Air Force Academy Review Panel Sets Public Meeting (EXCERPT) PRESS ADVISORY from the United States Department of Defense No. 106-03 PRESS ADVISORY Sep 02, 2003 Sep 02, 2003 The DoD's Air Force Academy Review Panel will conduct a public meeting on Friday, Sept. 5, 2003, 1-3 p.m. EDT in Crystal...

Air Force Print News for Sept. 2, 2003 Standing guard (Stand-alone photo) http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005516 Airmen supporting JTF in Cuba http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005538

Diane Michaels, a self-described former Air Force brat (EXCERPT) Rantoul 10 years later: Steady climb, by TIM MITCHELL © 2003 THE NEWS-GAZETTE Published Online August 31, 2003 RANTOUL – When Chanute Air Force Base closed on Sept. 30, 1993, leaving a large portion of northern Champaign County real...

Back from spending a lovely week of vacation out on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island, reading about the disastrous Sydney to Hobart sailboat race of 1998 (probably not a good read while vacationing on a sailboat) and then Ed's book "When Thunder Rolled". Perhaps Ed's book got me into a...

"ArtKramr" wrote in message When I think of the RAF as it was back then, the words Shakespeare wrote for Henry the V before the battle of Agincourt come to mind, " We Few. We happy few, we band of brothers". Americans and Brits were indeed brothers in arms. And I hope we always will be.

"Ed Majden" wrote in message ... "Xenia Dragon" They are fair questions - should the US government be allowed to continue to dominate near earth space? Is space going to be nothing more than a scientific laboratory...

Yesterday I read two articles on laser assisted bombing which were quite satisfying but still managed to leave me wondering about the technology and the possibility of employing countermeasures during weapon delivery. Without giving away any "state secrets" perhaps someone on...

"ArtKramr" wrote in message ... "Posterity: You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." John Quincy Adams Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS

yes sea harriers have been used in air to air combat during the falklands war in 1982 against the argentinian mirages and were quite successful. "Boyan Brezinsky" a écrit dans le message de ... I know this has been discussed ad...

Does anyone have a clue where the tradition of cutting off the shirt tail of a newly soloed student began? I believe it has its roots in the military in WW1. While we are on the subject of tails, I recall that newly graduated 2nd Lts were called shave tails. Any suggestions on where this term...

This print shows 33 distinctly different aircraft roundels, starting with those of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and Royal Flying Corps (RFC) during WW I, the Royal Air Force (RAF) up to the end of WW II, through the era of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)...

I'm looking for more info, manuals,... about a WWI military airplane "FARMAN F40" (approx. 1916). Can anybody help?! THX. Please reply to

I have been doing some research and was amazed at the B-24's accident rate. From April 10, 1944 to August 31,1944, the Replacement Training Unit at Chatham AAF, Savannah, Georgia had 23 accidents. In those accidents, nine of the B-24s were destroyed and there were 54 deaths. The Navy had...

Ö§âmâ ßíñ Këñoßí wrote: "Nick" said: "Ö§âmâ ßíñ Këñoßí" wrote in message ... From the Christian Science Monitor of all places. Would they lie? :^)

"willdave davenant" wrote in message ... AF tankers, that is. Or will they? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,94339,00.html What a crock! Those tankers have been rigorously maintained for their entire lives. Age...

"Michael Petukhov" wrote in message ... http://nvo.ng.ru/wars/2003-08-29/1_geroin.html (in russian) general Alexander Markin, the commander of russian border guard in Tajikistan. "question: it is possible to make...

Strafing as if in a Dream It was a rare mission for us. Marauders were never meant to be thrown around at low level at high speed. And this was a low-level mission. We were to bomb a military target in a small city. Then we were to go down on the deck and strafe. It was the first strafing mission...

The news media are reporting that the recently deceased actor Charles Bronsen was a B29 tailgunner during WW2. I can't ever recall reading anything about him on various sites dealing with celebrities who served during WW2. Anybody know if this is true or just Hollywood hype? John

"Wim van Diermen" wrote in message Check it out on www.f-22raptor.com I poked around the site but damned if I could find a download link... -- http://www.delversdungeon.dragonsfoot.org Remove the X's in my email address to respond. "Damn...

(Kevin Brooks) wrote in message ... "TJ" wrote in message ... The following links show the first flight of the FC-1 yesterday. The first ...