Hello! I'm a little 'new' around here. My name is Jim D. I'm,from Allentown,Pa. I am a former US Airman. (1960-64) Anyway… I wanted to share this bit of info with you. I was at Beale AFB in 1962, when the motion picture, "A Gathering of Eagles" was being filmed. Here's my new Web-page on all of of...

PACAF’s Hawaii air ops center sets new goals while adding 109 positions (EXCERPT) , By Wayne Specht, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Thursday, August 21, 2003 Lessons learned during more than a decade of Middle East air operations resulted in an expansion of Pacific Air Forces’ Air Operations...

C-9 completes last U.S. mission (EXCERPT) by 2nd Lt. Nicole Barnum 375th Airlift Wing Public Affairs 8/19/2003 - SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFPN) -- Airmen prepared for Air Evac 696's Aug. 18 mission as they would for any other. But this was not like any other mission. The aircraft, a C-9A...

U.S. Air Force lands at Moscow air show (EXCERPT) by Master Sgt. Kenneth Fidler U.S. Air Forces in Europe Public Affairs 8/18/2003 - ZHUKOVSKY, Russia (AFPN) -- U.S. Air Force aircraft landed at Zhukovsky airfield just south of Moscow Aug. 18 to participate in the Moscow Aviation and Space Show,...

Pitch for unmanned flights could come by year's end (EXCERPT) By Greta Wodele, National Journal's Technology Daily Supporters of flying aircraft without pilots in commercial airspace could approach the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by the end of the year with proposed standards and...

Look Robert, you can dislike, bash, and offend me until the hell freezes. That will not change anything on the fact that any action of this kind against the reactor at Bushehr is not going to stop the Iranian project - which would be the ultimative target of any Israeli military action. I have...

Team evaluates combat identification (EXCERPT) by Capt. David Small and Navy Cmdr. Tom Gresback Joint Combat Identification Exercise Public Affairs 8/14/2003 - GULFPORT, Miss. (AFPN) -- Nearly 2,000 people participated in a joint combat-identification exercise at the Combat Readiness Training...

QUENTIN ROOSEVELT: A SKETCH WITH LETTERS Anyone have this book? I have an aviation question that might be answered in it. I am trying to determine if Roosevelts' Neiuport 28 had Marlin or Vickers guns. al

Roger Smith wrote: FINALLY! I have got things scheduled to go to Fleet Week! We are going to be staying at the Anthony Chabot park in our Airstream. We can pickup BART at the Castro Valley station and go under the bay. What is the recommendation for Muni to get to the...

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Air Force wife, kids found dead (EXCERPT) By Charlie Coon, Stars and Stripes European edition, Saturday, July 19, 2003 The wife and two daughters of a Ramstein Air Base noncommissioned officer were found dead Thursday along a forest road near Hauptstuhl, Germany, about 10 miles west of the...

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The second printing of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" is still available. We were out of print soon after our October 2002 printing so it is good to have copies available again. We are also able to hold the original price, too. Military Aircraft designations catalogued from 1913 to...

The last Boeing 307 Stratoliner returned to the air on Friday following repairs after its March 2002 ditching in Elliott Bay. After a couple of test flights, it leaves Saturday, July 26th for Washington D.C. via Oshkosh.

Shahab-3s should have been developed with the help of the North Koreans. BTW, as it seems the AFP is not correct on this one: http://www.iribnews.com/Full_en.asp?news_id=183984 Tehran, July 19 - The chief of the UN's Nuclear Watchdog has denied reports that inspectors found enriched uranium in...

Once I read a story about an American officer who complained to his superior about the way things were handled on the airfields of Iwo Jima. He thought that repairs to bombers returning from missions over Japan could be done much better and faster. The superior - not in a mood for a discussion -...

The second printing of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" is still available. We were out of print soon after our October 2002 printing so it is good to have copies available again. We are also able to hold the original price, too. Military Aircraft designations catalogued from 1913 to...

Selling some of my books. If interested in any of the following then email me at Squadron/Signal: -------------------- Aircraft #14 Gunslingers Aircraft #32 F-14 Aircraft #38 F5 Aircraft #53 F-16 Walk Around #9 - F6F Hellcat Air Force Colors Vol.1 1926-42

Air Force Print News for July 18, 2003 Initial SARS test results are negative http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005281 Investigation leads to indictments http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005286

I'll sell him my 172 and throw in a roll of pre-cut Tinfoil (chaff). With all the pressure for him to resign, I think the last thing on his mind is transport - Mmm maybe not! :-) Clive