Academy will reconsider whether to grant victims confidentiality (EXCERPT), by Robert Weller ASSOCIATED PRESS 5:10 p.m. September 25, 2003 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – The Air Force Academy will reconsider its plan to deny rape victims confidentiality after an independent commission said such...

Pope Air Force Base airmen honored (EXCERPT) By Nomee Landis Staff writer Fifteen Pope Air Force Base airmen were awarded medals Friday for their roles in the war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five of the awards were Bronze Star medals. About 50 men from the 14th Air Support Operations...

Air Force Print News for Sept. 26, 2003 New ribbon recognizes deployed airmen =A0 http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=3D123005686 Academy officials commend report=A0 http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=3D123005692

On C-130s painted in camoflauge they used to leave a panel bare on each side of the vertical stab. There was a circle in the middle that was painted. What was the purpose of doing this? Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

Is this really true? http://donald.rumsfeld.swellserver.com/news/top_stories/worldrecord.php

(Zajcevi) wrote: Hello I would like to ask few questions about Vietnam era F-4s. I went trought many sources and I found some „blank“ areas. 1. First questions are related to Phantoms radar sets. In my search I found almost nothing about ranges (depending on RCS...

I have the basic information concerning a family friend who was KIA in Italy during WW2. The information comes from the American Battle Monuments Commission and includes his name, service number, squadron and group. How could I determine which aircraft he was flying in and whether it carried a...

In message , Hobo writes At http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/f-15i/F- 15I.html I found this quote: "Among other elements tested were the plane's performance at speeds greater than Mach 2, and at maximum...

Hobo wrote: My understanding is that the Shah of Iran was offered either the F-14 or F-15 in response to his complaints of Soviet violations of his airspace. Why did the Iranians choose the F-14? The F-15 would have seemed a better choice for non-carrier use. The...

Air Force Print News for September 25, 2003 Flame fighters (Stand-alone photo) http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005682 C-130 maintainers finish Herculean effort http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005677

C-9 squadrons' history ends with Yokota tribute (EXCERPT) , By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Saturday, September 27, 2003 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The yellow and blue flags of two squadrons here were rolled up and put away as scores of airmen prepared for...

Stole the following from a post to alt.military... -----Original Message----- From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Sent: 9/22/2003 12:43 PM Subject: FW: Report from the front

Paragraph extracted from a "Washington Post" article headlined 'Military looking at Guantanamo security breaches' published in today's Colorado Springs "Gazette". Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, suggested Wednesday the investigation has been expanded beyond...

The Purple Heart Registry The Purple Heart is one of our Nation's oldest military awards... honored to American soldiers of all ranks and organizations for sustaining injuries caused by or resulting from enemy action. An effort is now underway to register the names of all Americans, past and...

I was watching the Discovery Channel program comparing the F-86 and Mig-15 and heard that the F-86 can break the sound barrier. I know that this has been claimed many time before but is that the official position of the US Air Force? Is Yeager still officially the first man to break the...

Air Force Print News for September 24, 2003 Video show (Stand-alone photo) http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005668 DOD investigating Air Force translator http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005673

'Airman of Year' now spy suspect (EXCERPT) ASSOCIATED PRESS Ahmad al Halabi liked to fiddle with robots in high school. He grew up in one of America's biggest Arab communities, and went straight into the Air Force after graduation. He planned to marry his fiance days after his tour as an Arabic...

How difficult are the pre-employment tests and how many years do they go back on the criminal background check? Thanks

I have heard local rumors that the Mercury Seven astronauts trained at a facility here in San Diego and would like to investigate it. As the story goes, during WWII a school was built on Point Loma for families stationed at the Naval base there. Sometime in the late 40s-1950s, the housing was...

This is the first Joint airforce excersie between Isael and Germany and it shows how close to each other the two countries are. Israeli pilots beat the Germans by more than 100 hits in dogfights excersie (I don't know what exactly the excersie was simulating). According ot...