Air Force Print News for May 6, 2004 The 'Challenge' continues (Stand-alone photos) http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007660 Air Guard firefighters stand down http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007656

World War II-era B-17 makes belly landing THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (EXCERPT) LOS ANGELES -- A vintage World War II-era B-17 bomber with six people on board made a belly landing at a municipal airport after its landing gear collapsed, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injury. The...

Air Force ribbon will now show that wearer served in combat Stars and Stripes (EXCERPT) European edition, Thursday, May 6, 2004 ARLINGTON, Va. — The Air Force is adding a new touch to its Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon that will show that the wearer participated in combat. From now on,...

Thanks, Steve R.

That great western loony of a leader, George Bush is again, yes AGAIN at the planning stage of yet another regime change idea... or UN unapproved illegal overthow/invasion for simple people. This time its Cuba and cause Bush cant handle a country running itself as communist, denying free trade and...

http://www.crc.com/LRALT.htm No doubt if it were Russian, Denyav and Michael would be telling us about the fearsome new Russian technology. And we just needed a new target to shoot at :-)

All Vietnam Veterans Were Awarded The Vietnam Cross of Gallantry Awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States for valorous achievement in combat during the Vietnam conflict, March 1, 1961 through March 28, 1973. Every American who served in Vietnam was awarded the Vietnam Cross...

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...

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-29-2004/0002163485&EDATE= More details about the KC-130J tanker can be found here. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/kc-130j.htm -HJC

U.S. Financial Aid To Israel: Figures, Facts, and Impact http://www.washington-report.org/us_aid_to_israel/index.htm

Walt, would you check the file at http://www.warbirdforum.com/waltbj.htm and see if there are any changes you'd like to make? I compiled it from what I believe are two different postings, after a lapse of weeks, so I'm not entirely sure I got it sorted out. Thanks! (For anyone interested, this...

http://www.stop-us-military-aid-to-israel.net/

while it's sad that the reason they're over there is predicated on lies, but... you have to think of the soldier's plight in terms of reality, and the reality for a lot of them when they joined was poverty...those who joined because they believed in america don't necessarily have to stop believing...

Air Force General Officer Announcement (EXCERPT) NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 419-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 05, 2004 Media Contact: (703)697-5131 Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711 Air Force General Officer Announcement Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld...

NavNews for Wednesday, May 05, 2004 NNS040504-12. DoD Identifies Navy Casualties -- http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13152 NNS040505-02. First Iraqi Coastal Defense Forces Ships Delivered -- http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13135

Air Force Print News for May 4, 2004 A final look (Stand-alone photos) http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007633 Airmen help warriors get home safely http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007636

May issue of Airman available (EXCERPT) SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Read about how Airmen at Tyndall and other locations protect America s interior, take a look at the new Air Force basic training, and learn about Airmen who maintain lesser-known bases throughout South Korea. These features and more...

Noted pilot headlines Vietnam celebration (EXCERPT) Terry DeVine, The Forum Published Wednesday, May 05, 2004 · advertisement · There was a time when one could probably have been forgiven for wondering if Mark Berent had a death wish. Why else would someone spend four years and a day (four...

"Aerophotos" wrote in message firstly the us bitches whines etc etc as usual with iraq saying they some kind a threat .. ( beat the drum as loud as want til the people get idea ) next north korea says it can strike anywhere on the usa west coast with long range...

At 1:55pm EDT (1755z) E-8 JSTARS Mission Crew "STARGATE" was in comms with AWACS "DRAGNET UNIFORM" on 364.2. They passed Table Numbers for crypto between them. STARGATE was 75 miles east of Patrick AFB at the time. He corrected his ID from "RAZOR 33" (JSTARS Flight Crew c/s) a couple of...