Fire officer tops in field — again (EXCERPT) , By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Tuesday, October 14, 2003 These days, young airmen call him “sergeant two-time.” It started in August after Air Force Master Sgt. Michael L. Rosser earned a top-level military fire services...

Patrick AFB, NASA-KSC Area Log - Tuesday 09 March 2004 Several AWACS acft worked many many fighters all day long, multiple tankers serviced the aircraft; it was possible to only log some of the endless activity. All the inland ranges and offshore areas were active. For the second consecutive day,...

Hey Gang: So with all of the recent anonymous smear campaigns- unsubstantiated, "howler" type accusations- you know, the ones from anonymous posters with all of the ~~~ symbols etc. . . . .. . . does anyone want to take up a rational, fact based discussion of the premise that "both sides do it" ...

Does anyone have a picture of the b2's nav-lights on? I'm adding led mock-ups to a model and can't find a good reference photo online. I know there is the standard red on the left wing tip green on the right and a strobe on the front belly.. any others? -Niadh

Tank Fixer wrote: In article lrlcc.191716$_w.1878798@attbi_s53, on Mon, 05 Apr 2004 22:53:05 GMT, Onetree attempted to say ..... Is it just me or has our newsgroup gone to hell? I have been away awhile and now it seems that all it has become is a spam...

An officer in the U.S. naval Reserve was attending a conference that included admirals from both the U.S. Navy and the French Navy. At a cocktail reception, he found himself in a small group that included personnel from both navies. The French Admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans...

Anyone know anything about this piece of test equipment? I have one in good working condition and would like to know what it is used for and if it still has a usefull value. Any help would be apreciated. CONRAC CORP COMPUTER TEST SET P/ N 3052900 S/ N 0006. TEST SET,COMPUTER Manf: INTERSTATE...

From: (Michael Petukhov) snip If this isn't the election issue, I don't know what is. Why do you care? You aren't even eligible to vote and the results will not affect your country if it is as strong as you say it is. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Key tests for new jet set for April (EXCERPT) By DALE EISMAN, The Virginian-Pilot © March 25, 2004 WASHINGTON — The Air Force is ready to begin critical testing on its F/A-22 Raptor fighter-bomber next month, a senior official told lawmakers on Wednesday. Marvin R. Sambur, assistant secretary of...

Stars and Stripes Offers Free Electronic Newspaper, By Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA (EXCERPT) American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 30, 2004 -- Service members who don't have access to the Stars and Stripes newspaper but do have access to a computer can now go online to read or...

http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.kmweg.de/english/index.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DKMW,%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG Bradley is a P.O.S. by comparison. Rob

After winning the $18.9-billion contract to build the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in the summer of 2002 placed a $12.3-million order with Ingersoll Milling Machine Co. for custom-made machine tools to produce parts for the stealthy tactical aircraft. As of April of...

What does everyone make of this? http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/05244wna.xml Specifically, the following passage? The tone of the conversations was sharpened by a still-unreleased report about the series of air combat training engagements earlier this year...

Hello to the group. I just read a Google groups thread from a few years ago, on the Allison V-1710 engine. Two of the posts included a reference to a DARPA project to develop an engine for long range cruise missiles. It used a diesel engine as its core. Can anyone provide information on this...

looks like the USAF is considering jamming a reactor into one of their UAVS http://popularmechanics.com/science/aviation/2004/5/atomic_wings/index.phtml Think they'll resurect the "glow-in-the-dark" brigade too?

Sehr geehrte Kunden, Es gibt einiges an neuem Lesestoff,kurz vor Weihnachten gibt es noch einmal reichlich Neuerscheinungen. Luftwaffe im Focus Special No.1 "COLOUR" 42 Seiten,65 Farbfotos,1 Farbprofil,farbige Verbandsabz. 24,50 Euro Jagdwaffe Vol.4/2 The Mediterranean 1942 - 1943

From: Cub Driver lo ed flying to Australia in one of them. I can look this up in Bloody Shambles if you like. I just bought this two-volume set (and damned pricey at 29.95 pounds per volume) with high hopes. Haven't begun on it yet, but noting your comment above I turned to the description of...

After 23 years, Marines get last Super Stallion CH-53E helicopter (EXCERPT), by Holly Hickman ASSOCIATED PRESS 7:19 p.m. November 24, 2003 NEW RIVER MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, N.C. – The CH-53 helicopter is built for heavy loads – carrying the weight of four decades, three wars and dozens of...

Monday, 20 October 2003 134/2003 DEFENCE SUPPORT TO US PRESIDENT'S VISIT The Australian Defence Force will provide a comprehensive package of security support for the United States President's visit to Australia this week, Defence Minister Robert Hill announced today. "Defence will play a key...

London Times May 17, 2004 Overweight Carrier Fighters Give MoD £10bn Headache By Michael Evans, Defence Editor THE Ministry of Defence is facing another procurement disaster after a minister disclosed that the fighter jet planned for two new large aircraft carriers is far too heavy. Adam Ingram,...