Civil Air Patrol adds surveillance to duties (EXCERPT) By Ryan Slattery, Globe Correspondent, 8/30/2003 LAS VEGAS -- For six decades the Civil Air Patrol, the volunteer auxiliary arm of the US Air Force, has been flying search and rescue missions, hunting for lost hikers and downed aircraft. But...

Squadron formed to test Osprey for combat readiness (EXCERPT), by Otto Kreisher COPLEY NEWS SERVICE August 29, 2003 WASHINGTON – The Marine Corps' prolonged struggle to deploy the V-22 Osprey gained ground yesterday with the formation of a squadron that will try to prove the accident-plagued...

Bronze Star rewards 100-hour effort (EXCERPT) By Laurin Sellers | Sentinel Staff Writer Posted August 29, 2003 PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE -- Tech. Sgt. Alexander Del Valle was the first air-traffic controller to arrive Feb. 27 at the tower just 34 miles from the Iraqi border. It was a critical...

Hey all... I'm an enthusiast of the game Janes F15 (a fairly high fidelity F15E sim; old but still great) and I was wondering why the A-G radar mode works the way it does... Essentially, to get a patch-map of the target area, the target area can't be in the "bore" of a sixty-degree arc directly...

Air Force office studies aging aircraft (EXCERPT) by Staff Sgt. C. Todd Lopez Air Force Print News 8/29/2003 - WASHINGTON -- The Air Force has created an office within the installations and logistics directorate to assess the future of its aging aircraft fleet. Air Force Secretary Dr. James G....

"MLenoch" wrote in message Anglo-Zionist corporate mafia You must live on the east coast. That or in a log-and-cement bunker in Idaho. -- http://www.delversdungeon.dragonsfoot.org

JStONGE123 wrote: Why was the P-51 not used on aircraft carriers during WWII? Beside the obvious no tail hook.....ect. No tail hook. No extra heavy duty landing gear for carrier "landings". No folding wing. No need.... the F6F was quite capable in its place.

Now this war can join the group of all the other wars the US has fought! http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0803/29irmarry.html Bob McKellar

Air Force Print News for Aug. 29, 2003 (EXCERPT) Welcome to today's U.S. Air Force Print News. Today's stories include: Jumper talks uniforms, ops, tankers http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005522

Air Force Print News for Aug. 28, 2003 (EXCERPT) Welcome to today's U.S. Air Force Print News. Today's stories include: Air Force office studies aging aircraft http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005514

Air Force announces winner in Small Diameter Bomb competition (EXCERPT) PRESS RELEASE -- Secretary of the Air Force, Directorate of Public Affairs Release No. 0828039 Aug 28, 2003 Air Force announces winner in Small Diameter Bomb competition Washington, D.C. - Dr. Marvin Sambur, the assistant...

I watched a very interesting interview with aircraft designer, Burt Rutan on CBC-TV a few days ago. He claimed that the large aircraft manufacturers aren't being very innovative today. As a test pilot at Edwards he stated that some of the aircraft he tested in the past out perform today's modern...

Hi guys, Slightly off-topic, but i have friend going to Kazakhstan in october/november. Where can i see the launch schedule from Baikonur, and is it publicly available ? Thanks in advance for any help

Hi guys need somehelp working out what has been flying round near my place. I live on the North Coast of N.S.W Aus and has seen at night and once in the day a large military transport flying bout , its biger than a C130, propeller driven and has 6 engines. I know the C130 is the biggest we have and...

"T3" wrote in message ... Given the USA's dependence on space based assets for communication, control as well as surveillance and targeting not to mention what else we are not aware of (black ops), it would seem that the...

Try www.classmates.com they have a portion of the site dedicated to military service. I found a few friends there. Pat "Daryl" a écrit dans le message de ... does anyone now how I can search for old friends who I served...

Air Force Museum forms review panel (EXCERPT) Panel to probe Air Force museum, by Wes Hills WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE | The U.S. Air Force has formed a blue-ribbon panel to review practices at the U.S. Air Force Museum, where hundreds of items, ranging from bombs to artifacts of aviation...

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(A forwarded message) Weapons of Total Destruction Many might remember the Neutron bomb which, when exploding, leaves buildings and roads intact while showering life on earth with lethal doses of neutron radiation. This way an enemy can kill all life within a zone and take possession of a city...