Citing Flaws, Air Force Grounds Many F-15 Jets
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The Air Force will keep more than 40 percent of its older model F-15 fighter jets grounded indefinitely after discovering that critical support beams have manufacturing flaws dating back nearly 30 years that could lead to catastrophic damage to the aircraft.
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An F-15 fighter jet went down Tuesday afternoon in the Pacific Ocean during a training mission, the Oregon National Guard said. There was no word on the fate of the pilot.
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The Pentagon is investigating eight additional Air Force contracts to determine whether they were manipulated or influenced illegally by Darleen Druyun, a former Air Force official who was convicted last year of giving Boeing Co. special treatment on a tanker lease deal.
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Sexual assaults at U.S. Air Force bases are more widespread than officials first believed, and addressing the problem will require major institutional changes, according to an Air Force report released Monday...
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FORT WORTH, Texas _ The fleet of 54 V-22 Osprey aircraft used by the Marines and Air Force was grounded this week after a faulty computer chip was discovered in flight-control computers.
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Federal regulators ordered airlines to inspect the wings of more than 700 Boeing jets in response to a fire that destroyed a plane after it landed in Japan last week, officials said yesterday.
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The Air Force Academy is investigating allegations of cheating by 28 freshmen and has restricted all 4,300 cadets to campus over the weekend, asking them to meet in small groups to consider "their self-image and the image of the institution," Air Force officials said.
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A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed Friday during a close air support mission for ground forces &#151; a rare loss in Iraq of the workhorse aircraft. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Robert Gates came to Baghdad on an unannounced visit, and the U.S. military said five soldiers had died.
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The Pentagon's inspector general Tuesday blamed "leadership failures" by top Air Force officials for a decade of sexual assaults and harassment against female cadets at the elite Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Thursday faulted the Air Force again for its handling of a contract with Boeing Co , upholding in part a protest by rival Pemco Aviation Group Inc .
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The Pentagon's inspector general on  Tuesday blamed leadership failures by top Air Force officials  for a decade of sexual assaults against female cadets at the  elite Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
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The U.S. command has ordered changes in flight operations after four helicopters were shot down in the last two weeks, the chief military spokesman said Sunday, acknowledging for the first time that the aircraft were lost to hostile fire.
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The Pentagon's inspector general on  Tuesday blamed "leadership failures" by top Air Force officials  for a decade of sexual assaults and harassment against female  cadets at the elite Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is facing some of the same problems that are driving the airlines to bankruptcy, rising costs and declining income, and faces two
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(Nov 4, 2004) -- RENO, Nev.  -- Numerous flights were delayed or canceled at Reno-Tahoe International Airport during a five hour period yesterday while the Federal Aviation Administration was doing equipment repairs.
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The Federal Aviation Administration was working Wednesday night to repair equipment that caused numerous flight delays and cancelations at Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
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Four of the Air Force's largest transport plane programs are behind schedule and over their target cost by a total of almost $1 billion, federal auditors said yesterday.