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US Officials Eye Astor, Stress UK Alliance The British Royal Air Force has a new intelligence aircraft, the Sentinel R1, that's part of the Astor radar ground surveillance system. Stopgap Bill Includes $101B for Procurement The $630 billion-plus stopgap spending bill signed into law by President Bush includes $487.7 billion to fund the Defense Department and more than $40 billion to fund the Homeland Security Department through the end of fiscal 2009. Gripen Delivers Fighters To South Africa The South Africa Air Force (SAAF) has taken delivery of the first four of 26 Gripen NG advanced fighter aircraft ordered at the biennial Africa Aerospace and Defense show in Cape Town, South Africa. Israel First Foreign Nation to Seek F-35s Israel has become the first foreign nation to place its stamp of approval on the fledgling F-35 Lightning II warplane being developed by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth, Texas. Peeping Airman Crashes Love Nest A Japanese couple in an off-base "love hotel" had an unexpected visitor this weekend when a U.S. Airman dropped through the roof of their rented room. Army's Deal with Sears has Some Seeing Red The distinctive "Big Red One" insignia and colors of the 1st Infantry Division are part of an Army-inspired clothing line being rolled out this year for the department store Sears. Not all Soldiers or 1st ID veterans agreed on the appropriateness of having such a symbolic unit patch on a line of commercial clothing. US Forces Work On UAV Cooperation Plan The U.S. Army and Air Force are nearly finished working out plans for cooperating on operations of medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). VA Under Fire for GI Bill Delays Lawmakers angrily criticized Veterans Affairs officials for possible delays in implementing the new GI Bill benefits by the August 2009 deadline, calling for more urgency and ingenuity by department leaders. Bob Filner, D-Calif., charged that officials aren't working hard enough to find solutions. Production Presidential Helicopter Flies AgustaWestland has begun flying the pilot production version of its VH-71A variant of the AW101 for the U.S. presidential helicopter program. It is the first of five production aircraft that will be built under Increment 1 of the program, with 23 improved helicopters to be produced under the follow-on Increment 2. Patrol Aircraft Spot Drug Runner Semi-Sub U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection maritime patrol aircraft are the key to the initial successes the government is having in interdicting self-propelled, semi-submersible craft trying to smuggle tons of cocaine into the U.S.