Why has the AF chosen to jump fighter designations from 22 to 35? Thanks

Air Force asking some NCOs to pick new fields (EXCERPT) , By Ron Jensen, Stars and Stripes European edition, Monday, January 26, 2004 RAF MILDENHALL, England — Master Sgt. Anthony Atkins has had better days in his 17-year Air Force career than the recent one when the service told him to choose a...

http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/190-full.html#186582 -John *You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North American*

See at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2221154196 -- Gene Seibel Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html Because I fly, I envy no one.

1990 "Hornet: The Inside Story of the F/A-18" Fighter Jet Book I have for sale the out-of-print, 1st hardcover edition book "Hornet: The Inside Story of the F/A-18" by Orr Kelly (1990). The edition contains 231 pages including black and white photographs profiling the history of the Hornet F/A-18...

Hi all, I have some really difficult specs I need to find out about the C-141 Starlifter. If anyone can answer some or all of these questions, please post them here or email to me (remove NOSPAM)). I know some are very obscure, but I need them for work (ATC). Thanks...

All - I'm especially interested in comments from any of the "current and former military pilots with top-secret clearances" (as mentioned below) that might be out there. --- Where are the armed pilots? ---------------------------

NEW-AEROPOXY-YASIG release: Polikarpov PO-2 Flight/Maintenance Manual published by: Zavod No 23 , 1937. 264 pages Complete service,maintenance and repair manual with some 200 extreme detailed drawings. printed(A5 format) or CD Rom version

http://www.911timeline.net/ This, in my personal view, is certainly from must read department. Michael You've managed in one sentence to completely discredit anything that this website might have to say.

On August 2002 I wrote about the unfair measures the Americans are enacting in order to get contracts for their military industry. I wrote about the American tactic of participating in the funding of military projects in order to choke them later. A quote of mine from the Aug 2002 discussion: "the...

The best the Russians can do is hope for a chance hit on a helicopter with an RPG. But you have to give them credit for that one....although its surface-to-air capability was not part of the design and not discovered by the Russians....maybe they don't deserve any credit. Maybe this is the key...

Hi All I was just looking at the weight of the JSF, considering it was slated to be around 25,000lbs it was considered a light weight fighter and a suitable replacement for the F16, Hornet, something in the Corsair A-7 mold. Now it seems it firmly entered the Heavy weight division!. The...

Subject: MiG defector pilot to attend CJAA conference Further to previous Dr Kenneth Rowe, formerly Lt No Kum-Sok of the DPRK who defected from North Korea in a MiG-15 in 1953 is to attend the Classic Jet Aircraft Association (CJAA) annual convention being held at Elgin AFB on fourth of February...

Can anyone help me with a few quite specific details of the C-17? I'm really desperately in need of some help on this one! For the tail: dCL/da for the horizontal tail plane de/da (i.e. wing induced downwash at the horizontal tail plane) For the undercarriage: Any details as to how the MLG...

I'm toying with a few alt history ideas regarding the late 1960s and early 1970s...specifically UK and Commonwealth involvement in a massive anti-guerilla/counterinsurgency campaign in North America. Given that, if the TSR.2 and the Avro Arrow had been built and entered series production, what kind...

A squad of Marines were driving up the highway between Basra and Baghdad. They came upon an Iraqi soldier who was badly injured and unconscious. Nearby, on the opposite side of the road, was an American Marine in a similar but less serious state. The Marine was conscious and alert. As first aid...

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. -...

Hi We are proud to present you a complete online overview of the Chinese 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/cn.htm you will find the following. -...

Study shows USAF makeup mostly white, male (EXCERPT) , By Kent Harris, Stars and Stripes European edition, Tuesday, January 27, 2004 If you’re a 29-year-old white, male noncommissioned officer, married, and possess a high school diploma with some college education, the Air Force has a word for...

Hi all Can anyone point to a picture where the Eurofighter Typhoon can carry 2x wing fuel tanks and 2x Storm Shadow missiles. All I have seen is little diagrams depicting this setup, but I have my doubts that the 5.2 meter length of the Storm Shadow can be accomodated on the inner wing pylon...