Circa 1968 the USAF ran a special school for "Special EWO" positions. In short the students got a quickie EWO course, got a suffix on their AFSC, went to SAC, which allowed the release of skilled EWOs to move out of B-52s into hot slots such as Weasels, EB and EC aircraft. The "Special EWO" class...

US Army AH-64 Apaches based in South Korea have an unusual mission - dealing with North Korean seaborne infiltration forces. The Apaches practiced anti-ship tactics with Navy P-3s and destroyers in Exercise Foal Eagle this year. Their potential targets would be Gongbang class hovercraft, Nampo...

Air Force getting Fit to Fight (EXCERPT) , By Fred Zimmerman, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Saturday, January 10, 2004 KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Kadena’s 18th Wing airmen — and the wing’s commander — sweated through push-ups, crunches and a 1.5-mile run Thursday as they completed their...

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Air Force captain finds passion in taking on physical challenges, By Kent Harris, Stars and Stripes (EXCERPT) European edition, Monday, May 24, 2004 AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — Damian Schlussel will readily admit that he’s not the best mountain climber stationed in northern Italy. But who knows?...

I worked the B-52Gs and Hs from 86-94 and the B-1B until 1998. I served with the Buff out of Fairchild AFB in SAC and then in ACC, and the BONES at Dyess AFB. I pulled many Alert tours and Deployed with the Buff to Diego Garcia for Desert Shield and Storm. Just want to hook up with people with a...

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Yes, I know it's bad to START a thread off-topic, but I have no idea how else to ask. OK, in my quest to look for bibliographies so I can do research for school, I figured I'd look on USENET. Unfortunately, I have no idea where to begin looking. Side-factor is that I only know English; Not even...

Mexican military plane crash kills six (EXCERPT) MEXICO CITY, Sept. 20 — A Mexican air force transport plane has crashed in central Mexico killing all six crew members, authorities said on Saturday. The Hercules C-130 crashed 40 miles (70 km) south of the city of Zacatecas on Friday after dropping...

Posted on Sun, Mar. 14, 2004 San Jose Mercury News Many veterans reject Bush LONG DEPLOYMENTS, BENEFIT CUTS ERODE SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT By William Douglas Knight Ridder WASHINGTON - When the Bush campaign asked James McKinnon to co-chair its

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Medal are awarded by supererior officers based on reports, investigations and recommendations. Kerry didn't award himself anything. And the neocons who say he did are all liars as usual. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website...

I've been reading 'MAGNESIUM OVERCAST - The Story of the Convair B-36', by Dennis R Jenkins, and have been finding it absolutely fascinating. Plenty of hard-core techno stuff, esp. powerplant, a subject near and dear to my heart. What doesn't seem to be covered is the B-36's electrical...

Indiana National Guard pilot killed in midair collision http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/8689806.htm {EXCERPT} Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - 1 - Two F-16 fighter jets collided Monday during training, killing one of the pilots, the Indiana Air National Guard said. The other...

From: (Michael Petukhov) Date: 2/5/2004 3:02 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: http://lenta.ru/vojna/2004/02/04/poteri/ in russian Summary; Russian army representative told that 463 servicemen killed in 2002 in...

Aircraft performance flight models I'm developing flight models for an upcoming combat flight simulator for next year, to say the leaste it will knock the world back a bit as nothing like this has really been done before. ANY information along the lines of real world flight envelopes for modern...

Former head of cadet discipline says she never saw a 'true rape' (EXCERPT), by Robert Gehrke ASSOCIATED PRESS 12:08 p.m. September 10, 2003 WASHINGTON – The Air Force Academy officer formerly in charge of cadet discipline told military investigators that she never saw a "true rape" at the...

FLAK, EVASIVE ACTION AND THE DEADLY GAMES WE PLAYED Flak took a greater toll on our bombers than fighters did. We had two weapons against flak, "window" and evasive action. Sometimes they worked, sometimes they didn't. But work or not, we played them anyway. There was no other choice. "Window"...

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Hi We are proud to present you a complete online overview of the Argentinian Air Arms, the Air Force plus Naval and Army aviation . Next to that we have a database available in which you can find the inventory of the Air Arms. At http://www.scramble.nl/ar.htm you will find the following. -...