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Robert Campbell was drafted in the U.S. Army on May 3, 1957, and 52 years later, he is still serving his country.

While the winner of the January 1918 fighter competition for the German
air force was the immortal Fokker D VII, another fighter was a close
second and more of a technological breakthrough. This fighter was the
Siemens Schuckert Werke (SSW) DIII (yes, the same Siemens company) and
its breakthrough was the contra-

rotating rotary engine.

In the mid-1930s, war clouds began gathering and the world

NEVATIM AIR FORCE BASE, Israel

Senior Airman Maria Atalig sits at her work center here in Germany
monitoring multiple systems for her assigned area of responsibility
thousands of miles away.

Suddenly the day heats up for the 1W0X1 Air Force Weather forecaster assigned to the 21st Operational Weather Squadron.

In 1935, the U.S. Navy issued a requirement for a new carrier-based
Navy fighter aircraft and considered three designs: the Brewster
Aeronautical Corporation XFA2 monoplane, the Grumman XF4F-1 biplane and
(briefly) a naval version of the Seversky P-35.

In 1940, while World War II raged and the United States watched from
the sidelines, the British Royal Air Force was anxious to buy high
quality military aircraft and American manufacturers were anxious to
sell them.