Air Force Print News for Aug. 1, 2003 CSAF announces fitness program http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005351 Maintainers keep helos ready http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005350

Teamwork marks new academy tradition (EXCERPT) by 2nd Lt. Greg Hignite U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs 7/31/2003 - U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFPN) -- Students here participated in a new part of basic cadet training July 30 that involves heart, sweat and a desire to complete the...

Can anyone help with info and/or pics of an RB-47H? I'm building the 1/144 Hobbycraft RB-47H and am planning on custom decals for a/c 53-4305. The timeframe would be circa June-July 1957, when the aircraft was assigned to the 343rd SRS, 55th SRW at Forbes AFB, KS. I have a friend from college who...

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Hi all, You could see my photo of this great event here http://www.pegase-airshow.com/search.php?Venue=19 have a nice visit -- Franck

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.

The second printing of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" is still available. We were out of print soon after our October 2002 printing so it is good to have copies available again. We are also able to hold the original price, too. Military Aircraft designations catalogued from 1913 to...

Hi how do people rate the Embraer military models EMB 145 AEW&C and the EMB 145 RS/AGS? I know the formar uses the Erieye radar so it should be quite good. how do the hold up to NATO stuff? thanks Bernhard

During the early 90's there were more pilots than flight slots and some were "banked" for future needs and assigned to nonflying duties. When did they all get returned to flight duty? I was looking for information but couldn't get a good result from a web search. Thanks MAH

Why didn't it have an internal bomb-bay? It certainly looks like it had the capacity. The only photos I've ever seen have it hauling two bombs underwing... -- http://www.delversdungeon.dragonsfoot.org Remove the X's in my email address to respond. "Damn you Silvey, and your endless fortunes."...

On 3 Aug 2003 @ 18:58:42, Parallax wrote: What if NK said they had some sort of nuke Doomsday Bomb capable of contaminating a large part of Asia and it was hidden and in NK and they demand money. Kim Jong Ilk is just nutso enough to do something like this. Then we take our top people...

"Tuollaf43" wrote in message ... India's home built fighter aircraft went supersonic today for the first time. http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2003080205100100.htm Thats a good achievement for them. But, their wing...

I read that an F-14 has a mean time between equipment failure of 0.6 hours and other aircraft are similar. The F/A 18 has a mean time of 2.5 hours per failure. I conclude that the average F-14 flight of 3 hours has 5 equipment failures, and that half of all F-14 flights of 3 hours have more than...

Anyone know where theres good pics of F-4 pilots stepping to fly during Nam time period? Thanks, GMAN

US plans 6,000mph bomber to hit rogue regimes from edge of space (EXCERPT) Peter Almond THE Pentagon is drawing up plans for a “hypersonic” bomber able to travel more than 10,000 miles around the globe in about two hours. The Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle (HCV) is designed to fly at a top speed of...

(Eroplano) wrote in message ... Selling a new BF-109G ERICH HARTMANN CIRCA 1942 SOVIET JG52 Mahogany desktop model. Standard scale of about 14 inches in length. $100 SHIPPED Paypal accepted Email...

OTOH, approximately 100 incidents occurring in some 160,000 troops hardly makes an epidemic. That these occurrences are unusual is undeniable; however, their causation is more likely environmentally based than weapon inflicted, as some people are suggesting. The widely separated and random nature...

As some of you may know, I'm in the process of restoring an F-15C cockpit section to be used as a flight simulator. I recently got an ALR/56(?) countermeasures display for the project. Unfortunately, none of my reference materials say much about this display. Can someone tell me what the small...

WWII bomber crews recall horror of Ploesti (EXCERPT) By Dawn House The Salt Lake Tribune Texas State University professor Norman Whalen is known for his research of early humans in the Middle East. But this week, the former B-24 navigator reunited with other veterans at the Best Western...

Airman swaps stripes for wings (EXCERPT) by Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs 8/4/2003 - KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. (AFPN) -- Less than two years ago, Staff Sgt. Jerry Bennett raised his eyes to the sky as a weather forecasting instructor. Today, he takes to the sky as an Air...