The Second Edition of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" is now available from AeroFile. This edition is completely reworked and updated over the 1995 edition, and now features designations from six countries including Canada, United States, Japan, Russia, Germany and Sweden. In all,...

Air Force is scapegoating Guard pilot in Afghanistan bombing, lawyer says http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/Nation/DBFF1461814B5C4686256ED20019FC4D?OpenDocument&Headline=Air+Force+is+scapegoating+Guard+pilot+in+Afghanistan+bombing {EXCERPT} By Harry Levins Post-Dispatch...

Suicide rate on rise in US Air Force http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/16/airforce.suicide/ {EXCERPT} CNN - 36 minutes ago Like the other military services, the Air Force has a suicide prevention and awareness program that includes training for commanders...... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit...

Why don't you ask Lori Ann Piestewa about how Iraqi's treat female soldiers? Oh, that's right.....she was raped, the ends of her breasts amputated and then she was disemboweled alive right in front of her best friend.....so Lori can't tell you about HER experience of how the Iraqi's treat female...

I read some mention of a Grumman 1990's fan in wing VTOL design that was to serve as a transport AND anti tank aircraft-- does anyone have any information on it-- was it a missile or gun armed craft, etc?

Air Force Print News for July 14, 2004 A-10 pilots guard ground forces http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008161 Loggies keep aircraft, parts flowing to field http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008159

Cope Thunder to help pilots hone war skills http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=23295 {EXCERPT}, by Vince Little, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, July 16, 2004 Officials plan to launch Cooperative Cope Thunder this week, the Air Force’s largest multilateral...

Air Force Print News for July 13, 2004 Today's stories include: Military working dog sniffs out suspicious vehicle in Florida http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008153 Airman dies in Iraq

Jay T. Beatty wrote: Hey Jay, those drugged-up cowardly U$ Pilots who slaughtered those Canadian Soldiers "did something" when they saw distant, inneffective small-arms ground fire in the training area ... bet they're your "heroes" ... since they "did something" eh? Anyone else here notice...

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DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20040713-1023.html {EXCERPT} NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 668-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jul 13, 2004 Media Contact: Air Force Public Affairs - (703) 695-0640 Public/Industry Contact:...

Air Force Print News for July 12, 2004 Course trains Airmen to drive convoys for Army in Iraq http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008139 Mildenhall Airmen recognized for heroic efforts http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008142

This is kind of funny: http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,125447,00.html -- "You won't find me out waving a flag, but you may find my boot up your ass"--Gunny Dobbs, USMC

Hi, I gather there will be FOUR Italian F-104s at RIAT this year (all static) - does anyone out there know what day/time they're arriving? TIA Duncan

One of my wife's relatives is over here (England) studying for a few months. The subject of his great-uncle came up. It seems that he has some fame in Georgia - with various streets, blocks of flats and even a cargo ship named after him. It seems that his claim to fame was that he was a fighter...

I found this interesting story http://www.virtualpilots.fi/hist/WW2History-NightOfTheBombers.html

Kuna War Hero Reunited With Fighter Plane From Vietnam Era http://www.kbcitv.com/x5154.xml?ParentPageID=x5157&ContentID=x55013&Layout=KBCI.xsl&AdGroupID=x5154 {EXCERPT} KBCI, ID Twenty years have passed since he last flew in one -- the same type of prop-driven warbird Fisher piloted when he...

A Russian Strategic Aviation BACKFIRE crashed on Thursday 8 July. The four crew died in the crash as it returned to Soltsy...