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...

Air Force Print News for Aug. 22, 2003 Air Force reaches recruiting goal http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005480 Falcons test positive for West Nile http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005474

Air Force Print News for Aug. 21, 2003 Scrub-a-dub-dub (Stand-alone photo) http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005470 Metallic name tag mandatory Jan. 1 http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005469

Airmen in Europe may go back to three-month rotation schedules (EXCERPT) , By Charlie Coon, Stars and Stripes European edition, Friday, August 22, 2003 RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Airmen in Europe might be returning to three-month rotation schedules by spring or early summer, their top commander...

Air Force announces acquisition management reorganization (EXCERPT) PRESS RELEASE -- Secretary of the Air Force, Directorate of Public Affairs Release No. 0820037 Aug 20, 2003 Air Force announces acquisition management reorganization WASHINGTON, D.C. - Air Force officials announced a major

Army officer recieves Tuskegee Airman Award (EXCERPT) By Natalie Granger August 21, 2003 Washington (Army News Service, Aug. 21, 2003) -- For the first time, an Army officer was selected for the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Military Award. Lt. Col. Patrick D. Sargent,...

Enola Gay flies into new A-bomb controversy (EXCERPT) By David Rennie in Washington and Colin Joyce in Tokyo (Filed: 21/08/2003) America's most distinguished museum has been plunged into a diplomatic firestorm by plans to display the Enola Gay, the Second World War aircraft that dropped the atom...

B-52 bomber lands at Moscow air show (EXCERPT) by Master Sgt. Kenneth Fidler U.S. Air Forces in Europe Public Affairs 8/20/2003 - ZHUKOVSKY, Russia (AFPN) -- One of the most famous Cold War icons, the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber, landed here Aug. 20 to participate in the 6th Moscow Space...

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...

Air Force Print News for Aug. 19, 2003 Firefight (Stand-alone photos) http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005447 Academy seeks new slogan http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005448

Air Force Print News for Aug. 14, 2003 Team evaluates combat identification http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005423 AF works to demobilize Guard, Reserve http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005424

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,...

Crash kills Aviano airman (EXCERPT) Stars and Stripes European edition, Tuesday, August 19, 2003 AVIANO, Italy – An airman assigned to Aviano Air Base was killed early Sunday morning in a single-vehicle accident. Airman Daphne Webb, a vehicle maintenance apprentice with the 31st Logistics...

Thunderbirds members to talk about flight history (EXCERPT) , By Jessica Iñigo, Stars and Stripes European edition, Tuesday, August 19, 2003 Three members from the U.S. Air Force’s air demonstration team will travel through Europe to discuss 100 years of flight during an Extreme Summer visit...

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...

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...

Show makes vets' spirits soar (EXCERPT) Lana Haight The StarPhoenix Monday, August 18, 2003 Scorching temperatures Saturday and unsettled skies on Sunday may have kept many air show enthusiasts from attending the ninth annual PotashCorp Canada Remembers International Air Show but...

Air Force Print News for Aug. 15, 2003 Sortie changes green pilot blue http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005429 Helicopter flight makes 350th save http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005433

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Earl Brown - (EXCERPT) Veteran of Korean and Vietnam wars, Alexandria Sunday, August 17, 2003; Page W05 As a teenager in World War II, I used to deliver black newspapers every Thursday. That was my little gig. And they would be filled with news every week about the...

Woman's sentence suspended in attempt to set captain on fire (EXCERPT) , By Hiroshi Chida, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Sunday, August 17, 2003 HACHIOJI, Japan — A Tokyo District Court judge handed Kimiko Kishiguchi a suspended two-year prison sentence Friday for attempting to set a former...