|
|
Air Force Print News for August 4, 2003 by
Otis Willie
Air Force Print News for August 4, 2003
Americans bring peace, stability to Afghanistan
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005360
Airman swaps stripes for wings
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005358
|
|
0 |
505 |
|
|
Maintenance Personel by
Charles Talleyrand
How is aircraft maintenance organized? Is you average mechanic assigned to a plane or to
a subsystem? In other words, is the mechanic assigned to Airplane #1234, or to "left
wing hydraulics"?
-Thanks
|
August 5th 03 11:35 PM
by Larry
|
5 |
2,756 |
|
|
F-14 squadrons removing refueling cover plate? by
dave999
Why are the F-14 squadrons currently removing the plate covering the
refueling probe?
I'm assuming they're ripping off in the slipstream or something, but
wouldn't it make more sense, since they're employed by the Federal
Gov't., to have some type of really expensive beefing-up kit to bolt
them on...
|
|
7 |
1,575 |
|
|
N. Korea--Iran Plan Nuke/Missile Deal by
Dav1936531
From a report in a Japanese newspaper.
Dave
TOKYO (Aug. 6) - North Korea is in talks to export its Taepodong 2 long-range
ballistic missile to Iran and to jointly develop nuclear warheads with Tehran,
a Japanese newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The conservative Sankei Shimbun, quoting military...
|
|
0 |
635 |
|
|
An American Who Wished Death on Our Servicemembers by
Michael Wise
Printed in July 11 SF Chronicle letters to the editor, this punk seems
to want our troops to be killed.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/07
/11/ED272984.DTL
Editor -- The constant loss of U.S. soldiers in Iraq -- after the war is
"won" -- is a tragedy....
( 1 2)
|
|
11 |
1,266 |
|
|
Irish Vampires? by
Nick Pedley
Can anyone help me with the history of the de Havilland Vampire service
record with the Irish Air Corps?
Any links to good websites or decent reference books about the whole Irish
military or even just the Air Corps are much appreciated. I'm more
interested in the period from 1935-1965.
I've seen...
|
|
3 |
1,080 |
|
|
Surplus store in NYC or DC? by
Sniper
Hi guys,
does anyone of you know any military surplus store in Manhattan or
Washington DC? The kind of stuff I'm looking for is basically military-
theme T-shirts. I'll be next month in both cities (I'm from Europe) and I
won't have a car. Therefore, they should be reachable by...
|
August 6th 03 07:57 PM
by Jeanne
|
8 |
862 |
|
|
Aztec Eagles of WWII by
TooPlaneCrazy7
Hi all,
I know this is probably inappropriate for this group, but I saw a script for
sale on one of the google groups and it had a story of Mexican Pilots of WWII.
Anyone heard anything about these guys? Are they for real? Here's what I
copied:
LATINO SCREENPLAY FOR SALE ABOUT WWII...
|
|
4 |
546 |
|
|
F-111 bombers flying from carriers ? by
Mike
Remember the famous World War 2 raid when those B-24 bombers were
placed on the USS Hornet and sent to bomb Japan ?
I just got done reading that in 1965 the United States landed C-130
Herculees planes on a US aircraft carrier.
So that got me thinking. I'm not a Navy man or Air Force man, so...
( 1 2 3 ... Last Page)
|
|
38 |
2,968 |
|
|
Alleged Charles Lindbergh "love children" by
Lawrence Dillard
There was a report on a broadcast national news network recently to the
effect that two German nationals, brother and sister, have come forth to
identify themselves as illegitimate progeny of Charles Lindbergh. Allegedly,
they were fathered by the presumably happily-married Lindbergh during...
|
|
2 |
1,117 |
|
|
New guy with message for All by
UFO_Investigator - Jim D.
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...
|
|
0 |
746 |
|
|
Vintage Flight Jacket Reproductions by
Michael
I'm sorry if this is considered SPAM, but with the vets and aviation
enthusiasts here I thought some of you might appreciate this heads up.
This fall a company here in the US will begin carrying a line of
reproductions of vintage US flight jackets from the 40s and 50s. If
you're...
|
|
0 |
1,345 |
|
|
Pentagon's Futures Market Plan Condemned by
Grantland
"Paul Ely" wrote:
"transputer" wrote in message
...
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon (news - web sites) is setting up a
stock-market style system in which investors would bet on terror
attacks,...
( 1 2 3)
|
|
23 |
1,705 |
|
|
Question For Ed Rasimus by
Frank Hitlaw
In a recent post having to do with F4 radar you commented about a"good
GIB" raised a question that I hadn't thought about before.In Thailand
did you have any control who was in your WSO like the Weasels? Or was
it a matter of just seeing who was on the flight schedule with you?
I haven't found...
|
|
2 |
997 |
|
|
AIR : PGM's in Air war over Chechnya by
Simon Johanson
Hiya
was just browsing through my copies of WAPJ and reading Vol 42's
article about the Russian Forces in Chechnya when I came across a piece
which claimed the PGM's employed in that conflict had a poor success rate
due to the high altitude causing missile/bomb control surfaces to freeze up
and...
|
|
0 |
603 |
|
|
Naval aviators... by
Kulvinder Singh Matharu
Thought you all might like this...
http://www.kbtoys.com/genProduct.html/PID/2431939/ctid/17/place/aguc?_ts=y&ls=collect&_e=3f326&_v=3F32631CnGYOa6F929CBE986&_ts=y
--
Kulvinder Singh Matharu
Contact details : http://www.metalvortex.com/form/index.htm
Website :...
|
|
1 |
1,314 |
|
|
Israel may lease Boeing 767 tankers. by
Larry Dighera
Israel and BOEING CO. are in talks to find a way for Israel to
lease tankers for refueling air force jets and discussing ideas
for homeland security products, Boeing executives said. Boeing
Integrated Defence Systems president and chief executive James
Albaugh told reporters in Tel Aviv the sides...
|
|
0 |
1,629 |
|
|
Air Force Print News for August 7, 2003 by
Otis Willie
Air Force Print News for August 7, 2003
Lightning strikes tanker -- twice
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005375
Ganci AB supports flood of soldiers
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005381
|
|
0 |
640 |
|
|
August issue of Airman now available by
Otis Willie
August issue of Airman now available
(EXCERPT) SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) --Learn about Air Force "aces," snipers
at Bashur Airfield, the upcoming Air Force Academy football season and
road maintenance airmen in a Washington national forest. These
features and more highlight the August issue of Airman...
|
|
0 |
1,347 |
|
|
Air Force Print News for August 6, 2003 by
Otis Willie
Air Force Print News for August 6, 2003
Air Force unveils new uniform plan
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005370
Airmen get peek at new uniform
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005369
|
|
0 |
793 |