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May 2003 Archive
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MAYbe we've got new stuff...
 and MAYbe we don't! Okay, we do! ... Spaatzen Maj Steve "Old Guy" Austen talks about life back in the day when men were men and cadets got rides in 'aereoplanar contrapunations'. Read all about it in "Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen"! ... While you're at it, scope out one of our links, marginally related to the previous article, and do the Junior Birdmen Karaoke... Things are going downhill on Drummond Island - or maybe we mean 'down hole'? Find out for yourself in this month's installment. ... C/CMSgt Cynthia Fry takes a break from her busy schedule of skiing and posing for vacation brochure pictures to explain why air power is vital to America. ... Dr. Drill demystifies they twisted double-helix of 'Column of Files, Colum Right'. ... Pop quiz, hero: a 'Spad' is: 1) The plane Snoopy flew against the Red Baron. 2) Those funny covers people used to wear on their shoes. 3) The USAF nickname for one of the finest piston-power aircraft of all time: the Douglas Skyraider. Check out our link to 'The Able Dogs' to find out for sure! ... And here's some Illuminatus-level conspiracy theory excitement for ya: the Chemtrails Website! Wee! Paranoia is fun! ... And last, but waaay not least, check out our May 2001 issue, which included our ground-breaking interview with MSgt George Miller III!
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Chemtrails Website
 We'll bet you're the type of person who looks up at a beautiful blue sky with a plane overhead leaving a contrail and thinks: "Air power, baby!" or "I wish I was going somewhere in a plane." or even "Ouch, I guess I shouldn't have been staring at the sun." But did you ever think that those contrails might really be chemtrails and that instead of benign concoctions of water vapor and air disturbance that they might actually be a secret government project to spread experimental chemicals on every citizen of the U.S.? Well wake up and smell the coffee, brother! And check out the Chemtrail Central website for more Black Helicopter-type fun. And, no, we are not making this up!
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The Able Dogs
 The A1D Skyraider was the last single-engine piston-powered aircraft designed by the venerable Douglas Aircraft Company. It was also the last single-engine piston-powered combat aircraft in the U.S. arsenal. Flown by the Navy, Marines and Air Force (where it was known as the 'Spad'), the Skyraider was one of the finest piston aircraft ever designed and certainly the finest piston-powered attack plane ever produced. Able Dogs is a tribute to the plane and "the men who designed her, flew her, maintained her, and those who otherwise had a hand in her Naval Aviation career".
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Aerospace Power Vital To America's National Security
 Ever since America was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, command of the air has played a vital role in our National Security. The United States has grown to be a leader in aerospace technology and development since the end of WWII. When the war ended, the German and Japanese scientists were divided among the winning countries, and several came to America. The allies also discovered that the axis powers had several prototypes of working jet engines, long range bombers, and the delta shape wing. Had the war gone on much longer, the outcome might have been very different, simply due to aerospace power.
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Drill ::
Column of Files, Column Right!
Dear Dr. Drill, I am extremely confused with the explanation of the Column of Files, Column Right movement in the AFMAN 36-2203. Thank you in advance.
Respectfully, C/1Lt John Falco
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Drummond Island:Declassified - The Taj Ma-hole
 Ladies and gentlemen, we arent going to just dig a Latrine. We are going to build the Taj Mahal of latrines. We are going to build a latrine that the Queen Mother would be proud to take a dump in. Since Delta doesnt take crap from anyone, we had better give them a good place to leave it. Lets go.
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"Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen..."
 OK-OK, listen-up (they always said that) he continued, Now bend over again, pull the leg straps tight against your thighs, and stand up when youre finished. This was obviously his favorite part because if your leg straps were hooked up wrong, then stood up too quickly the straps bit into your groin with predictable consequences. A few surprised screams told the Old Sarge that this was, indeed, a bunch of brand-new cherries ripe for the picking -- this was going to be fun!!
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Junior Birdmen of the Old School
 Here's a surprise, extra-tasty link for ya! While Google-ing around for the words words and music to "Junior Birdmen" (See Lt Col Austen's article), we came across Professor Michael J. Loudis recollections of his days as a Cadet in Forest Hills Sq of Queens Group, NY Wing in the early 1970s. Professor Loudis has a bunch of nifty black and white pictures of Cadets in action with keen captions such as "In 1973, Real Men didn't wear protective headgear." and "...Does anyone know what CAP form we are to fill out if a cadet doesn't make it down in one piece???". A special treat is a shot of MIWG Commander Colonel Gary Mayo being promoted to captain! So, let the music play and sing it with the family: Up in the air Junior Birdmen! Up in the air upside down!...
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