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	The Air Force Association (AFA)
		That man was the bombardier, and the device was the Norden bombsight.
		Bombardier students learned basic skills on a ground-bound simulator resembling a house painter's scaffold with a bombsight on top.
		The Air Force adopted a new training system giving students a core curriculum in navigation and then specialized training in the aircraft to which they would be assigned.
	www.afa.org /magazine/1990/1290bombardier.asp (2001 words)

	Bombardier (air force) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A bombardier, in the United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force, or a bomb aimer, in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces, was the crew member of a bomber responsible for assisting the navigator in guiding the plane to a bombing target and releasing the aircraft's bomb load.
		In the United States, the position of bombardier was held by an officer.
		During World War II, US Army Air Force bombardiers were recognized with the award of the Bombardier Badge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bombardier_(air_force) (160 words)

	U.S. Air Force - Optometry
		The need to train Air Force optometrists in advanced clinical procedures and in the "uniquely" Air Force aspects of managing larger clinics was first recognized by Colonel David C. Simpson, Associate Chief of the BSC for Optometry.
		Air Force research optometrists have been recognized for their achievements and contributions to improving aircrew visual performance in the aerospace environment since the early 1960s.
		Air Force optometry clinics are also involved in training civilian optometry student doctors (externs) from around the country.
	chppm-www.apgea.army.mil /doem/vision/airforce/afms_info.asp (2398 words)

	Bombardier on B-17 Flying Fortress
		The bombardier’s main tool was the Norden bombsight, a top secret piece of equipment the Allies guarded throughout the war.
		This was the point at which the bombing run on the target began; from this point on, the bombardier would fly the airplane through the bombsight linked to the autopilot.
		Originally the bombardier had a.30 caliber machine gun in the plexiglas nose but this was soon changed to a more effective.50 caliber.
	www.arizonawingcaf.com /pages/bombardier.html (338 words)

	Early 20th Century New York City
		The nature of the Bombardiers task, and the secrecy of the bombsights and other essential equipment, with which he had to become familiar, called for young men of highest integrity and unquestioned loyalty and patriotism.
		Bombardier Selection Psychologists devised a comprehensive testing system designed to ascertain into which category (pilot, navigator or bombardier) a prospective air crew trainee should be assigned.
		The Air Force Directive, Aircrew Training Courses as Bombardier or Navigator for Aviation Cadets read as follows: Students who qualify for Air Crew Training as bombardier or navigator will have the status of “Aviation Cadet” and during the period of instruction will receive the same pay and allowances as those cadets receiving pilot training.
	www.localdial.com /users/airforce/GeorgeF.html (4170 words)

	Sacramento County Airport System Noise Resource Center
		Mather Air Force Base was also used as a stopover location for troops, aircraft, and materials that were on their way to or from combat duty in the Pacific.
		The Air Force announced its intention to close the base in 1988, which prompted the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors to examine the potential for converting the base to a public use facility through the appointment of the Sacramento Area Commission on Mather conversion.
		The Air Force transferred the base to the County of Sacramento, which opened the Mather Airport for civilian use on May 5, 1995.
	www.sacairports.org /noise/mhr_noise_history.html (679 words)

	AAD 2002: African Pilot Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Waterkloof Air Force Base is an enormous piece of real estate therefore the provision for the parking of tens of thousands of public vehicles is relatively easily accomplished.
		Several aircraft that were in the air at the time were forced to make use of either Swartkops or Johannesburg International as alternatives during the brief closure of the Waterkloof runway.
		For the record, Waterkloof Air Force Base has a north/south runway - 01/19, with the exhibition on the eastern or 28 Squadron transport side of the base and operational aircraft on the western side.
	www.saairforce.co.za /aad2002/apreport.htm (2297 words)

	SAAF News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Pilatus Astra fleet was being shrunk from 58 to 40.
		The South African Air Force is in the process of restructuring in an effort to become sustainable within the bounds of the allocated budget.
		Air Force spokesperson Major Fanus Pretorius says the Air Force's command structure is making provision for 44 medium-range helicopters, such as the Oryx, of which the Air Force has 50.
	www.saairforce.co.za /news01.htm (7367 words)

	Walker Air Force Base
		The Army Air Corps utilized the airfield until June 1949, when it was transferred to the Department of the Air Force, thereafter known as Walker Air Force Base.
		The July 9 edition of the paper noted that Brigadier General Roger Ramey, Commander of the Eighth Air Force at Forth Worth, Texas, stated that upon examination the debris recovered by Marcel was determined to be a weather balloon.
		The reports also concluded that the alien bodies were likely test dummies used by the Air Force to gauge the effects of acceleration and deceleration of high-speed aircraft ejections.
	www.strategic-air-command.com /bases/Walker_AFB.htm (1445 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Once the bomb run was reached, the pilot engaged autopilot and notify the bombardier.
		The Norden bombsight was tied into the aircraft's autopilot, and the bombardier would dial in the plane's altitude and speed into the bombsight and place the crosshairs on the target.
		A good bombardier could put the bombs “in the pickle barrel,” which was the claim of the top secret Norden bombsight.
	www.armyaircorps.us /Bombardier.cfm (210 words)

	Roots and Wings: A Perspective on Reorganization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		AIR FORCE people are standing on the threshold of another great period of readjustment that will better serve the nation and make this one of the most exciting times to serve.
		Forces must be assigned to the command and removed only by central direction--by the Secretary of Defense or the Commander in Chief--and not by orders of individual military departments.
		Contingency forces for crisis response, formed from service forces postured and equipped in the continental United States, and from reconstituted forces, to support the area commands, or to conduct contingency operations in its own right, at any time and place required, with whatever forces are required to prevail.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/doughty.html (5365 words)

	The United States Army Air Forces in W.W.II
		Combat Units of the Army Air Forces: This database is based on the Maurer book and lists squadrons assigned, unit motto, combat history, awards, bases, commanders, and more.
		Missing Air Crew Reports: This is an index to over 14,000 MACRs listing serial number, MACR number, date, and unit if known.
		Histories of the Air Forces, Divisions, and Wings: Covers the 16 Air Forces, 8 Air Divisions, and 91 Wings.
	www.armyairforces.com (313 words)

	Beale Air Force Base - B52 - 456 BW, 17 BW, 456 Stretegic Wing
		A base steeped in history, it is in the forefront of the Air Force’s future in high technology.
		Unlike most Air Force bases, which since the birth of the Air Force in September 1947 have carried the name of famous aviators, Beale AFB honors the man who founded the Army Camel corps and who was one of California's largest landholders.
		In 1948, the camp transferred from the Army to the Air Force.
	www.strategic-air-command.com /bases/Beale_AFB.htm (895 words)

	Royal Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The RAF is the oldest independent air force in the world, formed on April 1, 1918.
		The CAS heads the Air Force Board, which is a committee of the Defence Council.
		The Air Force Board (AFB) is the management board of the RAF and consists of the Commanders-in-Chief of the Commands, together with several other high ranking officers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Air_Force (3953 words)

	The 15th Air Force was flying missions out of Foggia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Second Bomb Group was a principle player in the fortunes of the 15th Air Force having already served in Algeria, Tunisia in Northern Africa.
		The last ground battle of the war was launched by the Fifteenth Air Force from the air.
		A bombardment by 1233 heavy bombers of the Fifteenth Air Force saturated the German defenses by dropping nearly 25,000 bombs within five miles of Allied Forces.
	www.2ndbombgroup.org /15thAirForce.htm (242 words)

	Bombardier Aerospace / Amphibious aircraft / Initial Attack
		The operation in Turkey was an unqualified success and could not have been achieved without the bravery and professionalism of the Air Force officers and non-commissioned officers aboard the aircraft.
		She is a professor at the Greek Fire Brigade Academy in aircraft accidents, and at the Hellenic Air Force Academy in flight mechanics.
		He is deputy commander and chief pilot of the Hellenic Air Force amphibious aircraft unit, 355 Squadron.
	www.bombardier.com /en/3_0/3_3/3_3_7_5_3.html (427 words)

	Amazon.com: Air Force (1943): Video: John Ridgely,Gig Young,Arthur Kennedy,Charles Drake,Harry Carey,George Tobias,Ward ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I suppose that most people who saw "Air Force" in a theater pretty much knew most of this but were glad to get a more dramatic look at the events.
		All in all, "Air Force" came across pretty good but it isn't the likes of "Objective Burma", "Sahara", "Sands of Iwo Jima" or a number of other WWII era movies that seemed to be running on more cylinders.
		By the end of the film, "Air Force" goes too far, with the crew of the B-17 lobbing bombs directly down the stacks of Japanese cruisers with pin-point accuracy.
	www.amazon.com /Air-Force-John-Ridgely/dp/6302224446 (2580 words)

	AN INNOCENT AT POLEBROOK: A MEMOIR OF AN 8TH AIR FORCE BOMBARDIER
		This is a true story about an innocent 18-year old plucked from his small hometown in California who found himself at 19 riding in the nose of a heavy bomber under conditions he could not possibly have imagined.
		As a bombardier riding in a Plexiglas compartment, the author had a unique vantage point from which he could behold grand vistas.
		But he also observed armadas of bombers stretching out ahead like flocks of geese, the horrifying barrages of fl antiaircraft fire, the menace of enemy interceptors and the heartbreaking spectacle of wounded bombers.
	www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~21821.aspx (1335 words)

	17 Wing - About Us
		In addition, 435 Squadron is the only Air Force squadron equipped and trained to conduct air-to-air refuelling of fighter aircraft in support of operational and training activities at home and abroad.
		The Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training conducts all aircrew Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) training, designed to help downed aircrew survive to be rescued, and all ”human factors” or aeromedical training of aircrew.
		The Dundurn Detachment is home to a Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot, responsible for the storage and handling of military munitions and the only Canadian Forces site for the disposal of time-expired munitions as well as ranges and a manoeuvre training area.
	www.airforce.forces.ca /17wing/about_us/about_e.asp (649 words)

	Bombardier Badge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bombardier Badge was a military badge of the United States military which was issued between the years of 1918 and 1947.
		With the creation of the United States Air Force in 1947, the Bombardier Badge was gradually phased out and none were issued after 1950.
		The modern-day Officer Aircrew Badge is considered the U.S. Air Force successor decoration to the Bombardier Badge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bombardier_Badge (244 words)

	Netherlands East Indies Air Force in Australia during WW2
		It was then discovered that the pilot and bombardier had been shot dead and the co-pilot wounded by the strafing Zero.
		On 8 September 1945, the Mitchells of 2 Squadron RAA and 18 (NEI) Squadron flew air cover for the surrender by the Japanese commanders on HMAS Burdekin.
		The veterans' organisation, "18 Squadron NEI-RAAF Forces Association" was dissolved in 1999.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/nei-af.htm (3036 words)

	Dixie Wing, Commemorative Air Force
		One of the main goals of the Commemorative Air Force is to maintain and fly our fleet of airplanes so that they are preserved as living history.
		They were also used for navigator, bombardier, and gunnery training in addition to cargo and VIP transport.
		This one is painted identically to the personal transport of RAF Air Vice-Marshal Paddy Bandon in 1944 and flown by one of our members, Col Vic Hewes.
	www.dixiewing.org /aircraft_rides/index.htm (474 words)

	bombardier - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Bombardier : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
		Bombardier, bombardier : LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
		Phrases that include bombardier: bombardier advanced rapid transit, bombardier badge, bombardier bilevel coach, bombardier canadair regional jet, bombardier continental, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=bombardier (245 words)

	Bombardier (1943) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Plot Outline: Training of bombardiers in semi-documentary style, with personal stories and a battle climax.
		Randolph Scott is, as always, competent and entertaining and the rest of the extras are excellent (look for a young Robert Ryan as one of the bombardiers in training).
		While the story is reminiscent of several other movies about our pilots and crews, the film is well-crafted enough to make it interesting and not too far-fetched.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0035689 (382 words)

	Canada's Air Force, Aircraft: Beech C90A King Air
		Canada's Air Force, Aircraft: Beech C90A King Air
		Eight Beech King Airs are provided to the military under contract by their owner, Bombardier, and used for multi-engine training of military pilots by military instructors.
		The Aircraft seen here on the flight line at Southport, Manitoba (formerly CFB Portage la Prairie) display the Bombardier insignia on their tails.
	www.airforce.forces.gc.ca /equip/historical/kingairlst_e.asp (84 words)

	Bombardier or Navigator (B/N) definition - Air Force Technology
		Bombardier or Navigator (B/N) definition - Air Force Technology
		Bombardier or Navigator (B/N) US Navy term for a co-pilot operator who handles navigation and targeting operations on bombing missions.
		Copyright 2006 SPG Media Limited a subsidiary of SPG Media Group PLC
	www.airforce-technology.com /glossary/bombardier-or-navigator.html (41 words)

	An Innocent at Polebrook: A Memoir of an 8th Air Force Bombardier - SHOP.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		An Innocent at Polebrook: A Memoir of an 8th Air Force Bombardier - SHOP.COM
		An Innocent At Polebrook : A Memoir Of An 8th Air Force Bombardier
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	www.shop.com /op/aprod-p25557568 (210 words)

	4ArmedForces U.S. Air Force Bombardier License Plate
		The world's largest supplier of US military license plates makes these United States Air Force Bombardier License Plates.
		They are made of aluminum so they won't rust.
		One of these License Plates is a great way to identify the Bombardier specialty and training that you or someone you know worked so hard to achieve in the Air Force.
	www.4armedforces.com /product/0100_LAF30 (122 words)

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