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March 25, 2011 at 2:52 am in reply to: ROCAF F-5A/B #2367295

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Amongst the list of written-off T-38s at
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/t_38_talon.htm
the ROCAF T-38s include (but aren’t limited to):

24 March 1975:
T-38A-40-NO x 3.
8506, 8512, and 8516.

19 January 1974:
T-38A-40.
61-0893.

I already knew 8516 is 61-0946.

Between 61-0841 and 61-0905, who’s 8506 and who’s 8512?

61-0893 is 85xx?

March 24, 2011 at 2:03 pm in reply to: Japan Disaster #2367489

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http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/mizota/102300441.html

Pre-assembled and pre-painted 1/144 models of JASDF Blue Impulse T-4s that came out on 2010.04.14.

http://image.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/i/l/mizota_102300441_1

None of the six featured T-4s is 16-5659, but I don’t know the serial numbers of the other three of the four T-4s damaged at Matsushima AB, and I haven’t seen photos of the six that deployed to Kyuushuu Island and avoided the earthqake/tsunami/radiation.

March 24, 2011 at 3:15 am in reply to: Female Aviators #2367591

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8400842/Libya-first-female-British-Typhoon-pilot-in-action.html

Libya: first female British Typhoon pilot in action

11:52AM GMT 23 Mar 2011

The first female British Typhoon pilot flew into action on Wednesday as the RAF readied itself for another day enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya.

March 22, 2011 at 2:07 pm in reply to: Air Action Over Libya (Merged) #2367950

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] LN tail code and 304

This dude?

http://www.f-15e.info/facts/serials/91-0304/91-0304.htm

Serial No.: 91-0304
Block No.: F-15E-51-MC
Lot No.: VI
Construction No.: 1211 / E169

March 22, 2011 at 5:16 am in reply to: Female Aviators #2368052

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http://alert5.com/2011/03/21/its-a-she/

It’s a she!

2011/03/21

Caught on camera today at Korat, Thailand was a female RSAF [sic] F-16 fighter pilot.
While she tried to avoid eye contact, we still managed to capture a picture of her.

(IMO, to quote the novel “A Piece of Cake” by Derek Robinson: very expressive eyebrows.) 8P

March 21, 2011 at 10:42 am in reply to: Japan Disaster #2315782

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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/feature/20110316-866918/news/20110319-OYT1T00004.htm

2011.03.19:
Matsushima AB damage assessment. Total 28 aircraft disabled.
Up to 230 billion Yen.

One SDF soldier killed. 8(

F-2 x 18.
Each 12.2 billion Yen.

T-4 x 4. One of these is Blue Impulse.

U-125A x 2.

UH-60J x 4.
Each 4.7 billion Yen.

As seen on TV:

F-2: 23-8114, &c.
T-4: 16-5659, &c.

March 13, 2011 at 4:40 pm in reply to: JASDF F-2 Deployment #2321986

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http://www.mbs.jp/news/jnn_4672409_zen.shtml

As of March 12, at or about Matsushima AB, 45 SDF soldiers are missing.
16 of Touhoku Houmen Butai, JGSDF, and 19 of Matsushima AB, JASDF, and others.
Initially, 300 were reportedly lost contact or missing.

Also, Blue Impulse T-4s demo flights are cancelled or suspended until further notice.

March 13, 2011 at 1:09 pm in reply to: JASDF F-2 Deployment #2322084

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http://big5.ifeng.com/gate/big5/news.ifeng.com/mil/bigpicture/detail_2011_03/11/5107196_0.shtml

FWIW, 11 news photos of Matsushima AB and Sendai AP in Miyagi Prefecture, &c.

March 13, 2011 at 3:58 am in reply to: JASDF F-2 Deployment #2322186

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] Looks like Japan is in serious trouble right now.

TV news mention Hachinohe JMSDF AB is also damaged?

OTOH, with Matsushima AB and its squadrons disabled, maybe the final squadron or two of JASDF F-4s withdrawn from Okinawa Prefecture, won’t retire as soon as planned. 8D
(Go, Phantom IIs, go!)
Also, I presume their RF-4s have been scrambled to recon the tsunami damage assessments.

For comparison, WRT earthquakes and typhoons in Taiwan, ROCAF scrambles their RF-5s.
Last week, after the M5.8 quake in Yun Nan Province, China, the Chicom news claim the PLAAF sent in their drones.

] maybe the RAF will dust off those air sampling pods and send out a VC-10 again.

JASDF has their own air sampling pods, and have been scrambled whenever North Korea does a nuke test.

March 11, 2011 at 4:05 pm in reply to: JASDF F-2 Deployment #2322740

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12 March 2011:
At Matsushima AB, Miyagi Prefecture, 28 JASDF aircraft flooded by sea water.
18 F-2, and 10 T-4, U-125, and other aircraft.

http://www.asahi.com/special/10005/TKY201103110818.html

http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye4671336.html

March 10, 2011 at 12:50 pm in reply to: Airborne Laser Completes Laser Ground Tests #2323834

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http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/defense-aircraft-launch-system-coming-back-after-pause-030911/

Navy to correct delayed aircraft launch system

Posted : Wednesday Mar 9, 2011 22:00:02 EST

The new Electronic Aircraft Launch System under development for the U.S. Navy took a “pause” to correct problems that appeared after the first test launch in December, a top Navy official said March 9.

March 10, 2011 at 3:51 am in reply to: [Accident Report] PLAAF accident in March 2005 in PRC #2323966

Don Chan
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26 February 2011:
Jet fighter.
Nan Jing AF, PLAAF.
About 3:42 PM, at about 10,001 m, during day-to-night training, canopy suddenly slid open by about a fingertip width, or 1 cm. Pilot contacted ATC, declared emergency landing, (gory details skipped) and RTB.

3:51 PM, emergency landed at home base. Reportedly, canopy control switch malfunctioned. (Zzz.)

Pilot was YANG Fan, a group commander with 4,000+ hours experience.

http://mil.news.sohu.com/20110310/n279745603.shtml

March 9, 2011 at 10:30 am in reply to: Japan rolls out the CX and the PX #2324499

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http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/national/news/CK2011030902000041.html

9 March 2011:
C-2.
JASDF.
Overweight than design weight by several tons. Rumour: seven tons.

March 2, 2011 at 12:40 pm in reply to: Female Aviators #2331881

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Reminds me of the official “U.S. Navy Style Guide”:

http://www.navy.mil/tools/view_styleguide_all.asp

‘ship names – For first reference always include USS, the ship’s name and the hull number: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

Exceptions: Do not use “USS” for ships before 1909; or if she is not yet in commission; or she has been decommissioned and you are referring to the ship in her present state.

There is no hyphen in the hull number. In All Hands text, the ship name is in italics. On second reference, use only the ship’s name. Do not use “the” in front of a ship’s name: “USS San Jose,” not “the USS San Jose.”

Ships may be referred to as “she” or “her.”

Ships’ nicknames are placed inside quotation marks on first reference only. USS LaSalle (AGF 3), the “Great White Ghost,” sailed into San Diego.

Ship names are not in all caps. Use USS Seattle, not USS SEATTLE.’

March 2, 2011 at 8:20 am in reply to: Female Aviators #2332030

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http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123244669

First female CV-22 [sic] pilot completes training

Posted 3/1/2011

1st Lt. Candice Killian prepares to fly a CV-22 Osprey.
Lieutenant Killian is the first qualified female CV-22 pilot.

(The writer meant “first CV-22 female pilot”.)
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