od piece plus letter to the editor: The Washington Times June 21, 2004, Monday, Final Edition OPED; Pg. A19 HEADLINE: Rebuilding air defenses; September 11 and the 'peace dividend' BYLINE: By Darl Stephenson, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040620-095246-4578r.htm

The Air Force Association's Vietnam War Almanac is at http://www.afa.org/magazine/Sept2004/0904vietnam.pdf Mike 602nd SOS, 56th SOW

from http://www.washtimes.com/national/inring.htm Missile defense Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld took a jab at critics of U.S. missile defense efforts during a speech last week in Huntsville, Ala. When he joined a commission on ballistic missile threats in 1998, "I was stunned by how...

"Why Raptor? The Logic of Buying the World's Best Fighter" is at http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/defense/pdf/LEX_FA22.pdf

Signal jamming a factor in future wars, general says Saddam Hussein's failed attempt to jam U.S. Global Positioning System navigation signals during the Iraq war is an example of the growing danger of space warfare, the Air Force's top space commander said yesterday. at...

First private-sector spaceship rockets into history A rocket plane flown by a 62-year-old pilot soared more than 62 miles above Earth yesterday before gliding back safely to a runway in California's Mojave Desert in the first privately financed manned spaceflight. at...

Air Force abandons pilot's court-martial The Air Force yesterday ended plans to court-martial Maj. Harry Schmidt, who mistakenly bombed an allied training range in Afghanistan, killing four Canadian soldiers. at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040624-112922-9874r.htm

Volcanic ash is aviation hazard British Airways pilot Eric Moody was on a routine flight when smoke and the smell of burning electronics poured into the cabin of his 747 — then all four of the plane's engines failed. at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040628-123407-2714r.htm

From time to time I want to show You some of my new pictures. This time I have some new shots of WWII Hellcat over Camarillo and som nice shots of LAPD Astar helicopters over Los Angeles. http://air2air.net Enjoy it Cordially -- Mariusz Adamski http://air2air.net

Here are some new shots on my website. This time You can see some ex-Polish Air Force MiG-15UTI based now in Mohave, California and TS-11 Iskra from Phoenix, Arizona. Beside this some Warsaw Police Department Bell 206, new Orlik and Iskras Demo Teams shots with outstanding Orlik and MiG-29 low...

The other prisoners Most of the coverage of abuse at Abu Ghraib has focused on male detainees. But what of the five women held in the jail, and the scores elsewhere in Iraq? Luke Harding reports Thursday May 20, 2004 The Guardian The scandal at Abu Ghraib prison was first exposed not by a digital

Am trying to find some info to help accurize (a somewhat outdated) Vietnam era flight sim - Janes Fighters Anthology. Can any of you military folks remember any numbers about the blast frag distances for various aircraft bombs - 500/750/2000/3000 lb? How about nape/CBUs/2.75 in FFARs? What would be...

Hi All, I just got back from the 2003 Dayton Air Show. Totally awesome! I don't know what was most impressive, so I'll just list what I saw today and you can decide... 1. Snowbirds, Blue Angels, and Thunderbirds all 2 hours apart. 2. F-18F, F-15C, AV-8B, S-3 demos 3. B-2, F-117A Flybys 4. ...

1/48 P-38 Lightning Jandina IV - Limited Edition - Armour 98170 Mint in the box (the photographed one is mine. The one up for auction has not been removed from box). Specs: Length 9.5" Wingspan 13" Weight 2.2 pounds (A big and beautiful plane for your collection) This P-38 Lightning is a 1/48...

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http://www.zone-5.com Pictures of the F-14 Tomcat, Tornado, F-117, B-2, F-22, JSF, Space Shuttle, and many more. Also Airshow Schedules with links to show's site, Programs, Sounds, and links.

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Does anyone have any memories of the Canberra WV787, an aircraft used by the MoA as an Icing Tanker Aircraft, and by the Army Department of the MOD as a Biological Warfare research aircraft. For the last 7 years I have been researching Porton Downs' BW experiments held in public areas of the UK....

What was the model number of the electric machine gun (mini gun) used by the early Cobra Heliocopters in Vietnam. Where can I go to get a blow up picture of one and a explanation of how it worked, espeically the feed system? Mike