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Pilots on jury short list for friendly-fire court martial by
Otis Willie
Pilots on jury short list for friendly-fire court martial
(EXCERPT) U.S. general names 12 potential panel members
Michael Friscolanti National Post
Thursday, July 10, 2003
A senior intelligence officer, a civil engineer and a B-52 pilot are
among the prospective jurors chosen to decide the fate...
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?? Wasps flew Hurricanes and Spits?? by
vincent p. norris
While at the Wright Memorial earlier this week, I picked up a NASA
pamphlet entitled _Celebrating a Century of Flight_.
On page 13 there's a picture of Jackie Cochran with a caption quoting
her as saying, about the WASPS, "We landed planes like the Hurricane
and the Spitfire in fields where I...
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December 20th 03 02:47 AM
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Greatest Altitude without pressure cabin/suit by
W. D. Allen Sr.
44,000 ft altitude means only about 1/7 of the atmospheric
pressure at sea level. So it's hard to believe a person
could maintain consciousness without oxygen pressure
equipment to get to 49,500 feet.
With half the atmosphere below 18,000 feet the U. S.
military requires oxygen masks above 15,000...
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Air Force Print News for July 8, 2003 by
Otis Willie
Air Force Print News for July 8, 2003
Today's stories include:
Falcon feats (Stand-alone photos)
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005223
200,000 parents receive pins
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the return of the nuclear-powered aircraft by
Prowlus
looks like the USAF is considering jamming a reactor into one of their UAVS
http://popularmechanics.com/science/aviation/2004/5/atomic_wings/index.phtml
Think they'll resurect the "glow-in-the-dark" brigade too?
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Changing *BIG* Aircraft Tires [Was Coalition casualties forseptember] by
Stephen Harding
Peter Stickney wrote:
for that matter, necessarily any greater. Working on the tires of a
heavy truck, or, to keep thinga a bit on topic, a fairly good-sized
airplane has quite a bit of risk involved. Go down to the local
Which brings up the question of precisely what is the method...
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Good Good America by
Chris Mark
The below link is to the music video "Good Good America" by Cpl, John Preston
and L.Cpl. Nick Hoffmann, 2nd Batt., 7th Marines, somewhere in western Iraq.
The duo created the video because they were frustrated with the news media's
narrow focus on US casualties to the exclusion of the broader...
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F-8 avionics by
Zajcevi
Hello
Today I have read in one polish mag an article about F-8 Crusader.
Quite interesting, but info about radar and avionics equipment seems
to me bit confused.
F-8A (F8U-1) – daylight only fighter equipped with AN/APG-30A
ranging radar (same as F-100), no other details about...
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RF-4 vs RA-5C by
[email protected]
Another interesting tidbit about the Vigilante is that the AF
considered putting it back into production for use as an interceptor.
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Bush Balked at Direct Order From Guard Commander by
WalterM140
Bush should be arrested, not reelected.
"President Bush failed to carry out a direct order from his superior in the
Texas Air National Guard in May 1972 to undertake a medical examination that
was necessary for him to remain a qualified pilot, according to documents made
public...
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Boeing $241.8 million contract ballistic missile-hunting Airborne Laser by
Larry Dighera
BOEING CO. won a $241.8 million contract to continue work on the
ballistic missile-hunting Airborne Laser, a modified 747, the
Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said on Monday. The contract,
which runs through June 30, 2005, modifies an earlier agreement
to account for cost adjustments to the...
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****** bin kenobi: pud pounding prophet or dork? by
Matt Wiser
"John Mullen" wrote:
"Ö§âmâ ßíñ Këñoßí" wrote
in message
...
Throw in a killfile rule based around U$
in the heading and you don't
see
90% of the crap that worthless **** posts
anyway.
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July 20th 03 05:57 PM
by Gordon
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Strategic Command Missions Rely on Space by
Otis Willie
Strategic Command Missions Rely on Space
(EXCERPT) By Maj. John Paradis, USAF Special to American Forces Press
Service
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 26, 2003 -- Applying the operational experience
gained during the global war on terrorism to flesh out the use of
space forces in theater operations is one...
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TWO EXTREMELY RARE ROCKET BOOKS ON EBAY - INCREDIBLE ROCKET HISTORY! by
TruthReigns
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY AUCTIONS ON EBAY CLOSING THIS 7/11/4 SUNDAY
EVENING IN USA:
EXTREMELY RARE EARLY ROCKET VOLUMES WITH RESTRICTED TITLES DATED 1946.
THESE ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,
NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH COMMITTEE. NO RESERVE.
(1) "FIELD TESTING OF ROCKETS"...
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B2 Bomber nav lights. by
Niadh
Does anyone have a picture of the b2's nav-lights on? I'm adding led
mock-ups to a model and can't find a good reference photo online. I
know there is the standard red on the left wing tip green on the right
and a strobe on the front belly.. any others?
-Niadh
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