REAL HEROES AS REAL PEOPLE

A pair of "yellow shirts" signals the launch of a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington off the coast of Italy. An AH-64A Apache helicopter gets a last-minute check from U.S. Army pilots at Ft. Rucker, Ala. A U.S. Air Force F/A-22 seems to be hurtling directly into a camera lens as it soars over California's Sierra Nevada.

These are among the more than 300 photographs featured in a new, 250-page hardcover book titled A Day In The Life Of The United States Armed Forces, published by HarperCollins. Boeing is the sole sponsor of the book, which takes a visual look at daily life for the men and women of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. These services are some of Boeing's biggest customers.

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MISSION POSSIBLE

Studies by Boeing engineers have helped NASA keep the International Space Station viable for the foreseeable future.

After the U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia accident on Feb. 1, NASA asked engineers at Boeing NASA Systems in Houston, part of Integrated Defense Systems, to look at options to maintain a safe and operable ISS.

The team, which includes a group called VIPeR, or Vehicle Integrated Performance and Resources, has taken into account the delay of the unique cargo-ferrying capabilities of the space shuttle.

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