Veterans Day / Memorial Day Poem #250

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The day seemed to drag, each breath I inhaled drew in clouds of dust and drear.
The hot sticky sun withered away any moisture I managed to hold within me. My
uniform long and baggy dripped with sweat only...

Air Force Print News for May 15, 2008

Name the Tanker: Leaders seek inputs from Airmen
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123098797

Officials to explore cyberspace mission at symposium
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123098860

Deployed environmental stewardship pays off
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123098787

SECAF discusses 'culture shift' toward continuous process improvement
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123098824

Officials extend spouse career advancement initiative
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123098829

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2 Army helicopters vandalized on Pa. production line
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/05/2-army-helicopt.html

{EXCERPT} USA Today Two twin-rotor Army Chinook helicopters were vandalized
during production at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Pentagon announced
today....

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'America's Air Show' Soars Into Town
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{EXCERPT} WJLA, DC Among those participating include the Navy's Blue Angels, the
Marine Corps' AV-8B Harier, the US Army Parachute Team Golden Knights, and US
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Letter To Mother From Frozen Airman Now Holds Special Significance
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{EXCERPT} WTRF, WV BRIDGEPORT, Ohio -- Ernest Glenn Munn was learning to be a
navigator in the US Army Air Corps. His plane crashed on a snowy mountaintop in
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Air Force club members eligible for scholarships
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123098924

{EXCERPT} Air Force Link, DC, By Lynda Cipollone 5/15/2008 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE
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Air Force Historical Research Agency holdings reveal WWII heroics...

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{EXCERPT} Maxwell Gunter Dispatch, AL, By Scott Knuteson Thanks to Air Force
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Russian Helicopters Showcased for Military, the Rich
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{EXCERPT} The Moscow Times, Russia Russian and foreign manufacturers vied to
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Why read your flight supplement ?

Here's another one from the wacky minds of our Military controllers at
Namao. A bit of Background is in order: CFB Edmonton (Namao) is a military
field just outside of Edmonton. All aircraft touching down at Namao require
a PPR (Prior Permission Request) number, and have to recite it to the
controller at first contact. Our flying club is civilian/military, and all
our aircraft have permanent PPR's.

One day, we were sitting around listening to the scanner, when a Tomahawk
from a local flight school announced inbound for circuits. The controllers
asked for the PPR #, and the pilot said they didn't know about one. We
expected the aircraft to turn away, but the controller cleared them
right-base for 29. We now pick up the audio from this momentous day:

Tomahawk: "F-XAA is final 29, touch and go."

Tower: "XAA is cleared touch and go, 29".



Tomahawk: "F-XAA is final 29, touch and go"

Tower: "F-XAA is cleared touch and go, 29. How many more circuits were you
planning on making?"

Tomahawk: "We though we'd make one or two more."

See:

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/darpa-to-build.html

Sounds impressive, but is it really such a huge leap over
the engines on the (mach 3.2+) SR-71?