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Combat Warplanes / F-35 training mission
« on: August 11, 2006, 08:57:07 AM »
PRESS RELEASE -- Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Public Affairs

Release No. 030806
August 10,2006

33rd Fighter Wing slated for F-35 training mission

EGLIN AFB, Fla. - Air Force officials announced plans to assign the mission of training new Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and allied F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter pilots and maintainers to the 33rd Fighter Wing here. Final planning for the move is dependent on the results of the ongoing environmental impact analysis process that is required by the National Environmental Policy Act and designed to identify and assess potential environmental impacts of the proposed action.

The first of the F-35s, a family of next generation, stealthy, multi-role fighter aircraft, should begin arriving by 2010. The wing will include Sailors, Marines, Airmen and allied military personnel and all three versions of the new fighter - conventional take off and landing, short take off and vertical landing, and carrier variants. The Lightning II's advanced airframe, avionics, propulsion systems, stealth and firepower will make it an affordable, lethal, supportable and survivable aircraft for warfighters around the globe.

The 33rd Fighter Wing's F-15 Eagles will be redistributed throughout the Air Force to active duty and Air National Guard units, replacing older F-15s in the inventory. The final F-15 is slated for reassignment in the summer of FY10. The wing also will transfer from Air Combat Command to Air Education and Training Command when it assumes the F-35 training mission.

In the next few years, AETC will stand up a new wing structure for the F-35 training mission with approximately 2,200 people. It is unknown at this time how many people will transfer from one mission to another.

The 33rd Fighter Wing, whose mission is to "maintain the world's best rapidly deployable air control and air superiority forces for theater combatant commanders," is a combat-flying unit assigned under ACC's 9th Air Force and is a major tenant unit here. The wing operates two flying squadrons, the 58th and 60th, along with the 33rd Operations Support Squadron, the 33rd Maintenance Operations Squadron, the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, the 33rd Maintenance Squadron, and the 728th Air Control Squadron.

For additional information on the new training mission, contact AETC Public Affairs at (210) 652-4400. For other questions regarding ACC or the 33rd Fighter Wing contact ACC Public Affairs at (757) 764-5007.

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Forums Works / Re: Newbby to the group
« on: August 10, 2006, 08:54:07 AM »
Welcome Mark and enjoy here :)

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Warplane Art / Re: Hurricane Mk.I color profiles
« on: August 09, 2006, 06:04:12 PM »
Huuh- I had plans to arrange it for the Hurricane annyversary page but did not have time. Thank you for remind me, I will do this. Just to release Douglas XFD-1 which is in full work now :)

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Warplane Art / Re: Hurricane Mk.I color profiles
« on: August 09, 2006, 12:59:41 PM »
... and I will find a source of info to make your search more easy :))

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Warplane Art / Re: Hurricane Mk.I color profiles
« on: August 09, 2006, 11:24:25 AM »
All right, I will have this subject in mind. But I have read long time ago that in the first time of oerations a some number of planes flew in the pattern where one of the topside color was Sea Green and underside color was Mauve. This was special low level recce camouflage pattern. In service was just few months. This would be a real challenge to make it... but no data available :(

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Warplane Art / Re: Hurricane Mk.I color profiles
« on: August 09, 2006, 09:40:03 AM »
I will make it soon- any special wish?

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Combat Warplanes / Re: 39 (1 PRU) SQUADRON CANBERRAS
« on: August 08, 2006, 10:05:16 AM »
Interesting- British plane shoot down by british made plane....

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Bell Airacuda
« on: August 08, 2006, 02:09:46 AM »
Also you have modeling review on this site... just go to the models page.

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Combat Warplanes / Re: 39 (1 PRU) SQUADRON CANBERRAS
« on: August 07, 2006, 05:41:29 PM »
This is the image from the Middland Air Museum, submited by Robert Hodgson and it show front piece of preserved Canberra. What is hiden behind the bulgets on the nose?




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Combat Warplanes / Re: 39 (1 PRU) SQUADRON CANBERRAS
« on: August 07, 2006, 05:32:30 PM »
Huuuh- do you have any image of the first operational PR Canberra? Or the Canberra over Suez during the war... they have interesting stripe markings.

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Combat Warplanes / Re: 39 (1 PRU) SQUADRON CANBERRAS
« on: August 07, 2006, 02:48:40 PM »
Always welcome mfg495- I know how good your work is and that could be great add to the air enthusist!!!

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Let Let Let Announcment / Re: Ne site list
« on: August 07, 2006, 10:20:13 AM »
http://www.glue-it.co.uk   new web site from the UK with 6500 aircraft photos

http://erichmodel.tripod.com/   online hobby shop from Hong Kong

http://www.ectoys.co.uk   hobby shop from UK

http://www.modelbouwshopflevoland.nl   hobby shop from Holland

http://www.vintagehobby.com   hobby shop specialized in rare to find kits

http://www.dinky-collector.co.uk   interesting place- Dinky toys made model of planes before WW2!!!

http://home.windstream.net/dchalke/CMS10   club from Cleveland

http://models.davisworks.net/   a number of tips how to built professional looking models, from UK


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Combat Warplanes / Re: 39 (1 PRU) SQUADRON CANBERRAS
« on: August 05, 2006, 08:40:24 PM »
From my point of view they are really serve very long time. I like this plane when I was young :)

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Combat Warplanes / Re: 39 (1 PRU) SQUADRON CANBERRAS
« on: August 05, 2006, 11:21:48 AM »
Very very long service and it look it is succesful. It look that only some derivates, like Martin B-57 will continue some service in NASA.

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