Airman articles from September 2003

Airman archives from September 2003

Stepping into the unknown: from monkey to man, the voyage into space has taken billions of dollars, presidential commitments and human lives.(A Centennial Of Flight Special Feature)
September 1, 2003... Space isn't a destination. It's a goal--one that can't be completed by one man, one military, of even one nation--it's a promise for a better tomorrow that must be shared by the world. It has been a perilous journey that has forced...

Uniform tests underway.(Airman's World)
September 1, 2003... Caption: Capt. Rachel Sullivan (background) a maintenance officer, and Tech. Sgt. Thomas Stone, a maintenance specialist, both with the 89th Maintenance Group, put the proposed Air Force utility uniform through its paces on the flight line at...

Some airmen can carry over 'use or lose'.(Airman's World)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFPN) -- Active-duty airmen who were unable to take annual leave this past year because they supported contingency operations will be allowed to accumulate more than the normal 60 days after the fiscal year ends. Air...

Frequent flier ends combat career.(Airman's World)
September 1, 2003... SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- He served four tours flying combat missions over Vietnam and tours flying in Operations Deny Flight, Joint Endeavor, Southern Watch, Allied Force and Northern Watch. Just sitting back and watching the 21 days of...

Fighting a different kind of war.(Airman's World)
September 1, 2003... RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas--The string of A's scrolling across Master Sgt. Dan Derlein's computer monitor one fall afternoon in 2001 concerned him--not because his computer could be breaking down but because he wasn't intentionally pressing...

'G.I. Bob' leaves legacy of Hope, laughter.(Airman's World)
September 1, 2003... Comedian Bob Hope logged more than 10 million air miles traveling to see the troops. He entertained more than 12 million military people during 700 trips in the United States, the North Atlantic, Caribbean, Europe, North Africa, Middle East,...

AF releases 2004 realignments.(Airman's World)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... WASHINGTON (AFPN)--The Air Force will lose 2,260 military and 2,839 civilian manpower positions, and 1,055 reserve drill authorizations next year, according to the 2004 forcestructure announcement released recently. Many bases, both active...

Light from above.(Airman's World)
September 1, 2003... Caption: BAGHDAD, Iraq--A member of the Combined Weapons Effectiveness Assessment Team checks out the impact point of a precision-guided 5,000-pound bomb that penetrated the dome of one of Saddam Hussein's key regime buildings. The assessment...

Back to basic.(Airman Puzzles)
September 1, 2003... Unscramble each of the clue words. take the letters that appear in boxes and unscramble them for the final message. GANMEAT NAMETAG UECYTSIR SECURITY MIOTITPSRA PATRIOTISM ROSERD ORDERS RISBYPIELISTON RESPONSIBILITY ...

Controlling myPay; step-by-step guide on how to take charge of your pay accounts.(Airman Consumer)
September 1, 2003... Remember when you had to take a number and then desperately wait in line to make a minor change to your pay account? After staring for what seemed like hours at the ticket number that read something ridiculous like 3,500, you would...

Building the engine.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... Very good article ["Slipping the Surly Bonds," December 2002], very well researched. However, the Wright brothers didn't build or piece together their own engine. They tried to contract it to other firms, most of whom weren't interested in a...

Reality of deployments.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... I read "Air Mail," [July 2003], and shook my head at the letters about the March 2003 cover. I worked on a historic structure restoration years ago, where we partnered with a college to save money and provide a learning experience for students....

A drone is a drone.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... In the June 2003 issue, the picture in the center of Pages 8 and 9 ["Pushing the Envelope"] is not the SR-71 Blackbird, although part of that aircraft is visible in the background. The aircraft shown is the D-21 drone, a single-engine unmanned...

Hats off.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... On Page 24 ["War and Peace," June 2003], there's a major cleaning the windshield of an aircraft, in his flight suit, wearing a Jeff Gordon racing hat, Not only is this an unauthorized item while in uniform, it sends a message to the troops that...

Folding the flag.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... I really noticed the cover of your May 2003 issue with Lt. Col. Matt Meloy in the cockpit of his F-15. It shows a couple of flags in the cockpit on the forward glare shield. The most glaring thing about the photo is that one of his flags is...

Up in space.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... In "Pushing the Envelope," [June 2003], there is a photograph of Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom and his Mercury spacecraft, the Liberty Bell 7. You identify Grissom as "... the first Air Force astronaut to orbit in a spacecraft..." The first Air...

Correction.(Air Mail)(Correction Notice)
September 1, 2003... In "Out of Thin Air," [June 2003], we incorrectly stated that retired Brig. Gen. Ron Huey had made a parachute jump, Also, he retired as the deputy chief of staff for the Ohio Air National Guard.

In search of news and information.(Air Mail)
September 1, 2003... Get the latest news and information about your busy Air Force quickly and easily. * Air Force Link: www.af.mil--Airman magazine, Air Force Print News, Air Force Radio News, Air Force TV News, fact sheets, biographies, artwork, and links to...

A way of life: spouses and children learn to cope with deployments without loved ones.
September 1, 2003... As tears of joy pooled in the corners of her eyes, Maria Iannuzzi quickly dabbed them away with a tissue. She waved an American flag at a taxiing KC-10 tanker bringing her husband safely home flora war. Maria's flag waving became more...

The puzzle masters: piecing together the past.
September 1, 2003... Bits of dirty cloth, a broken zipper and a few bits of broken plastic. In the hands of Howard Lusk, they're pieced together to solve the puzzle of two Army aviators who died more than 30 years ago when their OV-1 Mohawk reconnaissance plane...

Meet the parent: when her mom and dad deployed at the same time to fight in two different wars, 14-year-old Stephanie relied on her older brother to be the parent(s).
September 1, 2003... Meet Michael Lane. Less than a year ago, he was a 22-year-old bachelor living with some buddies in downtown Chicago. Fresh out of college, the political science major worked in a bank while deciding what to do with the rest of his life. Ah, to...

Surviving with patients: medical aircrews must learn to survive, evade, resist and escape for themselves and those they care for.
September 1, 2003... First Lt. James Greer looked like a man who'd been beaten and dragged. But to earn your wings in the medical flying world, you have to crawl before you can fly. Greer, a 39-year-old Air National guardsman, had low-crawled through rugged...

The other side of the wall: turmoil of German reunification changed airman's life.
September 1, 2003... The day the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 is one Senior Airman Anke Dzincielewski will never forget. There was a lot of celebration and everyone in her neighborhood took to the streets to take part in the merriment. But the teenager didn't know...

Mom, Tom and the wrath of God.(Airman's Notebook)
September 1, 2003... As the aircraft circled, circled and Circled over Lubbock, Texas like some kind of a not-so-merry-go-round, the pilot looked for even the slightest break in the cloud cover. But I knew it wasn't happening. Below us loomed a giant bag of cotton...