Does the US Air Force have any enlistment careers in Intelligence? Or are all jobs in that field reserved for officers only? But would that include NCOs? Help me out here. And thank you.

I need to post this question for someone who doesn't have internet access. Where would you find your paperwork for the DD 214 if you lost the origional copy? Where would you look? It's got to be in the Archives somewhere but where?

Just out of curiosity. Could somebody like me - An American - No Criminal History - Single male - 19 years of age .........Join the English Royal Air Force? Would that make me a British Citizen? ~Thanks in Advance!

Is it almost guaranteed if you want to use the air force to get into med. school and to pay for it? As long as you can make it through basic training? How exactly does that work? Basic training? AIT? Why AIT when they just pay your tuition for your choice of university? I hear you owe the air...

Would this arangement have been as useful for WVR dogfighting? I thought the F-22s scheme for the IR missles was supposed to be one of its biggest advantages. I believe it would be fine,the thought being perhaps to get the seeker head on the AIM-9 exposed to an IR source..I'm not sure which...

It is sad to report that famous Polish/Canadian CF-105 Arrow test pilot has died as reported on this evenings CTV News. Jan flew with the RAF during WWII emigrating to Canada after the war. He became AVRO Canada's chief test pilot. First on the CF-100 where he was credited with a first, breaking...

Anyone see a PBS program on a B-24 RCAF recon operation in the Indian Ocean theater during WWII. If I recall correctly the daughter of one of the crew members arranged to get a flight in a CAF B24 for her father. In an interview he said he stopped going to aircrew reunions as no one ever heard of...

Back in the old days, 1940-50s some aircraft were equipped with glass astro navigation domes used to take astro sightings. I am trying to find one of these glass domes in very good condition for an astronomy project. Does anyone know where I can find one at reasonable cost? The dome will have to...

The latest search for the CF105 AVRO Arrow test models ended in failure according to news reports. At the time these tests were carried out, Canada did not have a supersonic wind tunnel so test models of Arrow were mounted on rockets and fired across Lake Ontario. Interested groups are anxious...

D-Day 6 June We all owe a heartfelt BIG THANK YOU to all the Vets that won our freedom on Normandy Beach and other theaters in WW11. Life would be very different had these young HEROs not been there! THANK YOU!!!!!! Ed Majden ret RCAF/CAF 1958/86

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...

How come there has been a change to where reply messages are posted? Before, they were listed under the original message but now they appear separate. Ed

Anyone need an IR target seeker head from a Voodoo for your collection? ;-) Stumbled across this on the web! Just what every military enthusiast needs, eh! Infrared Receiver P/N 463767-110, FSN 12709541589 $ 600.00 US Please visit: www.torontosurplus.com for further details. This unit was used...

Are there any good books on the Canadian fighter squardrons during WWII and the missions they flew? Also a history of No.6 Bomber Group.

Best ground crew job in the Air Force! NCO I/C debriefing, parking, and turn around, on a Patriot or other SAM missile! ;-) Ed (retired-Bomarc tech)

Back in the early days preparing for going to the Moon NASA invited some Navaho Nation natives to see the preparations. One of the Navaho Chiefs asked if they could send a plaque to the Moon. Officials though about this for a time and then said it would be okay if they provided two plaques, one...

Just saw a clip on the TV news that the U.S. Osprey is in CFB Shearwater in Nova Scotia being tested for icing conditions. The interviewed aircrew member stated that the Osprey had problems in the past but this redesigned version was a good aircraft and he had full confidence in it. Shearwater...

Just heard on the radio that Sea King pilots in the C.A.F. will be given a course on how to ditch safely in the ocean! I think some of them know the technique already! I wonder if the political decision makers will be invited to go along as passengers???????

I just received the North Island Weekender, newspaper North Vancouver Island, and it contains a story honouring a 82 year young WWII Veteran, former RCAF pilot Ken Moore, recognized for helping sink two German submarines within 22 minutes on June 7, 1944 in a B24 Liberator. He was with 224...

Anyone have a photo of the prototype CF-100 painted in black? AVRO Canada sent me one when I was a young kid, but I lost the darned thing. Also interested in a CIM10B Bomarc SAM photograph in RCAF colours! Can anyone help? Ed