Air Force Print News for May 20, 2004 AF commercials begin filming http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007773 Luke F-16 crashes http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007774

System Failure Is Blamed In U.S. Downing Of British Jet The plane, hit near the Iraq-Kuwait border last year, could not identify itself as friendly, a report says. By Associated Press LONDON -- A British military jet shot down by a U.S. missile during the Iraq war was hit after a failure of the...

From Janes JSF security technology costing up to US$1bn By Bill Sweetman Up to US$1 billion of the projected cost overrun on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is attributable to the development of 'anti-tamper' (AT) technology to protect stealth features on the JSF, together...

Air Force radios jam garage door openers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (EXCERPT) EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A new military radio system is jamming remote-control garage doors in communities near this Florida Panhandle base. During testing last week of the $5.5 million two-way radio system at Eglin,...

Air Force Print News for May 19, 2004 On the lookout (Stand-alone photo) http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007756 Officials return Vietnam War remains to family http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007758

Singapore F-16 crashes in Arizona THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (EXCERPT) SELLS, Ariz. -- An F-16C fighter jet belonging to the Singapore Air Force crashed in southern Arizona during a training flight and the pilot was unaccounted for, officials said Thursday. It was not immediately known if the...

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo Colorado WHAT: is sponsoring a rededication and reunion of former F-104 Starfighter pilots Whe at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum. The dedication will be in the museum's new 30,000 square foot hangar. The museum is located approximately 6...

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo Colorado WHAT: is sponsoring a rededication and reunion of former F-104 Starfighter pilots Whe at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum. The dedication will be in the museum's new 30,000 square foot hangar. The museum is located approximately 6...

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

I am currently working with an Aussie, a Canadian, and a Brit friend to knock out YAMB ("Yet Another Mosquito Book") and so far we have gathered over 200 photos of the DH-98, plus assembled comprehensive captions for nearly all of them. Unfortunately, only 9 of them are of nightfighter variants,...

Which wars did everyone fly in?

Medal of Honor message to be delivered at Mighty 8th (EXCERPT) Retired Air Force general to focus on lessons learned from living recipients of America's highest award for military valor. Steve Corrigan 912.652.0318 A retired Air Force major general best known for his role as a television and...

Former U.S. air base in Vietnam receives first tourist flights (EXCERPT) HANOI (AFP) — An air base in central Vietnam used by U.S. bombers during the Vietnam war received its first domestic flights Wednesday as the region seeks to bring in much needed tourist dollars, officials said. Vietnam...

rec Air Force Print News for May 18, 2004 Care in Cambodia (Stand-alone photos) http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007746 Pilot killed in F-16 collision

At 5:14pm EDT (2114z) Range Control announced on 157.1 that the Atlas 2AS will launch in about 40 minutes. The window is from 5:52pm to 8:46pm though. At 5:24pm, Cape Control announded a launch time of 2222z. But is it common for "holds" to delay the count. You can get some of the freqs I'm...

I have uploaded some slides of RCAF aircraft taken during my tour with the RCAF on the alt.binaries.pictures.aviation web site. Thought some of you might be interested as there is a very nice shot of an RCAF photo-rec Lancaster, the Golden Hawks, RCAF Harvards, Argus ASW, C119 Boxcar, and a SAR...

Does anyone know if the DHC Twin Otter was/is ever been used by the US military? Thanks, Randy Farnsworth Author of "A Stand Yet Taken" http://randyfarnsworth.com/

I was talking with a colleague in my office in Belmont, California yesterday, when I a B-24 flew into view in my window, heading north towards SFO. "Jeez, Jeff, it's a B-24!" I assume it's in the San Francisco area for an airshow. Anyone know anything more?

Does Mexico even have an airforce? Do they field any combat-capable aircraft, or is it just non-combatant types like search and rescue or cargo planes? According to the news http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63433,00.html?tw=wn_1techhead the Mexican Air Force spotted unidentified "UFO"...

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