http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,125860,00.html I haven't seen the Twinkee Moore's film, but I've met this General. Thank you, Sir. As commander of the 8th Air Force, I was present when President Bush stopped to deliver a message to the American people at Barksdale Air Force Base. Throughout...

Air Force Print News for July 17, 2004 Air Force names 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008170 New privacy rules intended to reduce suicide risks http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008179

Carrier strike groups test new Fleet Response Plan http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=23326 {EXCERPT} , By Scott Schonauer, Stars and Stripes European edition, Sunday, July 18, 2004 ABOARD THE USS ENTERPRISE — American and allied naval forces in the eastern Atlantic Ocean...

AFA assault report to be delayed http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3041043,00.html {EXCERPT} , By Rocky Mountain News July 16, 2004 Congress won't get to see a long-awaited report on Air Force Academy sexual assaults until at least September, U.S. Sen. Wayne...

Showing off at the world's largest military, aviation trade show http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/farnborough_18bus.Dallas.Edition1.a3c86.html {EXCERPT} Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Jul 17, 2004 2004 AIR SHOW FARNBOROUGH, England The Pentagon plans to be front...

Retired military pilot was born to fly http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20040717-9999-m1m17tfvc.html {EXCERPT} San Diego Union Tribune, CA as an Army Air Corps bomber pilot during World War II, Hudson voluntarily went back into the military to fight in the Korean conflict and the...

Where to start? "Tonight, I am instructing the leaders of the F.B.I., the C.I.A., the Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to develop a Terrorist Threat Integration Center, to merge and analyze all threat information in a single location. Our government must have the very best...

With the appropriate upgrades, the C-5 can last for another 25 years or so. See: http://aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_aerospacedaily_story.jsp?id=news/glxy07164.xml Is it worthwhile to upgrade the C-5's, or should we just build more C-17's?

Not content with the MOAB the USAF is developing the larger Big Ordnance Penetrator (B.O.P.); despite its size, this isn't the largest conventional bomb developed by the USAF (actually USAAF)- the 43,500 lb T-12 Cloudmaker that didn't make it into...

The question lingers: What happened to Scott Speicher? http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/9179563.htm {EXCERPT} Miami Herald (subscription), FL - Speicher had survived. His office said the pilot "may at one time have been - and conceivably could still be - a prisoner of...

Woman to take over Air Force Academy dean post http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040717-0213-academy-dean.html {EXCERPT} ASSOCIATED PRESS 2:13 a.m. July 17, 2004 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – A woman has been nominated to replace a dean at the Air Force Academy who was criticized for...

Marines mark copter's 40th birthday http://www.jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=24087&Section=News {EXCERPT} July 17,2004 ANDREW DEGRANDPRE DAILY NEWS STAFF Twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon, in a letter to a retired Marine master sergeant,...

Not content with the MOAB the USAF is developing the larger Big Ordnance Penetrator (B.O.P.); despite its size, this isn't the largest conventional bomb developed by the USAF (actually USAAF)- the 43,500 lb T-12 Cloudmaker that didn't make it into...

Prof. Vincent Brannigan wrote: We are losing our republic to the howling mobs. democracy is a bitch huh? Usually is.

Hi. I have heard some military comms on my scanner (not that I understand everything I hear). If I understand correctly, "Flight Level" or FL is used to describe altitude. So, FL400 would be 40,000 feet? My question is, if an airplane is way up there, can I hear the plane down here? (I can hear...

http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/special_reports/iraq/story/978295p-6862352c.html Rob

http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/special_reports/iraq/story/978295p-6862352c.html Rob

Not content with the MOAB the USAF is developing the larger Big Ordnance Penetrator (B.O.P.); despite its size, this isn't the largest conventional bomb developed by the USAF (actually USAAF)- the 43,500 lb T-12 Cloudmaker that didn't make it into...

Does anyone know the future airforce plans for the E-10A? http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/e-10.htm Kind of curious as to what command would be in charge of it, and where it would be based (STRATCOM/Offutt?). It also seems to open up another can of worms since its built on a...

Air Force Print News for July 15, 2004 Welcome to today's U.S. Air Force Print News. Today's stories include: Air Force Fleet Viability Board releases C-5A assessment http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008163