Airman articles from February 2001

Airman archives from February 2001

DRUG SWEEP.(airmen key in drug traffic control)
February 1, 2001... Airmen help federal agents on drug zone stakeouts Federal agents in South Florida knew drug cargo planes in Colombia were moving their annual "make or break" Christmas season orders toward the United States. A call was placed. ...

Hello, Old Friend!(airmen return to Curacao)
February 1, 2001... Airmen are serving in Curacao for the first time since World War II. Nobody's complaining. Now this is "living la vida loca!" Your usual candlelit table awaits in an old stone fort on a 502-year-old harbor. Dark seawater below exudes...

JSF demonstrators take flight.(Joint Strike Fighter)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Boeing's Joint Strike Fighter X-32A and Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter X-35A concept demonstrators soared during initial test flights when they climbed to 23,000 feet. A series of qualification...

Anti-G suit on 'Top 100' tech development list.(anti-gravity suit honored by 'Popular Science')(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFMCNS) -- Popular Science magazine recognized an Air Force Test Pilot School-tested prototype anti-G suit as one of the "Top 100" technology developments of 2000. The magazine picked the gear, called Libelle, as...

Brothers share birthday, career, same location.(twins at Travis Air Force Base)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- It's not unusual to find siblings stationed at the same base. What's unusual about two Travis siblings is they're identical twins assigned together as dental residents. Capts. Aaron (right) and Ammon Jones,...

Falcons are eyes in the sky.(Travis Air Force Base uses falcons to help control small birds)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AMCNS) -- It's amazing, considering the size of a C-5 or KC-l0, that some of Mother Nature's smallest creatures can pose such a serious threat to flying safety. Surprisingly though, a small bird can cause...

Falcons hang on for bowl win.(Air Force Academy beats Fresno State in Silicon Valley Football Classic)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sometimes it pays to be lucky. That's the New Year's lesson the U. S. Air Force Academy learned in its 37-34 Silicon Valley Football Classic win over Fresno State. After racing out to a 34-7 halftime lead, the academy...

10 years after the storm.(aerial assaults during Operation Desert Storm)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... It took 43 days of continuous aerial assaults 10 years ago to illustrate air power could demoralize a field army. The first squadron of F-15s arrived in Saudi Arabia within 38 hours of the deployment order, ready to face Iraqi forces. ...

Chuck Norris named 'Veteran of the Year'.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AFPN) -- Chuck Norris is an international action star best known for his roles in movies like "Delta Force" and "Missing in Action" and the "Walker, Texas Ranger" television series. But few people know he's an Air...

Sidewinder away.(AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile test)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- F-22 Raptor 4002 releases an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile during a separation test at 40,000 feet Dec. 13, 2000. Flown at a 26-degree angle-of-attack at only Mach .4, the test sortie demonstrated the...

Philly recruiter pulls no punches.(Air Force recruiter tells prospects exactly what to expect)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... PHILADELPHIA -- Staff Sgt. Mary Harley doesn't pull any punches when she tells people about life in the Air Force. An Air Force recruiter, she feels it's her duty to tell it like it is -- good or bad. Too bad that's not what happened when...

Band of the West highlights anniversary celebration of Ecuadorian air force.(Air Education and Training Command's Band of the West)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AETCNS)--Air Education and Training Command's Band of the West performed before hundreds of Ecuadorians as part of a mission to help celebrate the 80th anniversary of the country's air force. Lt. Gen. Oswaldo Dominquez,...

Ribbon acknowledges recruiters.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... WASHINGTON (AFPN) - A new ribbon recognizing the work of past, present and future Air Force recruiters will be available this year. The recruiting ribbon will be awarded upon graduation from recruiting school along with a one-time award of...

Identity Lost.(preventing identity theft)
February 1, 2001... Identity thieves cash in many different ways, but the end result is the same -- red tape, pain and heartache for victims. His wedding ring and his combat boots. That's what the crook left in Senior Airman Will Armstrong's gym locker....

AirMail.
February 1, 2001... Cancer inspiration WHEN I READ the story about Kerri Reed ["Kerri's Hope," August '00], I forgot my negativity towards donating blood and knew I needed to donate bone marrow. I made the trek to Detroit for tissue typing on a personal leave...

Simulator lets students pilot variety of aircraft.(flexible VISTA system allows pilots to learn various types of aircraft)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- It's riot exactly one-size-fits-all, but the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School's newest trainer fits into a variety of roles. Called VISTA -- variable-stability in-flight simulator test aircraft -- the...

Paradise Lost.(Johnston Island site of chemical weapons disposal)
February 1, 2001... Tropical paradise or chemical wasteland? Ten years of chemical weapons destruction comes to an end in the Pacific. When Lt. Col. Lee Kindle found out he was heading to Johnston Air Force Base, Johnston Island, for a year-long remote...

Life on the Line.(history of Tuskegee Airmen)
February 1, 2001... When retired Senior Master Sgt. Dan Summers basks with his son, Dan, in the golden company of 1940s-era warplanes, he recalls life with the Tuskegee Airmen flight training program as a junior but vital aircraft maintainer. "Perfection existed...

Net Force.(finding hackers who target Air Force computers)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... OSI hunts hackers targeting Air Force computers Ovie Carroll's brown eyes track across the computer screen. Line after line of computer code scrolls past. Somewhere among this sea of electronic gobbledygook is a clue to catching a hacker....

Gone Too Long.(task force seeks remains of missing in action)
February 1, 2001... Teams of American troops scour the jungles of Southeast Asia to find and bring home their fallen comrades. Drenched in sweat, Tech. Sgt. Don Mabee stabbed at the soft earth with his shovel. Toiling under the hot Vietnamese sun was hard...