Posts Tagged ‘President Obama’
 

 
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

F-22 Fighter Jets Intercept Two Small Planes Over New Jersey

Two private aircraft were intercepted by fighters over New Jersey Tuesday after violating a restricted area surrounding the United Nations.
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Closer to Siberia than to Anchorage, Alaska's tiny Ralph Wien Memorial Airport received a $15 million grant for runway improvements. (Image by FAA)

FAA Pledges $76 Million to 8 Airports Hours After Obama Speech

The FAA dispatched a deluge of press releases Friday afternoon announcing nearly $76 million in grants for airport infrastructure projects.
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Round 2: F-16 Intercepts Two Planes During President’s Chicago Visit

Similar to the recent intercepts in New York, two aricraft have been intercepted by a U.S. fighter jet during Obama's recent visit to Chicago as well.
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A McDonnell Douglas F-15C-35-MC Eagle out of the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Wing, at Langley Air Force Base, Va., flies over Washington D.C. (Photo by U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers)

Two Planes Met By F-15s Upon Entering President’s Airspace Over New York and Connecticut

Fighter jets intercepted two planes that strayed into President Obama's airspace during a campaign visit to Connecticut and New York Monday.
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President Barack Obama speaks in front of a Boeing 787 assembly line. (Photo by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren/NYCAviation)

President Obama Touts Boeing’s Air Superiority During Visit to 787 Factory

President Barack Obama toured and spoke at the Boeing factory in Everett, Wash. on Friday before an audience of the airframer's workers and with three 787 Dreamliners as a backdrop.
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