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	Nato Review
		There are 15 armies, 14 air forces and 13 navies, each with their command structures, headquarters, logistics organisations and training infrastructure.
		Alliance defence ministers decided at their regular six-monthly meeting in Brussels in June to concentrate on four key areas of fundamental importance to the efficient conduct of all NATO missions, including defence against terrorism.
		In the field of defence and security, we are promoting initiatives on military downsizing and base conversion, cross-border cooperation in handling emergencies and disasters, de-mining, and strengthening the democratic control of the armed forces.
	www.nato.int /docu/review/2002/issue3/english/main_pr.html (17431 words)

	The Great Tokyo Air Raid - An Enormous War Crime
		I was reminded of the Japanese government's bizarre act when I read the responses of several readers of The Atlantic Monthly to the news that a museum had finally been created in Tokyo to memorialize the Great Tokyo Air Raid.
		For his July-August column in the monthly, Jonathan Rauch mentioned the opening of a "small museum" and spoke of what lay behind it: an "obscure" air raid.
		Tacticians in the U.S. Army Air Forces themselves were split between those who believed in "precision-bombing" and those who were "area bombers."
	www.rense.com /general29/asdi.htm (1110 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Air Force One
		United States Air Force, the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting military operations in air and space.
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	encarta.msn.com /Air+Force+One.html (1110 words)

	Warbirds of India - [Bangladesh]
		Air Force Base Chittagong has one on display as a Gate Gaurdian according to the Magazine Air Forces Monthly.
		The Bangladesh Air Force's usage of MiGs began in the 70s immediately after the establishment of the BAF.
		Pakistan Air Force donated several F-6s in the early nineties to the BAF.
	www.warbirdsofindia.com /ovbangla01.html (502 words)

	Korean Air War - Planes of Fame Monthly Event
		However, air superiority was almost lost to the Communists at the end of 1950 and the beginning of 1951 when Chinese Communists forces, supported by swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 jet fighters, entered the conflict and threatened to overrun South Korea once again.
		Chino, CA - The Korean Air War will be the subject of the monthly special event at The Air Museum “Planes of Fame” on the Chino Airport on Saturday, August 7, 2004.
		Historic Combat Aircraft MiG-15 and F-86 Sabre will be in action over the Chino Airport during the Korean Air War monthly event.
	www.planesoffame.org /press-releases/pages/koreanairwar.html (502 words)

	Air Force Air Transport Command
		The AFATC was established on June 20th, 1942, as a successor Command to the SAir Forces Ferrying Command with Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Ferrying Division of AFATC took charge of all ferrying operations and continured this missiion of ferrying aircraft to foreign and domestic destinations and often delivered 8,000 aircraft monthly.
		The Air Force Air Transport Command (AFATC) shoulder patch was changed from the design previously used by its parent unit the Air Force Ferrying Command.
		Aircraft from civilian carriers were contracted (Air Carrier Contracat Personnel)) and added to the Command, ad passenger service became a major function of AFATC.
	www.nmia.com /~valorc/embpatches/aaf/afatc.html (264 words)

	DOD AND MILITARY E-JOURNALS
		Air Force Association's monthly journal on defense and aerospace developments.
		Air Force Space Command offering articles and essays on the strategic, operational and tactical aspects of space and missile power in the twenty-first century.
		Air Force strategic vision statement publications on issues facing the Air Force, and how the Air Force will reach its goals and initiatives.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/periodicals/dodelecj.htm (731 words)

	F15 Mid Air Collision - Simradar.com Video & Image Gallery
		Another case-in-point: In the 10/95 issue of British publication "Air Forces Monthly", 'Write Offs', pg.
		Military pilots are trained to accept this as simply the risk of combat, combat or even simulated.
		This was a combat simulation and the action is very fast, just as in a real combat scenario.
	www.simradar.com /Feature/2830/F15_Mid_Air_Collision.html (425 words)

	Holloman Air Force base, New Mexico
		The unit participated in every major campaign while supporting the United Nations' forces with air interdiction operations and close air support missions.
		Due to an Air Force regulation, which states that if a dining facility is available within a 30-minute traveling distance, dorm residents must travel to the Westerner Dining Facility on Holloman's west side.
		A special summer program "Skywatch" is a free monthly update on the changing night sky which is presented at the planetarium at 9:00 a.m.
	www.militaryexits.com /military_bases/holloman_nm_afb.shtml (425 words)

	X-MARINE: January 2005
		Three Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCAC), assigned to Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4) prepares to enter the well deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3).
		The Truman and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions over Iraq while operating in the Persian Gulf.
		Also, as each day passes our armies become more experienced and thus battle hardened for ground combat as the Army and Marines will come to be relied upon as the cornerstone of future victory as the enemy capitols fall to our land forces.
	xmarine.blogspot.com /2005_01_01_xmarine_archive.html (6791 words)

	United States Air Force FOD Regulations
		Minimum attendee representation is group commanders, director(s), commanders of units with maintenance personnel, safety, CE, Airfield Manager, and security forces.
		These are just two of the specific regulations developed by the United States Air Force to guide their personnel in carrying out FOD Prevention Programs.
		Meetings will be conducted monthly when the unit exceeds the established standard, and quarterly if the unit FOD rate is less than the established standard.
	www.fodnews.com /article0u.html (591 words)

	MILAVIA - Aircraft - Chengdu J-10
		In November 2004 Air Forces Monthly published a recent photograph of the what is believed to be the first two-seat J-10 (believed to be designated J-10S) that has begun test-flying.
		The J-10 (Jian-10 meaning Fighter-10) built by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation (CAC) is the next generation multi-role fighter for China's Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
		The J-10 is a capable fighter-bomber, which will be operated alongside China's interceptor fleet of J-11 licensed built Su-27 and the imported Su-30MK Flankers.
	www.milavia.net /aircraft/j-10/j-10.htm (595 words)

	HKN #60
		Air Forces Monthly, November 1999 has a number of items of interest.
		There's an article on the current status of the MV-22 Osprey, a look at HMS Ocean, the Royal Navy's first purpose-built helicopter carrier, and an account of the formation of the UK Army's 16th Air Assault Brigade.
		However, the parts layout does suggest that other 109's may be contemplated in the future.
	www.5chr.freeserve.co.uk /hkn060.htm (595 words)

	National Supply Source Customer Reference Center Website Preview
		The Combat Edge - Published by the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command, this monthly magazine focuses on air, ground and weapons safety.
		Air Force Magazine - This monthly journal of the Air Force Association, an independent, nonprofit, aerospace organization, reports military and defense operations, developments, programs and heroes.
		Air and Space Smithsonian - A monthly magazine from the National Air and Space Museum.
	www.nolansupply.com /links/preview/airshowreport.html (3032 words)

	Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Air Forces Monthly reports that the tanker shortage that could result from any further serious delay has lead some RAF personnel to joke that FSTA stands for F****ng Short of Tankers Again.
		The private company will also be able to earn extra revenue by using aircraft for commercial operations when not required by the RAF - the most suitable of which would be leased air-refueling missions for other European air forces.
		The Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) will provide aerial refueling (AR) and Air Transport (AT) for the Royal Air Force using a version of the Airbus A330 MRTT.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Future_Strategic_Tanker_Aircraft (676 words)

	DefenseLINK Publications: Magazines of the Armed Forces
		Intercom OnLine -- Air Force Communications Agency (AFCA) monthly publication
		Leading Edge Magazine -- Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) monthly publication
		Citizen Airman -- Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command Monthly
	www.defenselink.mil /pubs/magazines.html (676 words)

	CCC - Risk of Inadvertent India-Pakistan Nuclear War
		The asymmetries of strategic depth and offensive military capability give India an operational advantage, and may create a situation in which India's conventional ground or air forces come into contact with Pakistan's strategic nuclear forces.
		Strategic Insights is a monthly electronic journal produced by the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
		The survival of Pakistan's strategic forces is critical to Pakistan, and a threat to them could place pressure on Pakistan to launch a nuclear attack while the strategic forces are still intact and capable of making a credible impression upon India.
	www.ccc.nps.navy.mil /si/feb03/southAsia2.asp (2342 words)

	v06.n058
		Subject: Boscombe Downs The current issue of Air Forces Monthly has taken an interesting approach to their recent articles.
		Weeks after the U.S. Defense Department's Quadrennial Defense Review recommended slashing the F-22 purchase requirement from 442 to 348 aircraft, by eliminating one wing of air superiority fighters, the U.S. Air Force is preparing a plan to acquire not one, but two additional F-22 wings to replace F-117 and F-15E aircraft.
		This from the Aviation Week Paris Air Show special site.
	www.netwrx1.com /skunk-works/v06.n058 (2342 words)

	JCSS - Military Arts & Science Links
		Air Forces of the World a collection of links to websites containing information about the world's air forces
		Terrorism Research Center - featuring monthly essays on current issues, as well as links to other terrorism and information warfare related web sites and essays.
		ATWG - Arms Transfer Working Group a directory of sites on peace and international studies, arms transfer and control
	www.tau.ac.il /jcss/lmas.html (605 words)

	World War II Pilots
		Combat Chronology 1941-1945 -- a description of daily activities in each of the theaters of operation, These reports were published monthly by the Armed Forces for the duration of the war.
		"The B-24 Liberator was produced in greater quantities and flown in more theaters of war by the air forces of more countries than any other four engine bomber in World War II.
		Jim Thomas' dad flew B-24s in the 8th Air Force and has posted a diary his dad kept during World War II.
	www.ajcockrell.com /history/worldwar.htm (605 words)

	Robert D. Kaplan: bio and encyclopedia article
		In addition to his journalism, Kaplan has been a consultant to the U.S. Army's Special Forces Regiment, the United States Marines (An amphibious division of the United States Navy), and the United States Air Force (The airforce of the United States of America; defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space).
		Robert D. Kaplan (born 1952) is a prominent but controversial American (A native or inhabitant of the United States) journalist (A writer for newspapers and magazines) currently an editor for the Atlantic Monthly (additional info and facts about Atlantic Monthly).
		In 1994 and 1995, Kaplan traveled from West Africa (An area of western African between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea) to Southeast Asia (A geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore) and published a travelogue about his journey in The Ends of the Earth.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_d._kaplan.htm (821 words)

	Robert D. Kaplan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		In addition to his journalism, Kaplan has been a consultant to the U.S. Army's Special Forces Regiment, the (An amphibious division of the United States Navy) United States Marines, and the (The airforce of the United States of America; defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space) United States Air Force.
		Robert D. Kaplan (born 1952) is a prominent but controversial (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (A writer for newspapers and magazines) journalist currently an editor for the (Click link for more info and facts about Atlantic Monthly) Atlantic Monthly.
		In 1994 and 1995, Kaplan traveled from (An area of western African between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea) West Africa to (A geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore) Southeast Asia and published a travelogue about his journey in The Ends of the Earth.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_d._kaplan.htm (817 words)

	Service of Skyhawk with Brazil
		Brazilian Navy Gets Wings, Air Forces Monthly, December 1998, p 52
		Initial training of Brazilian Skyhawk pilots was conducted in both Argentina and the United States, the latter by Training Squadron Seven (VT-7) at Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi.
		The Brazilian Navy squadron was 1o Esquadro de Avioes de Interceptacao e Ataque (VFA-1), based at Naval Air Station Sao Pedro d'Aldeia.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher4/newa4_24.html (817 words)

	Awards & Medals
		The Air Force Recognition Ribbon is given by the Chief of Staff to a member who goes out of his/her way to better our organization and deserves recognition for his/her actions.
		The Combat Readiness Medal is a monthly award given to the most active member for each month.
		The Air Force Training Ribbon is awarded to each member who satisfactorily completes Basic Flight Training and graduates from the Air Education and Training Command.
	www.geocities.com /pegasusherd/awards.html (817 words)

	XPlanes - Home
		Several great articles, reprinted with permission, from the RAF Yearbook and Air Forces Monthly.
		Pictures of RAF aircraft Present and Past, Helicopters, aircraft Foreign to these (UK) shores, old monochrome shots, and Guest picture galleries.
		Pictures and facts on many aircraft used by the RAF.
	homepages.tesco.net /~paul.crossley (817 words)

	DID SUPER-SECRET "AURORA" AIRCRAFT CRASH IN U.K.?
		The British Ministry of Defence and the U.S. Defense Department both denied the story yesterday but David Oliver, the editor of Air Forces Monthly, said that Royal Air Force officers had been among the sources in a two-year investigation of the incident, and he was sure the report was true.
		The aircraft's shape is a perfect 70 degrees swept triangle so that the body itself provides lift, doing away with the need for conventional wings.
		The hypersonic reconnaisance aircraft, called Astra or Aurora, is believed to have been developed in the 1980s as a secret U.S. government "black programme".
	www.anomalies.net /archive/cni-news/CNI.0570.html (681 words)

	Arc Light ... Cntd
		SAC no longer deployed units to Arc Light, but relied on in place Arc Light forces assigned to Eighth Air Force, Anderson AFB, Guam, supported by TDY augmentation from all SAC units.
		Many air crew members who had participated in four Arc Light deployments were transferred to other SAC bases in the Summer of 1970, and replaced by crew members transitioning from other B-52 models to the B-52D.
		The overall commitment of Arc Light units deploying was dependent on the monthly sortie rate flown against targets in Vietnam.
	www.306thbw.org /306thhistory/history_ArcLgt68.htm (1576 words)

	DXING WITH CUMBRE URLS & LINKS
		A new monthly feature, "Programming Focus", will debut on "DXing With Cumbre" in Edition number 167, with an April 3rd air date.
		The American Forces Radio and Television Network are broadcasting on a temporary basis from Isabella, Puerto Rico on 6458.5 kHz in Upper Side Band mode.
		Longtime NASWA "Easy Listening" column editor and Winter SWL Fest forum presenter Richard Cuff will provide a monthly assortment of upcoming program topics, review ongoing program series, and occasionally profile a major international broadcaster in his 5-minute report.
	www.cumbredx.org /urls.html (1576 words)

	Media's Take on the News: 3-12-03 to 4-24-03
		But Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a Pentagon briefing today that the protection of the museum had been assigned less importance than the combat operations that were continuing sporadically in Baghdad last Thursday and Friday while the museum was being looted.
		One former senior U.S. government official said: "In Cairo, I often went to Groppie Café at Emad Eldine Pasha Street, which was very posh, very upper class.
		"Bagot Glubb trained them up to a very high standard," said Sean Henry, a defence analyst and retired Canadian Armed Forces colonel.
	www.historynewsnetwork.com /articles/1046.html (1576 words)

	Reward offered for Boscombe Down mystery aircraft
		"Air Forces Monthly" for June 1997 offers a reward for photographic evidence of the mystery aircraft involved in the Sept '94 airfield incident at Boscombe Down, which was subsequently airlifted out on a C-5.
		http://www.keymags.co.uk/afm/index.html (June issue) http://www.keymags.co.uk/afm/boscombe.html (Special Report) A full-length Boscombe Special Report discusses this incident and the related ties involved with Groom Lake, Air Force Plant 42, and Northrop & Mc Donnell Douglas.
		Supported by numerous pieces of information, the article provides some deductive speculation that the aircaft involved may have been the ASTRA (Advanced Stealth Technology Reconnaisance Aircraft), an aircraft similar to the Northrop YF-23 design.
	www.ufomind.com /area51/list/1997/jun/a17-001.shtml (211 words)

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