http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/aim-54c-1.jpg It never occured to me, is the ground clearing enough for the Tomcat to land on an aircraft carrier with fuel tanks like this? Regards...

you may recall before the age of sat links, uplink, downlink repeaters etc. If you care to respond I would be interested in wx conditions and location at the time. Thanks Rico

Does anybody know what the USAF tends to do when people with a directly translatable skill, i.e. civilian aircraft mechanics or computer programmers, enlist? I expect that they would have to go through basic training, but would they have to go through the entire course of technical training that...

Thanks, Steve R.

You'll want to check these out http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/photos/040601-F-7777D-001.jpg http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/photos/040601-F-0000R-001.jpg

Bertie the Bunyip wrote in message ... (ZZBunker) posted : Ahh,OK. Take my advice and stop scrimping . You must be a Harvard man....

Under new policy, some Air Force families with H.S. seniors may defer transfers (EXCERPT) , By Fred Zimmerman, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Wednesday, April 21, 2004 KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — A new Air Force policy will allow some seniors to finish their high school days with current...

There has been some noise in the media about Spanish military finally choosing Eurocopter as their attack helo of choice instead of Apache. The reason the most quoted for this was that Tiger could easily operate in Ceuta and Melilla while based in mainland Spain, which Apache couldn't Is there...

It has been estimated that about 24% of all active duty military personnel served in Viet Nam between 1964 and 1975. To add further perspective consider the below information on draft dodgers and deserters who fled to...

In article , (Glenfiddich) wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:39:02 +0000 (UTC), wrote: Anything that can break mach 1 vertically is good for me. Lots of planes can do that. But only a proud...

Vietnam Veterans Working To Restore Helicopter Used In War (EXCERPT) Suffolk Life Newspapers, NY - 12 hours ago... It had been shot at "countless times," according to the men. Sure enough, on the far side of the helicopter, several patches were indeed visible, Vietnam... U.S. and friendly nation...

I hope I have the acronym written correctly. Does anyone know of a book written about the Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit, SouthEast Asia? This was a unit that tested captured Japanese aircraft in that region. I just saw a reference that indicates they were using Japanese pilots to test...

You can get a ride in one of the last flying F-100 Super Sabres - check it out at http://www.flight-dreams.com !

Please see http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-1.jpg and http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-2.jpg. These were taken at Wellington Airport, New Zealand, on March 10. Sorry, they are the best I could do from an airplane window at that distance. It is a Boeing 737-800 (with winglets) in...

From: "golds" Date: 9/12/2004 5:17 AM Central Daylight Time Message-id: "_Breaking News_" wrote in message ... Can anyone remember serving with Bush?

Radar sale to China stopped The Bush administration blocked the sale of an advanced radar system to China and might purchase at least one of the stealth aircraft-detecting systems to offset the loss, U.S. and European officials said. at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040525-113028-4180r.htm

Speech: Air Force Convention (EXCERPT) Air Force Association Washington, District of Columbia (United States) Cheney, Richard, Vice President, United States Mineta, Norman Y., Secretary, Department of Transportation Roche, James, Secretary, U.S. Air...

Air Force identifies operational shortfalls (EXCERPT) PRESS RELEASE -- Secretary of the Air Force, Directorate of Public Affairs Release No. 1217032 Dec 17, 2003 Air Force identifies operational shortfalls WASHINGTON, D.C. - Air Force officials in September completed a

Ö§âmâ ßíñ Këñoßí wrote: "Nick" said: "Ö§âmâ ßíñ Këñoßí" wrote in message ... From the Christian Science Monitor of all places. Would they lie? :^)

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