"Seven 20- and 21-year-old cadets were ticketed by police for drinking alcohol in an off-campus hotel room early Saturday with two young women, aged 16 and 18. " As far as I'm concerned, the AF Academy has failed it's mission, and the tax dollars should be shifted to the Army and Naval Academies. ...

AF announces major selections (EXCERPT) 7/22/2003 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- More than 2,200 Air Force officers were selected for major by the 2003A promotion board, officials announced July 22. The board was held at the Air Force Personnel Center here May 5. Board officials...

AF cutting back re-enlistment bonuses (EXCERPT) , By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes European edition, Friday, April 2, 2004 Click here for the Selective Re-enlistment Bonus list. WASHINGTON — With retention so high that the Air Force is now over-strength, service officials are eliminating...

AF investigators cite pilot error in fighter crash (EXCERPT) , By Joseph Giordono, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Saturday, January 10, 2004 YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea — Poor situational awareness was the likely cause of a Sept. 9 fighter crash into the Yellow Sea, Air Force investigators...

AF jets roar again on Osan runway (EXCERPT) , By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Monday, February 23, 2004 OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — When the Air Force closed the runway here for repairs in September, it meant big changes for pilots and ground crews. The roar of jets on...

Aviation Week & Space Technology 02/16/2004, page 16 U.S. Air Force officials are reviving proposals to buy short-takeoff and vertical-landing F-35C versions of the Joint Strike Fighter and a bomber derivative of the F/A-22. The FB-22 has a larger diamond-shaped wing and could carry 30 or more...

AF to host Air, Space Power Day at Osan (EXCERPT) , By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Tuesday, September 2, 2003 OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — High-performance jet fighters roaring past in formation, a dramatic “rescue” mission, live bands and a play area for kids all will be...

AF trying to avoid involuntary RIFs while cutting 16,600 airmen by 2005 (EXCERPT) , By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes European edition, Saturday, March 6, 2004 ARLINGTON, Va. — With a March 12 deadline fast approaching, only some 1,250 airmen have asked the Air Force for an early out under the...

AF unveils force development plan (EXCERPT) by Tech Sgt. David A. Jablonski Air Force Print News 10/10/2003 - WASHINGTON -- Air Force leaders are launching a spread-the-word tour in November to explain force development, a new system that transforms how the service will train, educate and...

AF's first female wing commander dies at 77 (EXCERPT) Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, August 1, 2003 The first woman to command an Air Force wing died July 22, Air Force officials at the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Retired Maj. Gen. Norma E. Brown was 77. The Pentagon did not...

` ` ` ` Sat, Mar. 27, 2004 ` A KNIGHT RIDDER INVESTIGATION Air Force let Boeing rewrite terms of tanker contract ` BY JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY

Looked up around 3:15 PM in Southern New Jersey, after hearing noise from a plane going overhead. I saw a four engined plane with a blue bottom and what looked like white trim. Any chance this as Air Force One? Wonder where GWB was today? Either way it was kind of low, like the DC-9s that go down...

Turkey Dinner Tour Now, http://gc.kls2.com/ says the Great Circle distance KADW-BGW is 6200m, and AF1 has a published range of ~~7300 miles. But Great Circle would have taken them across multiple countries, including those evil fried potato folks; so I'd assume they did not use that...

AFA assault report to be delayed http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3041043,00.html {EXCERPT} , By Rocky Mountain News July 16, 2004 Congress won't get to see a long-awaited report on Air Force Academy sexual assaults until at least September, U.S. Sen. Wayne...

AFA cadets head to hills for test of survival skills (EXCERPT) By Dick Foster, Rocky Mountain News July 15, 2003 COLORADO SPRINGS - The early morning sun was already hot Monday when 1,255 freshman cadets marched out of the Air Force Academy and into the nearby foothills on their second big step...

Anyone know where to get a copy of the AFM 66-1 manual? Was it replaced with another maintenance program? I've been able to locate the Navy's Aviation Maintenance program (OPNAV 4790.2H) and would like to compare it to the AFM 66-1. Anyone know what the Army uses for Maintenance Data collection?

Thought this might interest you. "Nov 2 US Army Co/159th AVN CH-47D Chinook Tail rotor pylon hit by one of two SA-7 Strela shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles fired from a date palm grove at 0900hrs whilst flying with another Chinook, which was undamaged. The two were ferrying around 60...

AFMC pilot initiative aids test, operational worlds (EXCERPT) 2/17/2004 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) -- An Air Force Materiel Command initiative to trade more than 20 unfilled military pilot positions for civilian personnel funding may bring more experience to the test world...

I'm looking for the information about events which took place in 1980's. Then during the studies on Stealth (F-117) airplanes US government agencies spreaded disinformation. I'm interested particulary in PJ AFOSI department and its director - Col. Hennessey. It is said that he has been proved to...

After 23 years, Marines get last Super Stallion CH-53E helicopter (EXCERPT), by Holly Hickman ASSOCIATED PRESS 7:19 p.m. November 24, 2003 NEW RIVER MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, N.C. – The CH-53 helicopter is built for heavy loads – carrying the weight of four decades, three wars and dozens of...