December 13, 1993

December 13, 1993

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HEADLINE NEWS

FLIGHT TO FIX HUBBLE PAYS OFF

By JAMES R. ASKER13 min

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NO JAST PROTOTYPES TO FLY UNTIL AFTER 2000

By JOHN D. MORROCCO5 min

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USAF BOMBER FORCE COULD DROP TO 100

By JOHN D. MORROCCO5 min

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FLIGHT TO FIX HUBBLE PAYS OFF

Verifying telescope work will take weeks, but mission proves usefulness of humans in space, as well as the difficulties of working there

By JAMES R. ASKER13 min

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NO JAST PROTOTYPES TO FLY UNTIL AFTER 2000

By JOHN D. MORROCCO5 min

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USAF BOMBER FORCE COULD DROP TO 100

LANGLEY AFB, VA. The U. S. Air Force, which will take delivery of the first B-2 from Northrop later this month, could reduce its total bomber force, including B-1s and B-52s, to as low as 100 deployable aircraft by the end of the decade. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Merrill A. McPeak said, "We have a balancing act underway here in which we have to phase over time the right combination of bomber capabilities."

By JOHN D. MORROCCO5 min

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ROOIVALK TAILORED FOR LOW-LEVEL COMBAT

South African-developed helicopter has been ordered by the country's air force, which plans to begin operational testing in 1996

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ4 min

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AIR FORCE PREPARES TO OPERATE B-2 BOMBER

LANGLEY AFB, VA. The U. S. Air Force is gearing up to accept delivery of the first operational B2 bomber at Whiteman AFB on Dec. 17, but it will not be until the middle of the year 2000 that all 20 of the bombers reach their full potential. The full-up low observables and precision munition features of the B-2 will not be available until Northrop begins delivery of Block 30 aircraft in late 1997.
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LIVERMORE GUN FIRES SCRAMJET AT MACH 8

LIVERMORE, CALIF. Rockwell is pioneering a method of testing supersonic combustion ramjets—by shooting operating models out of a hypervelocity gun. The company's North American Aircraft and Rocketdyne divisions have fired three models at speeds over Mach 8 through the open sea-level atmosphere.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM4 min

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B-2 TESTING PACE INCREASES

LOS ANGELES The flight test pace of the Air Force/Northrop B-2 bomber has nearly doubled this year, compared to the previous 3½ years of flying. The B-2 test fleet flew close to 500 hr. between January and early this month, compared with an average 290 hr. annually in the previous 3½ years of testing.
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ESA BOARD URGES STATION ROLE SOON

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ARIANE 44L LAUNCH SET

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CL-415 MAKES FIRST FLIGHT

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