Sam Welden gave the Grandview group a military-style acronym, "Operation BRAT, (EXCERPT) Soldier meets his Boca 'Angel Team', by Lona O'Connor, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 18, 2004 BOCA RATON -- Army Staff Sgt. Sam Welden, just back from Iraq, got a family homecoming celebration...

Friendly Fire Notebook An effort has begun to collect and preserve the details of every friendly fire incident that took or changed the lives of American soldiers. Since the Revolutionary War thousands upon thousands of military personnel have been injured or killed due to mistaken or...

Little Friend takes Big Brother Home We were flying a maximum effort (56 Marauders) heading East into Germany We were in the number two slot in the high flight flying deputy lead. Way in the distance I saw a tiny spot coming toward us. As it came closer I saw it was a single B-17. When it came...

He went down on this mornings mission. He won't be back. When Paul, Bob and I arrived at the 344th we were assigned to the 494th squadron and given separate quarters along the squadron street. I entered mine and dumped my stuff on the one empty bunk there. I unpacked my B-4 bag, hung up my...

"Brash" wrote in message ... I've never met the bloke and I don't know the ins and out's of that business. But after speaking to those who have and do, I'm left with the impression you should take articles like...

According to the Edwards Open House website, they will fly the predator at the show. I've seen the predator fly at Indian Springs, so this won't be too exciting, but still it will be cool since they will relay video from the predator to the jumbotron. Now my question is has the predator been flown...

I am hoping someone in this group will recognize a logo on a watch I've just received. The logo seems to be a red, combat type, military jet inside a red circle. At the top of the circle is a diamond shaped pattern with 9 diamonds inside (these are all actually squares, on their side). I have...

Heard from a friend of mine about a news report he saw on tv tonight which said that a radical new arabic group is planning to arm the palestinians with WMDs. I suppose that means nukes/chemical and bio weapons? That wouldnt be so bad a idea.. as Israel already has WMDs.. so palis get to fight...

Jul 13, 2003 - During a press briefing on Friday, investigators ruled out the age of the space shuttle Columbia as a contributing cause to its destruction. With the most recent foam test, which knocked a large hole in sample shuttle wing panel, the force of the impact would have broken through,...

I have been doing some research and was amazed at the B-24's accident rate. From April 10, 1944 to August 31,1944, the Replacement Training Unit at Chatham AAF, Savannah, Georgia had 23 accidents. In those accidents, nine of the B-24s were destroyed and there were 54 deaths. The Navy had...

Air Force Print News for July 14, 2003 Today's stories include: Fill 'er up (Stand-alone photos) http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005249 AF sends tanker report to Congress

Why aren't they more common? It seems like the advantages of them compared to single main rotor + tailrotor helos are pretty significant, not great enough to replace traditional designs entirely but at least sufficient to be more popular than they are now.

Academy: Test answers may have been leaked, By DAN ELLIOTT (EXCERPT) ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The Air Force Academy is investigating whether students obtained the answers to test questions before a crucial exam, officials said late Friday. Seventy students were...

There have been a lot of unkind things said about Russian hardware on this board...but... There are the following facts. 1. In most cases, it's been U.S. frontline (and face it, Israeli AF is equivelant to the U.S. frontline air force) against export models. 2. We've been fighting services with...

Saturday, 1 May 2004 GUNFIGHTER 12: F-14D, Oceana NAS VF-101 "Grim Reapers" 9:40am: Area transition northward, FL 270. GUNFIGHTER 15: F-14D, Oceana NAS VF-101 "Grim Reapers" 10:08am: Area transition northward, e/r Oceana.

Florida National Guard Replaces Old Helicopters http://www.news4jax.com/news/3560060/detail.html {EXCERPT} News4Jax.com, FL - 45 minutes ago JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Florida Army National Guard's Apache helicopters took their final flight from Jacksonville Wednesday, as the guard gets rid of...

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...

Air National Guard band to play free concert http://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/story/0627202004_new02_guard.asp {EXCERPT} Parkersburg News, WV - PARKERSBURG - The 38-piece Air National Guard Band of the Great Lakes, known as the "Triple Nickel," will perform a free concert from 7-9 pm July 6 in...

i read this in a book one night, an extract by Spike Milligan; "flying in itself is not inherently dangerous; crashing IS"!! just a little quip, but so true, hadnt thought of it that way!!

Mil Acft HF Comms, Tuesday 10 August 2004 13927.0 USAF MARS Operator AFA1 0250z USB wkg PITT 13 (C-130H, Pittsburgh 911AW 758AS) re ETA Pittsburgh 0130 Local. (10/Aug/2004) (ALS) 8983.0 USCG CAMSLANT-Chesapeake VA: ????z USB wkg CG 1501 (HC-130H, Elizabeth City NC) re Ops Normal report....