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Aircraft awful and awesome
THE “SUPER” F-16
In the late 1970s, Gen. Wilbur Creech, commander of the Tactical Air
Command (now Air Combat Command) wanted a dual role, all weather
enhanced tactical fighter (ETF) to correct what he saw as the major
deficiency in the American tactical air forces − the inability to
attack targets, especially mobile targets, at night. Because of budget
constraints, General Creech wanted a modified version of an existing
fighter rather than an entirely new aircraft. The manufacturers of the
two main fighters in the Air Force inventory, General Dynamics (F-16)
and McDonnell Douglas (F-15), both immediately plunged into the
competition.
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Destinations
Military Time Travel A stroll Through History Story and photos by Cadet Matthew RiceContributing writer ***image1***“You can’t truly understand or appreciate a country until you learn of its history and how it was shaped by military force.” So says the director of Public Affairs at the Panzer Museum in Munster. […]
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Wine aficionados can get collections stateside
Many Americans start a wine collection while in Europe and want to send
it to the United States when their overseas tour ends. And, that can
sometimes be a difficult task.
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86th CRG medics participate in Shared Accord
A group of Air Force medics teamed up with a battalion of Marines and a
handful of Sailors and Soldiers to form the Task Force 2/25 as part of
Exercise Shared Accord June 18 to 30 in Senegal.
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Angels and Airmen
Your car narrowly misses a collision with an 18-wheeler on the
autobahn. As you walk up to your bedroom, you lose your balance on the
stairs, but manage to grab the handrail. You kneel to tie your shoe
laces only to feel a baseball graze your hair from behind. Some would
call it merely chance. Others would call it something more.
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Aircraft aweful and awesome
One of the most famous yet underappreciated of all World War II
aircraft is the German Junkers Ju-52/3m, which could correctly be
called the
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