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	Royal Australian Air Force@Everything2.com
		The AFC's primary role was troop support, however as this force became more active in roles such as air-to-air combat, and bombing attacks, it became clear that the AFC's value lay beyond simple infantry support, and the RAAF was formed as a separate force.
		Both these forces considered the RAAF to be a force whose aim always would be the support of naval and ground forces, rather than a unit who should exist in a stand alone capacity.
		Australia's Air Force involvement in WWII was concentrated in Europe, and the Mediterranean area, with many thousands of Australians fighting in Australian Squadrons, or with the RAF.
	www.everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=478924 (989 words)

	Royal Air Force - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The RAF is the oldest independent air force in the world, formed on April 1, 1918.
		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.
		The Tornado F.3 is the RAF's air defence fighter aircraft, based at RAF Leuchars and RAF Leeming to defend the UK’s airspace.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Royal_Air_Force (3746 words)

	List of Australian Air Force installations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Australian or allied bases at which RAAF units were permanently stationed.
		Butterworth Air Base, Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia (formerly RAAF Base Butterworth).
		RAAF Base Port Moresby, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Australian_air_force_bases (707 words)

	Plattsburgh AFB, NY - SAC - 380th Bomb Wing - B-47, B-52, FB111A
		On Oct.18, 1945, the unit was transferred to the 7th Air Force, where it participated in the Sunset Project, the return of B-24s and their crews to the United States.
		During the 1974 Strategic Air Command's bombing and navigation competition, the FB-111 and KC-135 crews from the 380th combined their effort with the support personnel to prove to be "The best of the best" in earning the Fairchild Trophy for the highest combined bomber and tanker scores during the competition.
		Interestingly, the same day marked three milestones; the 20th anniversary of the Strategic Air Command, the 10th anniversary from the date the first B-47 was received at Plattsburgh AFB as well as the dedication of this permanent monument as a reminder of the part this aircraft played in the nation's defense in the North Country.
	www.strategic-air-command.com /bases/Plattsburgh_AFB.htm (6693 words)

	Royal Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force of the United Kingdom.
		Of particular note was 1928 's air evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan the first operation of its kind.
		The end of the RAF presence in east of Asia came in 1971 when the Far East Air Force was disbanded on October 31.
	www.freeglossary.com /Royal_Air_Force (1502 words)

	Military Bases
		Description: This base was put on alert during the 1975 Loring AFB intrusions.
		The base is constructed on the edge of the Groom Lake salt bed in the dry Emigrant Valley between two jagged mountain ranges.
		This testing range is used by the Air Force Weapons Laboratories, Sandia Laboratories, Defense Nuclear Agency, and the Department of Energy.
	www.fortunecity.com /roswell/prediction/51/text-files/milbases.html (1791 words)

	United Kingdom: Royal Air Force
		An interim flag was produced to represent the Royal Air Force at the armistice celebrations; a 'white ensign' with an overall dark blue St George's Cross, the Royal Air Force eagle in the centre of the cross, and a royal crown above it on the vertical arm of the cross.
		The new ensign was described as, "the Ensign of the Royal Air Force defaced by the addition of the letters N Z superimposed in white upon the red roundel of the ensign" (AIR 30/140).
		In February 1943 Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshall Sir Charles Portal, obtained the informal agreement of Buckingham Palace, to an Air Council request, that the Royal Air Force should be represented on the Cenotaph by the addition of an RAF Ensign on each side of the monument.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-raf.html (4502 words)

	Singapore's Sling
		Air Force pilots who fly air-to-air combat training from Singapore are in for an aerial treat.
		In 1991, the Air Force reactivated the unit — then the 497th Fighter Training Squadron — to handle periodic training exercises on the island nation of Singapore.
		Topping the visitor’s list are Air Force units based in the Pacific in transit to and from deployments to Southwest Asia.
	www.af.mil /news/airman/0202/sling.html (1862 words)

	AIR FORCE GIFTS - best air force gifts
		The Air Force shall be responsible for the preparation of the air forces necessary for the effective prosecution of war except as otherwise assigned and, in accordance with integrated joint mobilization plans, for the expansion of the peacetime components of the Air Force to meet the needs of war."
		The United States Air Force was became a separate military service on September 18, 1947, with the implementation of the National Security Act of 1947.
		In 1941, the Army Air Corps became a part of the new U.S. Army Air Forces and the GHQ Air Force was redesignated the subordinate Air Forces Combat Command.
	www.lapdauthors.com /air-force-gifts/air_force_history.html (1310 words)

	Sas Bloodbath In Timor - Armchair General Forums
		Therefore the current state of the Indonesian air force could be strong evidence that Indonesia is not yet in a position to declare war on anybody.
		So within five years, we could be facing an Indonesia with the ability to put 64,000 soldiers onto Australian soil fairly swiftly, an Indonesia with an upgraded air force and a naval force whose crews have managed to get a few more years of experience under their belts.
		Kangaroo 95, based on an enemy invasion from the North (played by the American soldiers), was according to Pitt umpired by Indonesian generals, who reportedly bragged that they would be back to invade.
	www.armchairgeneral.com /forums/showthread.php?p=468504 (4486 words)

	aircraft and military museums
		The aircraft museum at Edwards Air Force Base in the high desert an hour and a half north east of Los Angeles is one of those places which is almost impossible to visit unless you're a serving member of the United States Air Force.
		The official Royal Air Force museum at Hendon, in North London, is filled with rare aircraft which you won't see anywhere else, like this Boulton-Paul Defiant, a fatally flawed fighter design which had a gun turret at the rear but no forward-firing armament.
		The Russian Air Force Museum at Monino, an hour's train ride north of Moscow, was once off limits to western aviation enthusiasts, and even after the end of the cold war it was still necessary to get a letter of introduction from an official source before it was possible to visit.
	www.richard-seaman.com /Aircraft/Museums (3956 words)

	Erowid Salvia Divinorum Vault : Legal Status
		The US Air Force is considering whether to include Salvia divinorum in the list of banned drugs.
		See List of Controlled Drugs in Russia (Russian) However, information from "Timiryazevskaya Agricultural Academy" (botanical academy) and GNK officials (DEA-like organisation in Russia) suggest that the Russian authorities plan to control Salvia divinorum within 2-6 months, by mid-2007.
		Neither Salvia divinorum nor salvinorin are listed in the Ukraine's list of narcotic, psychotropic substances, and their precursors.
	www.erowid.org /plants/salvia/salvia_law.shtml (3282 words)

	Chief of Air Force: Royal Australian Air Force
		Air Marshal Binskin’s service commenced with the RAN in May 1978 and on completion of flying training, was posted to fly A-4G Skyhawk aircraft at Naval Air Station Nowra, NSW.
		Air Marshal Binskin was promoted to Air Marshal and appointed Chief of Air Force on 04 July 2008.
		Air Marshal Binskin is married to Gitte and they have two sons, Scott, born in 1989, and Nicholas, born in 1993.
	www.raaf.gov.au /leaders/caf.htm (430 words)

	Tag: Air Force - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
		The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has rescued twin brothers who were paddling from Western Australian to South Africa in a canoe.
		Air force pilots from around the world have arrived in Darwin with the International Air Defence training exercise "Pitch Black".
		The Wagga Wagga RAAF base that was to close under a defence review a decade ago has today marked the official opening of a $61 million expansion.
	www.abc.net.au /news/tag/air-force/default.htm (757 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft - The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
		An Australian, Pilot Officer Triggs, was the second pilot of the 172 Squadron RAF Wellington which delivered that attack.
		Operating from his base at Mount Batten in Cornwall, Flying Officer Geoff Rossiter was patrolling the 'Derange' area of the Bay of Biscay in RAAF Sunderland 10/W. was spotted with binoculars, outward bound, whilst the Sunderland was about 17 miles away and patrolling just below the cloud base.
		A strong anti-submarine force had been prepared by the Allies for just this eventuality, and the result was the largest pitched battle between U-boats and aircraft of the entire war.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/raaf.htm (5671 words)

	Armchair Generalist: January 2005
		Counterproliferation is very focused toward assuring that U.S. forces and interests could be protected should they confront an adversary armed with nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons (this definition is changing due to the Bush national strategy).
		He also was the architect of the discussion that suggested the military was too invested in traditional warfare strategies and equipment, and that the military needed to transform to adapt and balance the force to face new challenges such as irregular forces, disruptive (cyber, biotech, direct energy) technologies, and catastrophic (terrorist WMD, ballistic missile) threats.
		In the Office of Force Transformation library, there is an April 2004 briefing titled "Security Planning and Transformation" that notes the U.S. military's focus on military victories and strategic primacy, to the near exclusion of cooperative engagement and political victories.
	armchairgeneralist.typepad.com /my_weblog/2005/01/index.html (9556 words)

	Australian Air Force Cadets@Everything2.com
		The Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC) has a history dating back to 1941, when it was formed by Royal Warrant in the depths of World War II.
		These days, it is an organisation dedicated to both giving young people with an interest in the Air Force a taste of military life, and to building discipline, character and a sense of responsiblilty in the countries youth.
		Looking back at the list of the AAFC's aims and goals, the one which sticks out to me the most is 'develop the qualities of leadership, self-reliance and initiative'.
	everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=1364227 (2163 words)

	Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
		Australian Air Force Cadets - If you are aged between 13 and 18 years old, you may join this exciting organisation for young Australian aviation enthusiasts.
		A modern expeditionary air force, it is the youngest of the three armed Services in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) but the second-oldest air force in the world.
		His priorities include making sure Air Force continues to deliver first-rate air power to the Government and Australia, and ensuring we work to enhance the force itself and our relationship with service provider groups.
	www.airforce.gov.au (325 words)

	Air Force - Indonesia Matters
		Air Force Chief of Staff Air Marshal Herman Prayitno said in Pontianak, West Kalimantan on the 27th that of the country’s 250 war planes only half were fully operational, due to the difficulties Indonesia faces in procuring spare parts for military aircraft.
		Speaking at the Supadio air force base in Pontianak Prayitno said the United States used tight procedures for the purchase of spare parts needed by the Indonesian Air Force.
		The Air Force currently plans to obtain a loan of $1 billion from the Australian government to be used for the purchase of six Russian made Sukhoi fighters, the aircraft to be based at Hasanuddin air base in Makassar, South Sulawesi.
	www.indonesiamatters.com /1136/air-force (913 words)

	Armchair Generalist: October 2006
		The Air Force is definitely interested in lethal air-delivered munitions that feature low collateral damage in urban areas, and it's curiously morbid and fascinating as to the language used to describe the munition and its effort.
		The Air Force is demonstrating a low collateral damage warhead, allowing a "behind-the-wall" threat prosecution with a highly localized lethal footprint.
		The anthrax vaccination program was not halted due to safety concerns, it was suspended due to a federal court case in which former Air Force personnel were suing the government for allegedly not proving the vaccine's efficacy and safety.
	armchairgeneralist.typepad.com /my_weblog/2006/10/index.html (9697 words)

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		COMPLETE NES LIST v1.1 October 22 2000 ===================================== To see the changes from the last version, goto http://www.mcs.net/~millert/public/complete_nes_list_diff.htm This list takes the bulk of it's information from Mike Etlers Rarity list v4.0 1997, Martin Nielsens European list v0.10 1998, and my collection(Todd Miller).
		I have listed these people at the end of this list.
		I have also added the color of the cartridge where it is not the usual grey or the grey is relavent(Zelda again fits this bill).
	www.steverd.com /rare/neslist.txt (797 words)

	Austalian PSYOP
		He entered the Australian Army in 1970 at the age of 23 and was sent to Singleton army base for recruit training and Woodside for Corps training in Intelligence.
		The Australians printed about 100,000 of this leaflet that were disseminated by air on NVA and VC troops to encourage them to rally to the Republic of Viet Nam.
		Australian Leaflet ATF-053-70 is a form of rural development leaflet where the government gives helpful instructions to the populace in an attempt to make their life better and their loyalty to the regime stronger.
	www.psywarrior.com /AustralianVNPSYOP.html (11346 words)

	Campaigns Hall of Fame: Icefire
		This campaign is loosely (and semi-historically) based on the experiences of Flying Officer Geoffrey Fisken in the defense of Singapore.
		With bases secured in the Marianas and Iwo Jima the United States Army Air Force could now strike at Japanese industry directly with long range B-29 bombers and their accompanying P-51D and P-47N fighter escort.
		In the summer of 1943, the Royal New Zealand Air Force was asked to join the Americans in the defense of the island of Guadalcanal.
	www.airwarfare.com /Sims/FB/fb_campaigns_icefire.htm (1265 words)

	UFO Folklore Center
		Description: This base was put on alert during the 1975 Loring AFB intrusions.
		The base is constructed on the edge of the Groom Lake salt bed in the dry Emigrant Valley between two jagged mountain ranges.
		The base, along with others, was put on a "Security Option 3" and was told to prepare to "Defend against a helicopter assault".
	www.qtm.net /~geibdan/newsa/baese.html (1819 words)

	The Australian Debate: Abandon F-35, Buy F-22s? (updated)
		Air Vice Marshal Criss was present at discussions between the Chief of both the United States and Australian air forces in the late nineties when the F-22 was offered to the RAAF and it was dismissed out of hand by the Australian delegate.
		Air Power Australia’s strategic procurement analysis of the F-35A [PDF, 6.7 MB], which places it within the context of regional air trends and a set of submitted strategic requirements, was submitted to this same committee (submission #20).
		Air Marshall Geoff Shepherd launches the revised air power doctrine during the Chief of Air Force Conference in Melbourne, attended by heads of Air Forces from across the world, air power professionals and industry leaders.
	www.defenseindustrydaily.com /retired-raaf-vicemarshal-abandon-f35-buy-f22s-updated-02681 (4276 words)

	Air Force Reserve - List of Bases
		There is a flight simulator and a theater in the museum, home of the American Forces Radio and Television Service.
		Ours is the largest base in the Air Force Reserve, offering hundreds of positions in airlift, airdrop, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation.
		We are also the home of the only Combat Camera squadron in the Air Force Reserve.
	www.afreserve.com /bases.asp?id=48 (221 words)

	A Short History of the Royal Australian Air Force
		Throughout the subsequent years, while suffering from financial restrictions, Air Commodore Williams concentrated on the structure of the Service, its Bases, its Messes, etc. Various other names notable in Air Force history, who were active in the inter-war years included Murray Jones, Lucas, Cole, Wrigley and George Jones.
		The forming Service kept in touch with the Royal Air Force and Williams reports finding Lord Trenchard, the founder of the Royal Air Force, to be helpful.
		With the coming of World War 2, the Air Force have been financially restricted, was not at full strength.
	www.vvaa.org.au /raaf.htm (424 words)

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