Multiple posters in the Reddit subgroup r/AirForce responded negatively when the memo was posted there. Some predicted the announced review will result in four-day weekends being taken away for uniformed troops and said it would further depress the spirit of already stretched-thi...
WASP (from left) Frances Green, Margaret Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leave their B-17, called Pistol Packin' Mama, during ferry training at Lockbourne Army Air Force base in Ohio. They're carrying their parachutes. A few more than 1,100 young women, all civilian volunteers, f...
but based on the questions I get on this site as well as the weekly newbie threads atreddit.com/r/airforce, it is obvious that many people have questions about lying to a recruiter in order to enlist or commission in the US Air Force. People consider lying about drug use, medical and...
At the start there was little time for specialized training. New recruits, many of whom had fathers or brothers serving in the RAF, were appointed to jobs as close as possible to their civilian employments. Girls with good shorthand skills would work as station clerks, cooks went as cooks, ...
Although Cold, cramped and uncomfortable the protection offered by Anderson shelters unquestionably saved many civilian lives in British cities through those dark and dreadful months of the war.Sources: Marion McMullen: A Sheltered Life (Lincolnshire Echo, 28 February 2019) Joshua Levine: The Secret...
Retired in 2011 from Royal Air Force.• Other nations are still using it. • Not capable of agile maneuvers, very slow motion at takeoff and landing.• The fully-equipped aircraft was too heavy to really perform VTOL. Rather used for short distance take-off and landing (STOL). ...
"The Politics of Air Power" examines the turbulent development of relations between U.S. Army aviation leaders and civilian officials during the 1920s and 1930s. In the early 1920s Brigadier General William 'Billy' Mitchell and a group of Army Air Service officers tried to force the creation...
Simbeck's analysis sometimes tends toward the simplistic: for example, in his eagerness to promote a forgotten history, he blames all the women's difficulties on misogynyAan argument that is contradicted by Marianne Verges's seminal history, On Silver Wings: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of...
Each Program ExecutiveOfficeis headed by a Program ExecutiveOfficerwho is a high ranking official – either a member of the military or a high ranking civilian – responsible for the cost, schedule, and performance of a major system, or portfolio of systems, some worth billions of dollars. ...
Event to honor all branches of the military, featuring a celebration of “Gators in Space”; static military and civilian aircraft displays; classic cars; children’s activities; live music; food trucks, aircraft rides over “The Swamp”