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June 19, 2007 at 3:44 pm in reply to: Taiwan RoCAF fighters Takeoff/landing on highway! #2544703

Don Chan
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Taiwan ROCAF fighters take off/landing on highway!

http://www.ettoday.com/2004/07/21/11250-1660866.htm
http://www.taiwanmilitary.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=37764&sid=1a5c5836e31f9f13e0ab2b33fa766c98
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/afboy&article_id=2891540

20 October 1978:
TF-104G. 4166 (57-1326).
ROCAF.
First practice of emergency landings and take offs on highway: on Yuan Lin to Hua Tan highway, Chang Hua County.
Pilots were Chou Wen Chung (Zhou Wen Chong) and Sung Hsiao Shian (Song Xiao Xian).

4166 preserved at ROC Air Force Museum since August 1998. Photos at:
http://blog.yam.com/rexkuang/article/5830250

Lieutenant General Chou was ROCAF chief of staff, by late 2000.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/12/12/65145

Song retired as Major General in 1998. Photos at:
http://www.chi-san-chi.com/2culture/db/general_sung/works/eagle_fight_sky/index.html
http://www.chi-san-chi.com/2culture/db/general_sung/index.html

(Yes, I’m been on-line researching ROCAF F-104 attritions for a few F-104 fan sites based in Europe again.)

June 19, 2007 at 2:07 am in reply to: Japanese air show #2545007

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Babewatch

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/mbc/20070618/20070618-00000002-mbc-loc_all.html
reported:

18 June 2007, Monday:
JGSDF sends seven personnel to MBC (TV channel) for training (intonation and presentation) by a professional announcer.
These personnel will become announcers at JGSDF air shows and events.

June 18, 2007 at 4:21 pm in reply to: Chinese News, Photos, and Speculation #10 #2545231

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Republic of Taiwan

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/070617/60/fzhp.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/photo/url/d/i/070617/60/20070617_709890/20070617_709890.jpg.html

17 June 2007:
Air show at Hua Lien AB, Taiwan.
Harpoon anti-ship missile first seen in public on ROCAF F-16.

(IMO, more like an umbrella shaped as a F-16, for civilians.) 8D

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/070615/2/fxln.html

Article in Chinese, dated 16 June 2007.

After three years delay, the ROC legislative yuan passes the funding for purchasing F-16C/D, P-3C, and subs, and for upgrading Patriot II.
OTOH, no funding for purchasing Patriot III.

June 17, 2007 at 5:09 pm in reply to: Chinese News, Photos, and Speculation #10 #2545707

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Republic of Taiwan

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/070617/8/fzj4.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/photo/url/d/i/070617/8/20070617_710109/20070617_710109.jpg.html

17 June 2007:
Air show at Hua Lien AB, Taiwan.
Harpoon anti-ship missile first seen in public on ROCAF F-16.

June 17, 2007 at 4:27 pm in reply to: Photos of wrecks #2545732

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http://taiwanairpower.org/blog/?p=51

Date: October 29, 1970
Pilot: Major 薛壽康 (Killed)
Instructor pilot: Major 萬熙元 (Severly injured)
Crew chief: Chief Master Sergeant 姚文彬 (Slightly injured)
Aircraft type: UH-1H (ROCAF designation HH-1H)
Aircraft serial no.: 9503 (69-16673)
Total flight hours: 50:35

June 16, 2007 at 2:26 pm in reply to: Japanese Phantom help needed…. #2546080

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http://www.skynet-1.com/impression/jasdf/300-05.jpg

F-4EJ. 302nd Squadron, JASDF. Okinawa Prefecture.

Not a blue Phantom II, but IMO a rare photo of a Phantom II firing its cannon… albeit on the ground, tuning its cannon trajedory.

June 14, 2007 at 11:55 am in reply to: "The Few" abandoned – "Flying Tigers" instead? #1275128

Don Chan
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Flying Tigers

http://english.pladaily.com.cn/site2/news-channels/2007-06/07/content_839483.htm

‘Chinese WWII nurse for US Air Force’s “Flying Tigers” dies’

english.chinamil.com.cn 2007-06-07

　　KUNMING, June 6 (Xinhua) — Rita Wong, a Chinese nurse who cared for injured members of a United States Air Force squadron known as the “Flying Tigers” during the Second World War, died at the age of 95 on Tuesday in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province.

June 13, 2007 at 2:49 pm in reply to: Photos of wrecks #2506650

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Republic of Taiwan

http://blog.xuite.net/mrrf104g/plo1/9158329
http://blog.xuite.net/mrrf104g/plo1/8493332
http://blog.xuite.net/mrrf104g/plo1/8375768
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!WkARg2yXExr8Hs4ytfZ3/article?mid=1530&pk=F-104J

ROCAF F-104. Butchered at Tai Nan.

June 13, 2007 at 11:11 am in reply to: Japanese Aerospace fading giant or reviving monster? #2506675

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http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/fnn/20070613/20070613-00000455-fnn-soci.html
reported:

13 June 2007:
Supplier of USA-made engine for C-X and P-X, switched from Yamada Corporation
http://www.yamada.co.jp/jp/defense/index.html
http://www.yamada.co.jp/en/defense/index.html
to Nihon Mirise (pronounced “mee rice”) Corporation,
http://mirise.co.jp/japanese/gaiyo.html
http://mirise.co.jp/english/corpdata.html
and may affect manufacturing schedule.

(Yes, the female news announcer in the video looks cute.)

June 11, 2007 at 1:43 pm in reply to: Japanese Aerospace fading giant or reviving monster? #2507398

Don Chan
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MRJ – Mitsubishi Regional Jet

(Non-military, but on-topic.)

http://www.mrj-japan.com/e/index.html

“MRJ, the next-generation regional jet
that will offer the very ultimate in economy and comfort,
will be presented to the world at the Paris Air Show!”

June 10, 2007 at 3:42 pm in reply to: [Hong Kong] EC155 B1 Dauphin crash #523200

Don Chan
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HKGFS accident on 8 June 2007 in Hong Kong

8 June 2007:
EC155 B1 Dauphin. B-HRV.
Hong Kong Government Flying Service, based at Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok IAP, Lantau Island, Hong Kong SAR, China.
http://www.gfs.gov.hk/aircraft5.htm
http://www.gfs.gov.hk/home.htm

About 9:45, during rainstorm, while parked on tarmac, about 100 m outside its hangar, blown by gust of 129 km/h south wind, and crashed onto its right side.
Main rotor, right fuselage (including doors and windows), tail horizontal stabiliser, and tail rotor damaged.
No one wounded. 8D

One of two on-duty and parked on tarmac. Noses pointed west.

Main and tail rotor blades removed, righted by two crane-equipped trucks, and towed back into its hangar for inspection and repair.

See photos at:
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/070608/60/2951j-p1.html
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/070608/12/294rx-p1.html
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/06/09/HK0706090014.htm

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/070608/60/2951j.html
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/070608/12/294rz.html
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/070608/12/294rx.html
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/06/09/HK0706090017.htm
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/06/09/HK0706090015.htm

June 8, 2007 at 2:44 pm in reply to: B-29 losses in ww2? #1280722

Don Chan
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5 May 1945

[If able to assist, suggest you contact Japanese embassy in US, US embassy in Japan, USAF, AGARA Kii Minpou newspaper that posted these articles, or the locals.]

http://www.agara.co.jp/modules/dailynews/article.php?storyid=124305
http://www.agara.co.jp/modules/dailynews/article.php?storyid=117076
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20070605-00000005-agara-l30
http://map.yahoo.co.jp/pl?sc=7&lon=135.32.25.699&lat=33.53.25.173
reported:

5 May 1945:
B-29.
USAAF.
Crashed into mountain, Tonohara, Ryuujin Village, Tanabe City, central eastern Wakayama Prefecture.
11 crew. Seven killed. Four bailed out and captured.
The seven bodies buried. The four survivors fed by villagers, but later executed.

Every 5 May, memorial service at memorial monument for the crew.
After WWII, US military personnel visited the graves, but the crew’s relatives never visited.
Now (2007), local historian Furukubo Ken (69) looking for the crew’s relatives. His father was killed in action in China, and he understands relatives’ desire to know the circumstances of soldiers’ deaths.

AGARA Kii Minpou
http://www.agara.co.jp/modules/cnts/content/index.php?id=9
http://www.agara.co.jp/modules/liaise/?form_id=4
TEL: +81 (0)739 22 7171
FAX: +81 (0)739 26 0077

Tanabe City
http://www.city.tanabe.lg.jp/index.html
[email]webmaster@city.tanabe.lg.jp[/email]

Tanabe City Kumano Tourism Bureau
http://www.tb-kumano.jp/en/index.html
[email]info@tb-kumano.jp[/email]
ADD: 24-1 Nakayashiki-Machi, Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture 646-0035
TEL: +81 (0)739 26 9025
FAX: +81 (0)739 26 5820

June 7, 2007 at 11:40 am in reply to: Why is the F-2 never mentioned? #2509604

Don Chan
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F-2 Viper Zero

http://www.asagumo-news.com/news/200705/070531/07053110.html
reported:

31 May 2007:
From 29 May 2007 to 4 July 2007, JASDF will participate in Japan-US joint exercise Cope North Guam 07, at Anderson AFB, Guam.
From 10 to 23 June 2007, F-2 replaces F-4EJ for first time.

Japan side: eight F-2 and two E-2C of 3rd Koukuudan, based at Misawa AB, Aomori Prefecture. About 230 personnel, led by Colonel Arima Tatsuya.
Supported by C-130H of 1st Yusou Koukuutai.
Flight course: Misawa, Hyakuri, Ioujima (Iwo Jima), Anderson AFB.

US side: 5th Air Force (Yokota), 13th Air Force, 27th expeditionary wing (Cannon AFB, New Mexico). 18 F-16.

F-2 will drop live 500-pound bombs at bombing range at Farallon de Medinilla Island, one of Northern Mariana Islands.
http://wikitravel.org/ja/%E5%8C%97%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6

June 6, 2007 at 4:49 pm in reply to: Photos of wrecks #2510056

Don Chan
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http://j-footage.vox.com/library/video/6a00d41420c1f0685e00d09e637d57be2b.html
http://j-footage.vox.com/library/post/%E8%87%AA%E8%A1%9B%E9%9A%8A%E6%A9%9F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%9F%E5%A2%9C%E8%90%BD.html

Asahi News vintage video (!) of JASDF F-86F crashes on 20 May 1957, and JASDF T-6G crash on 23 May 1957.

June 6, 2007 at 4:47 pm in reply to: Japanese air show #2510059

Don Chan
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1 April 1962:
F-104J. #501.
JASDF, based in Aichi Prefecture.
In Aichi Prefecture (probably Komaki AB), JASDF accepted first F-104J.

See Asahi News vintage video (!) at
http://j-footage.vox.com/library/video/6a00d41420c1f0685e00cd971938584cd5.html
http://j-footage.vox.com/library/post/%E8%87%AA%E8%A1%9B%E9%9A%8A%E3%81%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%EF%BC%91%E5%8F%B7%E6%A9%9F-%E6%9C%9D%E6%97%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9no%EF%BC%98%EF%BC%97%EF%BC%93.html
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