Patrick AFB Area Log - Friday, 27 Feb 2004 We heard from the Dutch F-16s today; so they are still TDY at Cecil. The exercises of the USS JFK acft continued; more Hawkeye callsigns than normal. So much comms traffic that it is nearly impossible to log. I am just posting some of it now. Scott AFB...

Hello everybody I’ve spent some free time with reading threads in this forum related to Vietnam war. It was very nice reading and while I’ve got few books about Vietnam war (Michel’s Clashes one of the best) I’ve learned a lot unknown facts – at least to me. Some of...

For example the Germans captured many Allied aircraft and test flew and demonstrated them in their own markings. Were any ever shot down? A P-61 shot down a Luftwaffe-flown KG 200 B-17 in early 1945. It had been involved in dropping German agents in American uniforms. The "Böing" was...

"John Mullen" wrote in message ... I was driving down the A9 from Inverness to Edinburgh today and got a really good look at a Tornado GR as it passed at low level over the road. Later I saw what looked like F-15's (2, maybe 3 -...

Did the Japanese battleship Yamato ever fire an AA salvo during WW2? A visiting friend of mine in the Navy told me the Japanese had a battery-fired AA weapon that was actually fired in battle. I guess it didn't work as the ship was sunk! Anyone know what this weapon was? I can't find anything...

THE GAIAN PARADIGM 1. Man is an ANIMAL; a product of Mother Nature; and his economic interactions are as "natural" and as subject to natural laws as the interactions in a forest food-chain. These "natural laws" are those governing COMPLEX SYSTEMS - non-linear; ill-understood at present; and only...

Air Force Print News for March 9, 2004 Daddy's home (Stand-alone photos) http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007171 Air Force begins full-scale assault assessment http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007166

U.S. won't have to reveal other friendly fire events: Schmidt's lawyers hoped to use other incidents to help their case (EXCERPT) Michael Friscolanti National Post Thursday, December 18, 2003 The U.S. military does not have to disclose potentially embarrassing details about other "friendly fire"...

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is projected to cost $5.1 billion, or 17%, more than budgeted, forcing a one-year delay and a cut in the number of planes produced, according to Pentagon documents. And only two years into the program.

Hi, the following info was forwarded by a reader of "Aviation News" (Sept. 2003), which has an article about the ASCC code name system (sometimes not quite correctly known as "NATO code names"). He said the article mentioned the following recently assigned (or not so recently, but not widely known...

Show makes vets' spirits soar (EXCERPT) Lana Haight The StarPhoenix Monday, August 18, 2003 Scorching temperatures Saturday and unsettled skies on Sunday may have kept many air show enthusiasts from attending the ninth annual PotashCorp Canada Remembers International Air Show but...

Chaplains urge couples to attend retreat to solve problems, By Kent Harris, Stars and Stripes (EXCERPT) European edition, Sunday, May 30, 2004 AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — Air Force personnel are participating in longer deployments in joint operations these days. Chaplains at Aviano are hoping that...

Air Force to replace enlisted historians with civilians (EXCERPT) , By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Wednesday, October 22, 2003 The Air Force active-duty historian is a dying breed. The service decided this year to replace its enlisted historians with civilian ones, said...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bush Plans To Slash Popular Programs After Election A leaked White House memo shows that if George Bush is re-elected, he will make large cuts in many government programs, including both homeland security and veterans...

An Australian company is building an 80 percent scale Spitfire, with 45 kits sold to date. FMI: http://www.supermarineaircraft.com For the WHOLE story, go to http://www.aero-news.net/news/sport.cfm?ContentBlockID=2ae8d1fa-1449-4efe-9caa-3f8f649a1d1d&Dynamic=1 all the best -- Dan Ford

51st Fighter Wing betters rating to ‘excellent’ with inspection (EXCERPT) , By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, February 20, 2004 OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Taking a closer look at what they do well and what they need to improve will be the focus of an Air...

Military jet makes emergency landing at MidAmerica (EXCERPT) BY JENNIFER A. BOWEN Plane lands safely; no one injured -- MASCOUTAH -- An Air National Guard plane made an emergency landing Saturday night at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport after a warning light

This sensible essay appears in today's Wall Street Journal: January 7, 2004 Business World Air Security Lies In Deterrence, Not Nuggets By HOLMAN W. JENKINS JR. That information and intelligence are two different things was amply

USAFE commander: 86th Airlift Wing will divide for combat, support operations (EXCERPT), by Marni McEntee, Stars and Stripes European edition, Thursday, November 27, 2003 RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — In a major reorganization, Ramstein’s 86th Airlift Wing — now the largest in the Air Force — will...

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:21:15 -0700, Hobo wrote: It is commonly said that delta wing designs lose an above average amount of speed while turning and that this a deficiency of the design. Is this true, and if why does this occur? Also, how does this reputed flaw affect...