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Sam Welden gave the Grandview group a military-style acronym, "Operation BRAT, by
Otis Willie
Sam Welden gave the Grandview group a military-style acronym,
"Operation BRAT,
(EXCERPT) Soldier meets his Boca 'Angel Team', by Lona O'Connor, Palm
Beach Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 18, 2004
BOCA RATON -- Army Staff Sgt. Sam Welden, just back from Iraq, got a
family homecoming celebration...
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Friendly Fire Notebook by
Otis Willie
Friendly Fire Notebook
An effort has begun to collect and preserve the details of every
friendly fire incident that took or changed the lives of American
soldiers.
Since the Revolutionary War thousands upon thousands of military
personnel have been injured or killed due to mistaken or...
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Litttle Friend takes Big Brother Home by
ArtKramr
Little Friend takes Big Brother Home
We were flying a maximum effort (56 Marauders) heading East into Germany We
were in the number two slot in the high flight flying deputy lead. Way in the
distance I saw a tiny spot coming toward us.
As it came closer I saw it was a single B-17. When it came...
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He went down on this mornings mission he won't be back. by
ArtKramr
He went down on this mornings mission. He won't be back.
When Paul, Bob and I arrived at the 344th we were assigned to the 494th
squadron and given separate quarters along the squadron street. I entered mine
and dumped my stuff on the one empty bunk there. I unpacked my B-4 bag, hung up
my...
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Predator at Edwards Open House 2003 by
miso
According to the Edwards Open House website, they will fly the
predator at the show. I've seen the predator fly at Indian Springs, so
this won't be too exciting, but still it will be cool since they will
relay video from the predator to the jumbotron.
Now my question is has the predator been flown...
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Arabs to arm Palestinians with WMDs by
Freedom Ridge
Heard from a friend of mine about a news report he saw on tv tonight
which said that a radical new arabic group is planning to arm the
palestinians with WMDs.
I suppose that means nukes/chemical and bio weapons?
That wouldnt be so bad a idea.. as Israel already has WMDs.. so palis
get to fight...
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Age Wasn't a Cause of the Columbia Disaster by
blackfire
Jul 13, 2003 - During a press briefing on Friday, investigators ruled
out the age of the space shuttle Columbia as a contributing cause to
its destruction. With the most recent foam test, which knocked a large
hole in sample shuttle wing panel, the force of the impact would have
broken through,...
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Help me identify a logo by
Geoff Fox
I am hoping someone in this group will recognize a logo on a watch
I've just received. The logo seems to be a red, combat type, military
jet inside a red circle. At the top of the circle is a diamond shaped
pattern with 9 diamonds inside (these are all actually squares, on
their side).
I have...
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B-24 Liberator by
[email protected]
I have been doing some research and was amazed at the B-24's accident
rate. From April 10, 1944 to August 31,1944, the Replacement Training
Unit at Chatham AAF, Savannah, Georgia had 23 accidents. In those
accidents, nine of the B-24s were destroyed and there were 54 deaths.
The Navy had...
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Air Force Print News for July 14, 2003 by
Otis Willie
Air Force Print News for July 14, 2003
Today's stories include:
Fill 'er up (Stand-alone photos)
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005249
AF sends tanker report to Congress
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Contra-Rotating Coaxial Rotor Helicopters by
James Cho
Why aren't they more common? It seems like the advantages of them
compared to single main rotor + tailrotor helos are pretty
significant, not great enough to replace traditional designs entirely
but at least sufficient to be more popular than they are now.
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Mig 29-- how good? by
Charles Gray
There have been a lot of unkind things said about Russian hardware on
this board...but... There are the following facts.
1. In most cases, it's been U.S. frontline (and face it, Israeli AF
is equivelant to the U.S. frontline air force) against export models.
2. We've been fighting services with...
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flying! by
M. H. Greaves
i read this in a book one night, an extract by Spike Milligan; "flying in
itself is not inherently dangerous; crashing IS"!!
just a little quip, but so true, hadnt thought of it that way!!
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Florida National Guard Replaces Old Helicopters by
Otis Willie
Florida National Guard Replaces Old Helicopters
http://www.news4jax.com/news/3560060/detail.html
{EXCERPT} News4Jax.com, FL - 45 minutes ago JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The
Florida Army National Guard's Apache helicopters took their final
flight from Jacksonville Wednesday, as the guard gets rid of...
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US Developing 30,000 Lb Bomb by
robert arndt
Not content with the MOAB the USAF is developing the larger Big
Ordnance Penetrator (B.O.P.); despite its size, this isn't the largest
conventional bomb developed by the USAF (actually USAAF)- the 43,500
lb T-12 Cloudmaker that didn't make it into...
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Air National Guard band to play free concert by
Otis Willie
Air National Guard band to play free concert
http://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/story/0627202004_new02_guard.asp
{EXCERPT} Parkersburg News, WV - PARKERSBURG - The 38-piece Air
National Guard Band of the Great Lakes, known as the "Triple Nickel,"
will perform a free concert from 7-9 pm July 6 in...
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Florida Mil Acft Comms Log - Saturday 1 May 2004 by
AllanStern
Saturday, 1 May 2004
GUNFIGHTER 12: F-14D, Oceana NAS VF-101 "Grim Reapers"
9:40am: Area transition northward, FL 270.
GUNFIGHTER 15: F-14D, Oceana NAS VF-101 "Grim Reapers"
10:08am: Area transition northward, e/r Oceana.
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Academy: Test answers may have been leaked, By DAN ELLIOTT by
Otis Willie
Academy: Test answers may have been leaked, By DAN ELLIOTT
(EXCERPT) ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The Air Force Academy is investigating
whether students obtained the answers to test questions before a
crucial exam, officials said late Friday.
Seventy students were...
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Mil Acft HF Comms, Tuesday 10 Aug 2004 by
AllanStern
Mil Acft HF Comms, Tuesday 10 August 2004
13927.0 USAF MARS Operator AFA1 0250z USB wkg PITT 13 (C-130H, Pittsburgh
911AW 758AS) re ETA Pittsburgh 0130 Local. (10/Aug/2004) (ALS)
8983.0 USCG CAMSLANT-Chesapeake VA: ????z USB wkg CG 1501 (HC-130H, Elizabeth
City NC) re Ops Normal report....
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