Air Force Print News for March 31, 2004 Burn, baby, burn (Stand-alone photo) http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007360 Airmen recruit Iraqi military http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007357

The Honorable Senator John Kerry said "Had I been reading to children and had my top aide whispered in my ear, 'America is under attack,' I would have told those kids very politely and nicely that the president of the United States had something that he needed to attend to -- and I would have...

New aviation page! www.lwwo.slupsk.pl Many pictures of Polish MiG-21, MiG-29, Su-22.... Check It!

http://www.luft46.com/dsart/ds262-1.jpg The dedicated recon Me-262. Although some sources state that they were all unarmed at least one was test fitted with a central MK-108 firing through the nose. Rob

Dear Forum members, Can anyone help me with details of the two ejections by Alexander Rutskoi or put me in contact with a Russian Forum that might be able to help? I believe his first ejection was due to being shot down by Mujahideen either using a shoulder launched missile possibly a stinger or...

In the test pilot thread I mentioned Hanna Reitsch and some of her aircraft flown. I mentioned the See Adler (Sea Eagle) amphibian glider which most of you have never heard of. Here is a photo of it(1935): http://es.geocities.com/los_caranchos/images/F44.jpg This was Hans Jacobs designed glider...

Watching a Discovery channel documentary abut US aerobatic team The Thunderbirds I was interested to see that the pilots' pre-take off hand gestures were pixellated out. I thought these were either salutes, or 'thumbs up', or 'after you' signs. What about them could have got them pixellated -...

http://www.lazygranch.com/x43a.htm Some not as good as NASAs photos of the X43a test. Photos shot from a location near highway 58.

I was awaiting departure from BWI and glanced up from my place on the floor in the SWA queue. What first caught my attention was it was high wing. What REALLY grabbed me away from my book was the 1,2,3,4,5 FIVE bogies on the main gear. It turned and parked, and we taxied by it 30 minues later. It...

Air Force Print News for April 21, 2004 Pit stop (Stand-alone photo) http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007526 ASVAB changes will not mean lower standards http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007527

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Thanks - love those videos. Cheers -- Alasdair C Ewen reddeathdrinker

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I have a question about FAC operations in Vietnam. When a USMC got a radio call for help, could he vector in aircraft from all services, or were only USN/USMC aircraft at his disposal? Also, did Army ground troops have the capability to contact any FAC in the sky regardless of what service was...

Available from AeroFile Publications, is the Second Revised Edition of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems". Revised and expanded from the 1995 edition, the Second edition now features designations from more countries and many of the original designation systems have been updated...

Hello everybody! First I would like to thanx all those who came on my web site and those who let me some comments... What I want to announce you is that I've done a big job last days only for you: THE ENGLISH VERSION OF DESINAERO.FR.ST is now available...The pictures are the same at the moment...

North County Times | 7/1/04 | JAMES HANNAH The last Vietnam POW flying for the U.S. military called it a career Wednesday, reluctantly folding up his wings after 44 years in uniform. Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier, who reached the Air Force's mandatory retirement age for his rank at 62, was honored...

NASA's X-43A Scramjet hit 5000mph. See: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040328/ap_on_sc/hypersonic_jet&cid=624&ncid=716

Air Force Print News for March 25, 2004 Bombers based in Pacific (Stand-alone photos) http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007284 Base recalls teamwork following ramp horror http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007282

(cleaned it up a little) Thanks, btw to Ivan the Barbarian, for the format. G (Djangoo) wrote: Chechen website acknowledges heavy casualties