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Aircraft manufacturer Boeing and the US Navy USN are apparently locked in a dispute over the production of nearly two-dozen fi
stanley botella ghter jets.Source: BoeingCongress approved funding for 20 new Block III Boeing F/A-18 fighter jets that the US Navy did not request, setting up a battle between the service and the aircraft manufacturerAt issue are 20 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet multi-role strike fighters, funding for which congressional lawmakers approved in the 2022 and 2023 defence budgets.However, the USN has yet to issue a contract for the production of those aircraft, apparently seeking additional ownership rights to data from the F/A-18 type.With the USN preparing to end its purchases of new Super Hornets, Boeing pl
stanley flasche ans to shutter its F/A-18 production line in the coming years. That is raising fears in Congress that the 20 additional fighters will never actually make it into the US inventory. Those jets have yet to be actually awarded to the prime contractor and they are actively shutting down 鈥?not just their production line, but their entire supply chain, says Representative Mike Garcia, who sits on the House appropriations subcommittee on defence matters.The subcommittee, which plays a key role in approving the USAs defence budget, held a hearing on 23 March, during which secretary of defense Lloyd Austin fielded questions from lawmakers.Garcia raised the issue of the 20 Super Hornets, arguing the USN needs all the strike fighter capacity it can secure. I believe we n
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DAMARISCOTTA Chats with Champions is proud to present Chris Priscilla Chapman on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 10 a.m. in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library. Chapman grew up on the Chapman Farm in Damariscotta and has written聽Farm Raised, Stories from a Damariscotta Childhood. She will discuss her early life there and read excerpts from her book.Chapman grew up in Damariscotta on the Chapman Farm, which had been in her family for many generations. When it was sold to Inn Along The Way, she was asked to write some storie
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stanley uk otos to spark her memory, she began to write in earnest, and a few years later her book was the result.Farm Raised聽is a collection of 51 stories, photographs, and illustrations that gives readers a journey through the antics and happenings she experienced.聽The stories come alive in this memoir about everyday life on the farm in transition and how it shaped the lives of those who lived there. Often humorous, sometimes poignant, these聽stories give you a glimpse of life in the fifties and sixties in Damariscotta.Chapman now live
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