Boeing was awarded a $400 million contract by the Defense Department for engineering services on B-1 and B-52 strategic bombers.
The contract, announced on Friday, covers recurring and non-recurring services. The B-1 has been in service since 1986, while the B-52, nicknamed the Stratofortress, was first introduced in 1955. Specific work, covered by a $35 million award as part of the contract and to be finished by Dec. 31, 2019, will be done at Tinker AFB, Okla.; Edwards AFB, Calif.; Barksdale AFB, La., and at Boeing's Oklahoma City, Okla., facility.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management office at Tinker AFB is the contracting agency.
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UK spotter credited with breaking news of Trump's Iraq trip
London (AFP) Dec 28, 2018
A British aviation enthusiast was credited Friday with breaking the news of US President Donald Trump's secret visit to Iraq over Christmas after snapping photos of his plane over northern England.
Alan Meloy, a semi-retired information technology worker from Yorkshire, took the pictures of Air Force One from outside his home with a camera he also uses for bird watching.
He shared the images on his Flickr account, correctly identifying the plane as a VC-25 - one of two highly customised Boeing ... read more
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