems and lowering property values.
Date: 03/04/2012 | Northwest
U.S. scratches 747-based airborne laser weapon
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Pentagon has mothballed a laser-equipped Boeing 747 after 15 years and $5 billion worth of research to develop an airborne missile defense system.
Date: 03/01/2012 | Nation & World
Plane carrying pot forced to land after violating President Obama airspace
LOS ANGELES -- A small private plane carrying a load of marijuana strayed into President Barack Obama's no-fly zone over Los Angeles on Thursday and was forced to land at Long Beach Airport after being intercepted by U.S. Air Force jet fighters, authorities said.
Date: 02/16/2012 | Nation & World
Alaska officials fear base move's economic impact
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Fairbanks leaders fear a proposal to relocate Eielson Air Force Base's F-16 squadron to Anchorage will have a drastic economic impact on the Interior, and expect to see the local community rise up in the same kind of protest that forestalled a base closure seven years ago.
Date: 02/05/2012 | Northwest
Air Force to transfer fighter jets
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The Air Force says in a new report that it plans to transfer all its F-16 fighter jets based at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, leading to fears that the base could be targeted when the military considers base closures or realignments.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Northwest
Struggling in U.S., F-35 fighter pushes sales abroad
TOKYO — Detractors say the F-35 stealth fighter, the costliest military plane ever, is destined to go down as one of the biggest follies in aviation history. But it may have found a savior: deep-pocketed U.S. allies hungry to add its super high-tech capabilities to their arsenal.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Business
Tuskegee Airmen film ‘Red Tails’ screened at White House
WASHINGTON -- Star Wars creator George Lucas may have had a tough time getting Hollywood interested in a movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, but he has the attention of President Barack Obama.
Date: 01/14/2012 | Nation & World
Spokane wants first Everett-built Air Force tankers
SPOKANE -- Production of a new fleet of Boeing aerial-refueling tankers could bring more jobs and investment to Spokane, officials said this week.The first in the new fleet of KC-46A tankers will roll out of Boeing's Everett plant in 2017.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Business
Spokane wants new air tankers at Fairchild AFB
SPOKANE -- Spokane leaders want the new Boeing-built air refueling tankers to first go to Fairchild Air Force Base.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Northwest
Fairchild airmen remember bomb-sniffing dog
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE -- Airmen at Fairchild Air Force Base held a memorial service Thursday for Lucky the bomb-sniffing dog.Lucky was deployed five times with the 92nd Security Forces Squadron to Afghanistan, Iraq and Kyrgyzstan and also supported the Secret Service.
Date: 01/06/2012 | Northwest
Deadly problems plague Lockheed Martin F-22 fighter jet
LOS ANGELES -- Capt. Jeff "Bong" Haney was headed back to base in his F-22 Raptor fighter jet, ripping through the frigid Alaskan night beyond the speed of sound at more than 1,000 mph, when things started going terribly wrong.
Date: 12/21/2011 | Nation & World
Pilot error blamed in deadly F-22 fighter jet crash
JUNEAU, Alaska -- A U.S. Air Force investigation team has blamed pilot error for a deadly F-22 Raptor crash last year in Alaska.
Date: 12/17/2011 | Nation & World
U.S. says aerospace worker fraudulently billed the Air Force for years
LOS ANGELES -- Few aerospace employees had it as good as William Grayson Hunter.
Date: 12/08/2011 | Business
Monroe High grad helps Afghans in air force learn English
The 22 Afghan lieutenants only speak English in Thunder Lab.
Date: 10/10/2011 | Local News
Prince Harry to practice combat flying in U.S.
EL CENTRO, Calif. -- Prince Harry will arrive in the United States next week to begin a two-month military helicopter training course to prepare him for combat.
Date: 10/07/2011 | Nation & World
F-22 Raptors return to service today
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Air Force's fleet of 170 F-22 stealth fighters will return to service today, Air Force officials said.The fleet was put on stand-down in May over concerns about the system that delivered oxygen to pilots aboard the jets.
Date: 09/21/2011 | Nation & World
Video: Post-WWII plane pilot dies in W.Va. air show crash
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The pilot of a post-World War II plane died Saturday after crashing into a runway and bursting into flames, the second deadly air show crash in 24 hours.
Date: 09/17/2011 | Nation & World
Fighter pilot recalls mission to stop 9/11 plane
RENO, Nev. — Fighter pilot Heather "Lucky" Penney didn't have time to be scared. There was a hijacked commercial airliner headed to Washington, D.C., and she was ordered to stop it.
Date: 09/11/2011 | Nation & World
Active Duty: News about county residents in the armed forces
Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Cort was promoted to his current rank Aug. 1. He is based at Camp LeJeune, N.C. Cort attended Mariner and ACES high schools. He is the son of Muriel Cort of Edmonds and William Cort of Everett.
Date: 08/15/2011 | Local News
Minuteman 3 missile destroyed after launch has 'anomaly'
LOS ANGELES — Launch controllers destroyed an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean early Wednesday when a problem was detected minutes after it blasted off for a reliability test, the Air Force said.
Date: 07/27/2011 | Nation & World
SpaceX breaks ground on private launch pad
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An unused pad at the nation's West Coast launch complex is being retrofitted to send up the world's most powerful rocket.
Date: 07/14/2011 | Nation & World
Hypersonic Boeing test aircraft falls into Pacific after launch
LOS ANGELES -- The second test of an Air Force experimental aircraft in California ended prematurely this week just seconds after launch. A video released Thursday showed a B-52 bomber launch the experimental X-51 WaveRider shortly before it crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
Date: 06/17/2011 | Nation & World
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