Is this the first time a woman has become part of a military fast jet display team?

Seems so!

Capt. Nicole Malachowski, of the 494th Fighter Squadron at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, joins the team as the first female demonstration pilot on any U.S. military high performance jet team.

Source: ANN – USAF Thunderbirds Appoint First Female Pilot

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Dear Captain Nicole Malochowski,

i wish you all the best gaining new flying experiences!!! 😎 🙂

May you and your new team mates always return safely! 🙂

SSBJ

Still, I can see a SSBJ having its first flight between 2015 and 2020.
Supercruise engines and boom reduction from the QSP-Programm and so on.
Maybe something like this:

American media

It looks like this story just made it to local media:

Press of Atlantic City – French jets diverted to A.C. International

I’m mixminded. :confused:
Let’s see how this new course of action proceeds!

I just translated online the text over the first pic to get some info, why the KC-10 was in Beijing, China:

Thousand Long Wangxun this puts up the KC-10 aircraft-refueling
vehicle to fly to the Beijing, China in this May to carry out the
task. This machine subordinates the California state Travis AFB, this
base is located the San Francisco northeast 90 kilometers place,
subordinates the American mobile headquarters, was established in June
1, 1992, got down governs 15, 21 air units, its duty was is
responsible to the armed forces of the United States to provide the
“whole world to arrive the” strength. (Photography: Overwhelming
power)

:confused: :confused: :confused:

Does someone more info, why the tanker landed in Beijing?

Thanks in advance!

Sandy, thanks for the hard work, you did in the last 2 hours!!!

It’s superb!!!

Boeing @ Paris Air Show 2005

Source: Boeing.com – Boeing to Highlight 787 Dreamliner, 777-200LR Worldliner and KC-767A Tanker Transport Aircraft at Paris Air Show 2005

Airbus denies A380 delays linked to production problem at Hamburg plant

IMHO, Airbus France and Airbus Germany are arguing, which plant should take over the responsibility for the delay.
It’s has also more to do with the new Airbus CEO’s.

HAMBURG (AFX) – Airbus has denied a press report that the delay in delivery dates of its A380 superjumbo is linked to production problems at one of its
German plants and not to safety or quality issues.

“That (the press report) is not right,” said Arndt Hellmann, a spokesman for Airbus’ German operations. “We delivered our (aircraft) parts to Toulouse on time.”

Earlier, the International Herald Tribune, citing sources, reported that the
Airbus plant in Hamburg failed to properly assemble some components, which will mean a delay of as much as six months in the assembly of the aircraft at the Airbus factory in Toulouse.

The Hamburg production problems are not the only reason for the delay, which
Airbus announced Wednesday, but they aggravated the normal snags that often affect aircraft projects, the newspaper added.

Copyright AFX News Limited 2005. All rights reserved.

Sources: AFX News – Airbus denies A380 delays linked to production problem at Hamburg plant
spiegel.de – Werke streiten über Schuld beim Zeitverzug