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The SR-71 Blackbird’s airframe was 85% titanium because no other metal could survive the heat at Mach 3

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird intentionally leaked JP-7 fuel onto the ground. The airframe was designed to seal its own fuel ...
The Aviationist

First C-130 Airframe Set to Be Converted Into E-130J Phoenix II Emerges

The first C-130J earmarked for conversion into the new E-130J Phoenix II has rolled out of the factory, as shown in an image released by NAVAIR. Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, released the ...

Why The KC-46 Pegasus Is Getting A Complete Boom System Overhaul A Decade Into Service

The latest on Boeing's struggling tanker.
Aviation Week

Boeing wins contract for T-45 training system airframes

TRAINING AIRFRAMES: Boeing has been awarded a $209.4 million contract modification by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., to provide 10 fiscal 2005 T-45 training aircraft system ...
Flightglobal

Deutsche Aircraft begins fuselage-cutting work to create D328eco test airframe

Germany’s Deutsche Aircraft has started construction of its first D328eco test aircraft, with cutting work to extend a D328 fuselage. The D328eco is an upgraded version of the turboprop, intended to ...