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		<title><![CDATA[Pressure Building On KC-X Award]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent semi-private World Trade Organization WTO ruling in the Airbus subsidiaries matter is now inserting itself into the U.S. Air Force's new tanker contract.  As we recently wrote about there are many Boeing supporters willing to use this ruling to support making the new contract sole source. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:57:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Leaked Air Force Budget Documents Shows Major Cuts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Future budget documents for the Air Force have been leaked showing the service is planning major cuts to acquisition programs. by Matthew Potter]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:58:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Boeing Talks Up Tanker Re-bid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Paris Air Show is ongoing which requires all defense contractors to exhibit and talk up their current and future programs.  Boeing was able to disrupt the U.S. Air Force's, Northorp's and EADS' attempt to build a new tanker aircraft as their protest was upheld.  Now with a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:00:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obama's Proposed Defense Budget for Next Year Axes Major Programs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Secretary of Defense announced the broad themes of his budget today.  Mr. Gates has canceled several major programs, restructured the Army's biggest, and proposed major changes to the DoD workforce.  The proposal will end F-22 production at the current force of 187 including the four currently...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:40:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alabama Aircraft Announces Win on KC-135 Litigation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAII) announced today that its subsidiary, AAII - Birmingham has won its case filed on June 26, 2008 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims against the United States Air Force and The Boeing Company which challenged the Air Force's selection of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government Michael B. Donley (1) has been nominated to become the next U.S. Air Force secretary, while Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, has been appointed as the U.S. Air Force chief of staff. Carol A. Haave has been appointed as assistant secretary, International Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland security. Lt...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5th district race   Rayburn has been tested in crucible of military life   These are days that call for genuine and tested leadership; the type of leader who has been through the crucible of making tough, right decisions.   Having served our nation in the military...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kongsberg Receives First Orders for the Protector Remote Weapon Stations  for the U.S. Air Force]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Last week, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS was awarded a $28.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army for deliveries of the PROTECTOR Remote Weapon Station RWS. This is the first time that the Air Force has awarded Kongsberg a contract for weapon stations,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Safety expects bigger payoff]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Air Force senior free safety Aaron Kirchoff describes himself as "an avid personal investor," and he spends his down time at the academy trading stocks online.   He's done well. At the beginning of his junior year, Kirchoff received a $32,500 loan -- a handful of banks give them...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senior A.F. acquisition official steps down]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080729/ai_n27961450]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AP -- A senior Air Force acquisition official resigned Monday, less than two months after the surprise ousting of the service's top military and civilian leaders.   Kenneth E. Miller, who served as special assistant for Air Force acquisition under former Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, has stepped...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Department of the Air Force Awards AMC West Housing Privatization Project to Balfour Beatty Communities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_July_24/ai_n27952309]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AMC West Project Comprises Three Air Force Bases and 2,435 End-State Housing Units; Represents Company's 14th Military Housing Privatization Project  NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- Balfour Beatty Communities formerly GMH Military Housing announced today it has finalized agreements with the Department of the Air Force to be the private sector...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FLIR Systems Announces Orders of $9.2 Million for Systems to Be Provided to the U.S. Air Force]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has received two orders totaling $9.2 million for its SeeSpotŪ III+ high-performance thermal imagers. The units delivered under these orders will be provided to the U.S. Air Force to support its surveillance and observation missions.  Work on these orders will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Don&#39;t keep audits secret]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080708/ai_n27905321]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It wasn't on the scale of losing M-16 assault rifles or accidentally arming a B-52 bomber with six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, but the news that Hill Air Force Base lost control of its mass-transit and van-pool system still is disturbing.   Perhaps most troubling is the fact that an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A persistent presence: Pacific Air Forces: 100 million square miles of nonstop responsibility]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBP/is_5_52/ai_n27944982]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It would take a C-17 Globemaster III more than 60 hours of nonstop flying to skirt the edges of Pacific Air Forces' area of responsibility. It's an area that includes 16 time zones and 43 countries in 100 million square miles.  It encompasses the smoggy shores of Los Angeles...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[General officer announcements; Department of Defense news release]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0QMG/is_4_37/ai_n27948408]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the president has made the following nominations:  Air Force Col. Christopher C. Bogdan has been nominated for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Bogdan is currently serving as the senior military assistant, deputy under secretary of defense (acquisition and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[General Hoffman to lead Air Force Materiel Command; Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0QMG/is_4_37/ai_n27948411]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Department of Defense officials announced April 18 that Lt. Gen. Donald J. Hoffman, currently the military deputy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition at the Pentagon, will become the sixth commander of Air Force Materiel Command. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[General office announcements; Department of Defense news release]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0QMG/is_4_37/ai_n27964410]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the president has made the following nominations:  Air Force Lt. Gen. William M. Fraser III has been nominated for appointment to the grade of general with assignment as commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, III. Fraser is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[McCain&rsquo;s Boeing Battle Boomerangs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmnew/is_200806/ai_n27897182]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of John McCain&#8217;s most celebrated achievements in recent years was his crusade to block a Pentagon contract with Boeing for a new fleet of midair refueling tankers. Incensed over what he denounced as a taxpayer &#8220;rip-off,&#8221; McCain launched a Senate probe that uncovered cozy relations between top Air Force...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.F. colonel gets 9 years in prison]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080627/ai_n27886886]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WICHITA FALLS, Texas AP -- An Air Force colonel was sentenced to nine years in prison Thursday and kicked out of the military for assaulting a woman, misusing his government travel card and other crimes at Sheppard Air Force Base.   Col. Samuel Lofton III faced 140 years in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alabama Aircraft Industries Files Lawsuit Challenging Air Force's KC-135 Contract Award to Boeing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_June_26/ai_n27871549]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. AAII announced today that it will be filing a lawsuit in the United States Court of Federal Claims challenging the United States Air Force's selection of Boeing for a $1.1 billion contract to maintain the fleet of KC-135 refueling tankers. On December 27,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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