Don Chanhttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-4_%28%E6%88%A6%E9%97%98%E6%A9%9F%29#.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC
Plus, RF-4E/EJ Kai of 501st Hikoutai, at Hyakuri AB.
Don Chanhttp://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2010/20100918110040.asp
18 September 2010:
JASDF F-2 special stamps for Misawa AB air show on September 19.
Don Chanhttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hhutchison/2010/09/09/excerpt-strike-group-reagan-first-contact/
Posted Sep 9th 2010 at 5:04 pm in Books and Literature, Military
Excerpt: ‘Strike Group Reagan’ — First Contact
by Harold Hutchison
“FIRST CONTACT
In this excerpt, * pilots from the People’s Liberation Army Air Force serving as “volunteer” supporters for an Islamic uprising in Tunisia engage Italian F-104s *, and are engaged by Lieutenant Renee Patterson and Commander Marissa O’Malley.”
Lieutenant Renee Patterson is a Navy fighter pilot with one of the squadrons assigned to the carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
The Reagan and its battle group, under the command of Rear Admiral Kevin Bradshaw are deployed to the Mediterranean.
Renee’s younger sister Angela is in Tunisia to study archeology, when a civil war breaks out, and American citizens need to be evacuated.
As heavily armed Islamic insurgents, * secretly backed by the Chinese military * make initial gains, the Reagan strike group gets the call.
Don Chanhttp://www.toyama.hokkoku.co.jp/subpage/H20100916102.htm
15 September 2010:
F-15J.
JASDF, based at Komatsu AB, Ishikawa Prefecture.
Special paint scheme for air show on 3 October 2010, based on Komatsu City image character Kabukki-.
http://mainichi.jp/area/miyagi/news/20100916ddlk04040136000c.html
16 September 2010:
U-125A and UH-60J.
JASDF, based at Matsushima AB, Miyagi Prefecture.
Special paint scheme for Matsushima Kyuunantai [Matsushima SAR Squadron] 50th anniversary, based on manga character Cyborg 009 by late Ishinomori Shoutarou.
Don Chanhttp://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/region-story.asp?ID=14542
A Lasting Tribute
Members restore F-4 Phantom
Publish Date: 9/2/2010 [2 September 2010]
Members of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing along with several Air Force officers stand under the newly renovated F-4 Phantom on Sunday in the Col. Leo Sidney Boston War Memorial Park at the Fremont County Airport.
Don ChanA few photos of F-16 female pilots.
Don Chan3 July 2008:
Rafale.
“French AF”.
About 8 AM, Rafale jet-engine remote-control scale-model crashed into a residential flat, on 28th Floor, Block D, Tian Kuo Community building, Huan He Road, Xin Dian, Taipei County; and caught fire.
Debris damaged a parked BMW.
“Pilot” was XIE An Ping (45), a person in charge of an electronics company, who was arrested, and bailed for NT$ 10K. He had about four years experience with remote-control planes.
He promised to compensate for the damages to the BMW and the flat, and immediately paid NT$ 150K to the BMW owner.
About 300 residents evacuated the building, six of whom inhaled smoke and were taken to hospitals: a guard and five residents.
The flat belongs to LI Zhong Ping, the new head of the Yu Ching police station, Tai Nan County police department.
The model plane, even if second-hand, costs NT$ 210K.
Length: 2.35 m. Width: 1.7 m. Weight: net 17 kg, gross 18 kg.
Jet engine(s): 20-30 cc.
Xie’s a member of the Bai Ma flying club, literally “White Horse flying club”, or officially Unicorn Remote Control Club:
http://unicorn.efly98.com/
The accident plane took off at the Bai Ma airfield, in the Qin Qing He Ping Gong Yuan, literally “Family Love Riverside Park”. With a remote-control radius of about 800 m, it should’ve turned around before the building, but Xie claimed it may have an “instantaneous radio frequency interference”.
When it didn’t come back, and he saw thick smoke in the distance, he called the cops. 8(
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2008/new/jul/4/today-life1.htm
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2008/new/jul/4/today-life1-3.htm
Don Chan(Old news.)
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/12/05/heli-s-belles-115875-21874407/
RAF’s first all girl combat helicopter crew is Helmand bound – exclusive
By Beth Neil 5/12/2009
And these girls are about to make history by becoming the first all-female RAF combat helicopter crew to serve on the front line in Afghanistan.
Don Chanhttp://www.nikkansports.com/general/news/f-gn-tp0-20100927-683935.html
http://www.tv-sdt.co.jp/nnn/news8804327.html
27 September 2010:
Hamamatsu Chuuou [Hamamatsu Central] police station arrested Oohashi Kenji (45), unemployed, of Hashima City, Gifu Prefecture.
2010 early June, at JASDF museum at Hamamatsu AB, Hamamatsu Prefecture, using tools, he stole four instruments from cockpit(s) of displayed aircraft.
Clock, gunsight, etc, worthed 3.3 million Yen.
He is former JASDF officer, and collects aircraft components.
] Friday, 4 December 2009:
] F-15J MSIP. 22-8930, #930.
http://www.hab.co.jp/headline/news0000005931.html
http://www.47news.jp/news/2010/09/post_20100908114324.html
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/crime/100908/crm1009081340015-n1.htm
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/chubu/ishikawa/100908/isk1009081413000-n1.htm
2010.09.08:
Komatsu AB local police force charges the accident pilot, Major Chikayama Shougo (41), for suspicion of violating law against aviation risky behaviour.
Don Chan7 September 2010:
SH-60K.
23rd Koukuutai, JMSDF, based at Maiduru, Kyouto Prefecture.
During flight, dropped two components. “Metal parts for shooting by equipment for harder detection by radar.”
[Chaff or chaff dispenser?]
10:10, after landing, two said components missing. One found inside AB.
Diameter, 1.6 cm. Length, 1.8 cm. Weight, 9 g.
http://www.sankei-kansai.com/2010/09/08/20100908-043357.php
7 September 2010:
Aichi Prefectural Nagoya AP, Aichi Prefecture.
9:20, JMSDF large helicopter from Iwakuni JMSDF AB, landed on Nagoya AP taxiway, and blew cut grass and leaves onto runway.
Grass was cut, some days ago. For drying, gathered as piles every five to 10 m.
Runway closed 35 minutes. One civilian J Air arrival flight from Fukuoka, ETA 9:25, delayed 41 minutes.
Three civilian arrival and departure flights delayed 12 to 35 minutes.
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0907/NGY201009070012.html
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20100907-OYT1T00555.htm
http://www.47news.jp/news/2010/09/post_20100907153951.html
http://mainichi.jp/chubu/news/20100907ddh041040006000c.html
http://mainichi.jp/chubu/newsarchive/news/20100907ddh041040006000c.html
http://mainichi.jp/chubu/shakai_sports/news/20100907ddh041040006000c.html
http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/news/20100907k0000e040083000c.html
Don ChanTest of Missile-Blasting Laser Weapon Fizzles
(Sept. 7) — A much-anticipated test of a laser cannon deployed on a Boeing jumbo jet failed to blow up a target meant to mimic a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2010-09/03/content_14124036_4.htm
Page five of a 19-page Chinese article about the Jap MOD FY 2010 budget.
The second pic is “Air defense high power laser weapon research (new item) (1.8 bil Yen)”.
Don Chan(Off-Topic Alert.)
1942. USN Task Force 17, with USS Hornet as flagship.
USN fighters from USS Enterprise arrive while the IJN torp bombers roll in.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands
“Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands”
Don Chan24 June 2005:
F-16B Block 20. 6812. 93-0833.
Chia Yi Composite Wing, ROCAF, based at Chia Yi AB.
About 10:12 AM (not about noon?), after training sortie, or familiarisation flight for tactical intercept course, while landing, after touched down, didn’t brake in time, slid off the runway at the 4,000′ spot, and stopped in the grass.
Aircraft “wasn’t seriously damaged”.
Pilots were OK.
Pilot: Zhuang. Flight commander
Co-pilot: Major General Chen. Deputy director, Integrated Assessment Office (“Zheng Ping Shi” as Chinese Pu Tong Hua abbreviation), ROC MND.
Runway was wet by rain.
http://www.hkcd.com.hk/content/2010-08/30/content_2585751.htm
2010/08/30:
Taiwanese media claim accident report claims: after landing on wet runway, deployed drag chute, but the plane yawed to the right. Pilot released drag chute, tried using brakes and rudder to correct yaw, but ineffective.
The plane glided for about one klick, and went onto the grass.
Repair costs NT$ 800+ mil, excluding engine repair.
Media claims Chen, as a guy-in-back, rides the accident plane to accumulate flight hours for the monthly flight bonus of NT$ 50K-60K.
The plane should’ve diverted to another AB without rain, but this would affect Chen’s schedule.
http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=1205081808192
Don Chan] what is underneath the cockpit canopy?
Cannon or refuelling probe, IMO.
Don Chanhttp://avstop.com/news_august_2010/northrop_grumman_to_supply_largest_ever_atc_system_to_china.htm
Northrop Grumman To Supply Largest Ever ATC System To China
August 29, 2010 – Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Europe-based air traffic management system subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, has been awarded a contract by China Aviation Supplies International Tendering Co. (CASITC) to supply VHF radio communication systems for the Chengdu area air traffic control centre.
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