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Captain Brian Udell, an F-15E fighter pilot will acknowledge the anniversary of that fateful night without celebration because his Weapons Officer, Captain Dennis White, was killed during his ejection - or drowned after parachuting into a heavy sea at night. Udell miraculously survived one of the...

Hi all I have noticed that when a German F-4F Phantom is landing, the refueling "door" on top of the aircraft is open. Does anyone know why this is? I haven't noticed it on Phantoms from other contrys. Regards ----------------------- Søren Augustesen Email:

For the "It can happen to anybody" file----- http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20031003/localnews/379960.html Does anybody here know what type the plane was? Bob McKellar

Dear Group Members, Does anyone have any details of a two seat F-15 crash - I believe mid 1970s when the pilot a Col. Jacobs and his rear seater - a flight surgeon both had to eject at supersonic speed. Both ejected but did not survive? Any help really appreciated Mike Bennett (Project:Get Out...

There is one of these aircraft flying on the warbird circuit now. Does anyone know of any photos of this aircraft on the internet? The only photo I have found is the one in the currect Air Classics Magazine. Thanks Steve Jahn

Royal Navy's 800 Squadron page says "Each RN pilot faced the MiG-29 in combat and found the Sea Harrier to be a good match for the MiG. Thanks to the Blue Vixen radar the Sea Harrier won every time in beyond visual range engagements and also scored some notable successes when converting to the...

Russian planes are much better !

"Mike Keown" wrote in message ... Question: You are forced to ditch in a a/c with fixed landing gear. The sea is calm and search and rescue are aware of your situation and location. How do you put 'her' down? Mike --

October issue of Airman available (EXCERPT) SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Learn about what it took to make the air war over Iraq a success, read about the end of an era in Saudi Arabia and take a look into a drag-racing teen's lifelong obstacles. These features and more highlight the October issue of...

Air Force Print News for Oct. 6, 2003 Today's stories include: Young Iraqis arrive at Ramstein http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005744 Airmen can review records online

WARSAW, Poland (AP)--After a protest from French President Jacques Chirac, Poland said Saturday it had been mistaken in reporting that its troops found new French-made anti-aircraft misiles in central Iraq. Chirac swiftly denied selling Iraq weapons in violation of the U.N. weapons embargo imposed...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3170000.stm

"Information found to date suggests that Iraq's large-scale capability to develop, produce, and fill new CW munitions was reduced -- if not entirely destroyed -- during Operations Desert Storm and Desert Fox, 13 years of UN sanctions and UN...

As far as i know this is authentic. Does anyone know anymore about this ? Is it indeed authentic ? http://www.stolly.org.uk/lanc.wav Its a 400k wav file.

http://www.lewis.army.mil/arrowheadlightning/stryker_c130/stryker_C130.htm Rob

Hey all... Has there been a move towards using consumer goods, particularly electronics, on military a/c? I was watching something about the AWACS recently and I thought to myself "I wonder how those systems are all networked." - which set the ball rolling and I began to wonder if indeed there...

Small thing, but the cockpit windows aren't glass, they're plexiglass. Tom BTW - someone mentioned earlier about "jettisoning" the hatches. The cockpit doors aren't "jettisoned". Det cord runs along the edges of the glass and merely shatters it.

Flight/Maintenance/Repair manuals and parts katalogs FS: B-25 Mitchell/PBJ-1 1944/51 Structural repair instructions handbook. 155 illustrated pages contains virtualy all the parts and structural draws for B-25/PBJ-1 bomber. Printed(155A4 pages)-reprint or CD ROM version available T6-G...

Sorry for the delay, as usual hobby and work do not mix too well. Nevertheless, I finally completed a rough trnaslation of an article on the IJAAF bomber attacks on Saipan in November 1944. The URL is below. Ther are several errors, mainly names (including the english spelling of the airfield)...