Alan Dicey wrote in message ... I have Closermann's book "The Big Show" (don't know what the original French title was; the english copy includes a credit for Oliver Berthoud as translator). In the three-page chapter titled "Walter Nowotny", he wrote "On 15th March last I was leading a...

Air Force asking some NCOs to pick new fields (EXCERPT) , By Ron Jensen, Stars and Stripes European edition, Monday, January 26, 2004 RAF MILDENHALL, England — Master Sgt. Anthony Atkins has had better days in his 17-year Air Force career than the recent one when the service told him to choose a...

Welcome back, George, and best wishes for a speeedy recovery. vince norris

My good friend and I are having a debate over the German Albatros fighter in WW1 and I need some help. Can anyone answer the following: 1) In 1918 which fighters formed the majority of the Imperial German Flying Corps- Albatros or Fokkers? My friend says Fokkers, I disagree. 2) Even though the...

At the risk of boring everyone to distraction I have a couple of new points to make. I've been watching this evening the repeat Tx on Ch4 of the programme where they took an RAF crew and trained them on a simulator to repeat the Dams' raid. As part of their training they were taken to Canada and...

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Video was shown on CBC-TV this week of a Ukrainian flagged(and built) AC departing Fredericton, N.B., civic airport loaded with equipment bound for Haiti. Troops from CFB Gagetown left earlier in a Herkybird. Canada has been dependant for several years on Ukraine owned ANTONOV 124's for heavy lift...

Hi Tom, Just reading the Osprey Iranian Phantom ops book, and in it you make reference to IIAF/IDF exchanges. Do you have any more info on this? It kind of makes sense in terms of the 1970's and the fact the Iranians are Persians rather than Arabs, but is still the first I've heard of it, and I'd...

Air Force Print News for Feb. 10, 2004 A clean strut (Stand-alone photo)=A0 http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=3D123006950 Officials limit re-enlistment window to three months=A0 http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=3D123006942

Wednesday 25 Aug 2004 N21NG: LJ-35A LearJet #343, Northrop Grumman JSTARS Integration Facility, Melbourne IAP 8:00am: Departs KMLB. 3:30pm: Lands KMLB. NASA 4: G-1159 Gulfstream II, NASA Kennedy Space Ctr 8:35am: Departs Patrick ABF to K_AL, poss Wallops Island Facility.

Utah National Guard Consolidates Army and Air http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=113150 {EXCERPT} KSL-TV, UT - 25 minutes ago SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- As part of a nationwide reorganization of the military, the Utah National Guard has combined its Army and Air Guard leadership...

This brings back the memories of a USAF Captain on exchange duty with VAH-5 41 years ago. He had maybe 4,000 hours multi-engine including the RB-66. After A-3 plane commander training in the RAG/VAH-3, he reported aboard VAH-5 preparing for the 1962 Forrestal Med cruise. He completed FCLP's with...

WASHINGTON - The FBI (news - web sites) is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning. In a bulletin sent Christmas Eve to about...

soc. groups trimmed "Stinky Pete" wrote in message ... Check out the Jan 19th issue of Aviation Week. In there they make a solid case that the fragmentation of air routes has already started....

NASA has reported today that the Mars Rover did not land on Mars, but somehow landed in Iraq, where yesterday two enlisted men filled it full of holes when its extended arm made a threatening gesture.

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,...

'Moore is shameless in feeding his own ego' Observer film writer Mark Kermode on the controversial filmmaker behind Fahrenheit 9/11 Sunday June 27, 2004 The Observer The most annoying sound at this year's Cannes Film Festival was the incessant drone of Michael Moore telling everyone in town that...

Subject: Photos of flying Blériot XI From: "Daniel Karlsson" Date: 1/17/04 5:51 AM Pacific Standard Time ee photos of one of the world's oldest original flying machines, a 1909-type Blériot XI flown by Mikael Carlsson: Daniel K Aviation...

Would like to reply to your email, but it seems that all .gov and contractors are blocking "adelphia.com" sources. Seems that they can't distinguish major cable service providers from fictitious spammer domains. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (ret) ***"When Thunder Rolled: *** An F-105 Pilot Over N....

I was at Albrook Field in the Canal Zone 1952-55, when our fledgling Air Force decided to host a Central and South American ' good will ' tour centered around the AF's Thunderbird Team of F-86s -- and one Chuck Yeager -- who was the AF's renowned test pilot. The Caribbean Air Command was to be...