Prepa PLS Anglais » North American AFs http://airforces.fr AERONAUTICS and DEFENSE for English learners Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:04:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Insect-small MAVs – Close to hummingbird performance! http://airforces.fr/2010/09/08/insect-small-mavs-close-to-hummingbird-performance/ http://airforces.fr/2010/09/08/insect-small-mavs-close-to-hummingbird-performance/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:04:20 +0000 Recce 233 Savoie http://airforces.fr/?p=4431 >>>>]]>

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As the British government open up a 5,000-page document of alleged UFO sightings, further information might be made public about the Rendlesham Forest incident that occurred for 3 nights in a row from Christmas day 1980. You can see the Rendlesham sighting spots on the maps, as well as the Halt memo:


Agrandir le plan

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RIA NovostiTu-95MS Bear-H strategic bomberCanadian Air Force intercepts Russian bombers over Atlantic

09:56 31/07/2010 Canadian Air Force fighters intercepted two Russian strategic bombers over the Atlantic Ocean, CBC television reported, citing Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay.>>

RIA NovostiIran to engage all Air Force bases for major drillsIran to engage all Air Force bases for major drills

03:22 31/07/2010 Iran’s Air Force will engage its all bases for massive week-long drills, which kick off on Saturday.>>

RIA NovostiMiG-29Russia’s defense spending to rise by 60% by 2013 – paper

09:34 30/07/2010 Russian defense spending will increase by 60 percent, to more than 2 trillion rubles ($66.3 million) by 2013 from 1.264 trillion ($42 million) in 2010, a leading Russian business daily said on Friday.>>

RIA NovostiTu-95MS Bear-H strategic bomberRussian Tu-95 strategic bombers set new flight duration record

00:28 30/07/2010 Two Russian Tu-95MS Bear-H strategic bombers have carried out a record-breaking 40-hour patrol over three oceans.>>

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]]> http://airforces.fr/2010/07/13/israelus-strike-on-iran-deemed-possible-according-to-some-reports/feed/ 0 F-16 AN/APG-80 AESA radar http://airforces.fr/2010/06/07/f-16-anapg-80-aesa-radar/ http://airforces.fr/2010/06/07/f-16-anapg-80-aesa-radar/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:30:35 +0000 Recce 233 Savoie http://airforces.fr/?p=3791

]]> http://airforces.fr/2010/06/07/f-16-anapg-80-aesa-radar/feed/ 0 D-Day veteran paratrooper recounts the moment he jumped from a C-47 Dakota on June 6th, 1944 http://airforces.fr/2010/06/06/d-day-veteran-paratrooper-recounts-the-moment-he-jumped-from-a-c-47-on-june-6th-1944/ http://airforces.fr/2010/06/06/d-day-veteran-paratrooper-recounts-the-moment-he-jumped-from-a-c-47-on-june-6th-1944/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:36:25 +0000 Recce 233 Savoie http://airforces.fr/?p=3827

C-47s led the way on D-Day

]]> http://airforces.fr/2010/06/06/d-day-veteran-paratrooper-recounts-the-moment-he-jumped-from-a-c-47-on-june-6th-1944/feed/ 0 WWI Lafayette Flying Corps in remembrance http://airforces.fr/2010/06/01/wwi-lafayette-flying-corps-in-remembrance/ http://airforces.fr/2010/06/01/wwi-lafayette-flying-corps-in-remembrance/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:58:00 +0000 Recce 233 Savoie http://airforces.fr/?p=3743

WW1 – Tribute to the Lafayette Squadron
envoyé par KumKum91. – L’info video en direct.

Lafayette Flying Corps memorial - USAF photo/Cpt. Tony Wickman

by Capt. Tony Wickman

U.S. Air Forces in Europe Public Affairs

6/1/2010 – PARIS (AFNS) — U.S. and French civilian and military leaders paid their respects to America’s first combat pilots during ceremony at a memorial outside of Paris, May 27.

Gen. Roger Brady, the U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Rivkin, French Lt. Gen. Paul Fouilland, the Strategic Air Forces commander, several local elected officials and nearly 200 guests gathered at the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial’s central Arc de Triomphe to pay tribute to the 68 American pilots who died in service to the Allies during World War I.
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Article about the Escadrille Américaine

List of the 269 pilots who joined up the Lafayette Flying Corps

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