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Edwards Flight Test Engineer Finally Retires
After 55 years of work for the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, Johnny G. Armstrong said goodbye to his beloved base in a retirement ceremony last month.
"Johnny, you have had a career that most of us can only dream of," said Brig. Gen. Robert C. Nolan, II, Air Force Flight Test Center [...]
More women Get To Play War
Okay ladies, you asked for it, you got it.
You will now be officially exposed to hostile gunfire, IEDs, mines, terrorists, RPGs, disease, dysentery, thirst and starvation, all the things that makes war such fun.
The Defense Department announced Feb. 9 changes to its assignment policy which will result in more than 14,000 additional positions being opened [...]
Brit Says Thumbs Up To F-35
A Royal Air Force squadron leader became the United Kingdom's first military test pilot to fly the F-35C, the carrier variant of the Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft.
As an international program, the F-35 has eight cooperative partners working with the United States. The United Kingdom was the first country to join the program [...]
Air Force Cancels Embraer Contract
The U.S. Air Force has abruptly canceled a $355 million contract awarded to Sierra Nevada Corp and Brazil's Embraer for 20 light-support aircraft.
The Air Force, citing problems with documents used to make the decision and plagued by procurement scandals in the last decade, said it would terminate the contract and investigate the award decision.
The award [...]
Military Cutbacks
The Defense Department could cut some 80,000 Soldiers and 20,000 Marines over the coming years as part of massive force and spending reductions announced at the Pentagon, which could also include reductions in pay and benefits for troops, according to military.com.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey gave [...]
Whistleblowers Were Mistreated
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
The Office of Special Counsel has determined that supervisors at the U.S. Port Mortuary at Dover Air Force Base, Del., retaliated against four employees who tried to expose wrongdoing at the facility.
"Reprisals against employees are unethical and illegal and counter to Air Force core values," Air Force Secretary Michael [...]
Book Review
FLY NAVY
By Alvin Townley
St. Martin's press, $25.99
Hardcover, 342 pages
Why do Naval aviators wear brown shoes?
What are the three variations of aviator's call signs?
How are they assigned to each individual flier?
What's it like to land a multi-million dollar jet on a pitching, heaving carrier deck at night in bad weather?
These and other insights are offered [...]
B-24 Pilot Meet P-38 Savior
Story and Photo
By Dana F. Welch
Historic Aircraft Enthusiast
While attending a history flight of a C-47 at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, Calif. this past December, I met retired Capt. Herbert Guinness, a B-24 Bomber Pilot with the 15th Air Force during WW II.
He told me he lost two of his four [...]
USAF Thunderbirds 2012 Schedule
FEBRUARY
26 Daytona 500 Flyover
MARCH
17 MCAS Yuma, AZ
24-25 Undecided
Mar. 31 - Apr. 1 Sun Ôn Fun, Lakeland, FL
APRIL
14-15 Davis Monthan AFB, AZ
21-22 Barksdale AFB, LA
28-29 Fort Lauderdale, FL
MAY
5-6 Shaw AFB, SC
12-13 JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ
19-20 March ARB, CA
23 USAF Academy, CO
26-27 Hill AFB, UT
JUNE
2-3 Rockford, IL
9-10 Ocean City, MD
16-17 North Kingstown, RI
23-24 Indianapolis, IN
June 30 - July 1 Battle Creek, MI
JULY
7-8 Gary, IN
21-22 JB Lewis-McChord, WA
25 Cheyenne, WY
28-29 JB Elmendorf-Richardson, AK
AUGUST
4-5 Hillsboro, OR
11-12 Abbotsford, ON
17 Atlantic City, [...]
Blue Angels 2012 Air Show Schedule
The 2012 season celebrates 100 years of Marine Aviation.
MARCH
10 NAF El Centro
17-18 Thunder Over Utah, St. George
24-25 Fla. IntÕl Airshow, Punta Gorda
31 Tuscaloosa Air Show, Al.
APRIL
01 Tuscaloosa Air Show, Al.
14-15 Wings Over South Texas, NAS Kingsville
21-22 NAS New Orleans
28-29 Warner Robins AFB, Ga.
MAY
5-6 MCAS Cherry Point, NC
12-13 Great Tenn. Air Show, New Smyrna
19-20 Andrew AFB, Md.
21-23 Hudson River, NY
26-27 Jones Beach, NY
29 USNA (Academy) Graduation
JUNE
02-03 Virginia Beach, Va.
09-10 Mankato, [...]
