USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Supporting the Military Help Wanted ~ February 19 2003

68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub and FRiends of the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

USO Canteen FReeper Style looking for people to
help post threads, graphics, links, prayers, jokes etc each day.
Full or Part time help needed.
Pay = Knowing that you helped someone in the military know that they are not forgotten.

Credit to HiJinx for this quote.

"Each day we take some time to pass on a message of support
to our active duty personnel, their families and veterans.
Some of us spend hours on end in the Canteen, and others just post once.
Whichever you doesn't matter, it's getting the message out to those we support that matters!"

[Bethbg79]

[AZ Flyboy]

The pictures are amazing today! Keep that stuff comin!!!

God bless our men and women in uniform!!!

[AZ Flyboy]

I didn't get it either...

[AZ Flyboy]

If it's going to be winter, darn it, BE WINTER WITH SNOW!!

Maybe we should place a call to the Governer's office in NY and have some of their powder sent to you. They've got plenty to spare!

Hopin' for more white stuff...

[tomkow6]

Just think about it for a while...........

Myself, one time I stayed up all night, wondering where the sun went to at night,



and then it dawned on me...........

[AZ Flyboy]

Now, when someone says that you don't know Jack Schitt, you can correct them and ask if they are related to any of the above...

Are these guys related to the Kopf (Head...probably misspelled...) family of Germany? I know a few of those guys...

[AZ Flyboy]

Strange how those things just kinda happen...

Everybody have fun FReepen, I've got a class to get to...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Tornado strikes Tyndall

02/18/03 - TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- People here began recovery efforts after a tornado touched down at about 4 a.m. Feb. 16. The tornado caused an estimated $250,000 worth of damage to 10 facilities and more than 30 vehicles in the area. No one was injured and base operations were uninterrupted. (Photo by Capt. Chris Karns)

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) - Jason Waltman, a base contractor, stretches caution tape around the 1st Air Force A-1 building here that was damaged by a tornado Feb. 16. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Farley)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Steve Callaghan (right) instructs an Air Force ROTC cadet on how to operate the F/A-22 Raptor flight simulator display at the annual Air Warfare Symposium in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Feb. 14. Callaghan is the Lockheed Martin Navy Joint Strike Fighter programs director. (Photo by 1st Lt. Eric Badger)

F/A-22 undergoes tests, evaluations

by 1st Lt. Eric Badger
45th Space Wing Public Affairs

02/18/03 - LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AFPN) -- Once testing and evaluations are successfully completed on the F/A-22 Raptor, it will make its debut into the Air Force arsenal in 2005 as a replacement for the F-15 Eagle.

This announcement came from Air Force and Lockheed Martin officials during the annual Air Force Association-sponsored Air Warfare Symposium here Feb. 14.

The F/A-22's operational utility is being tested and evaluated at Air Combat Command's 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. It is passing its tests with rave reviews, according to Dr. Marvin R. Sambur, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition in Washington.

"The F/A-22 continues to perform superbly in all flight tests," he said. "So far it has exceeded requirements in all categories."

The F/A-22 possesses a sensor suite that allows the pilot to track, identify and shoot targets without being detected.

It has both air-to-air and air-to-ground capabilities, along with improved stealth and supercruise features that allow the aircraft to cruise at supersonic speeds, undetected and without the use of afterburners, during day or night hours.

For the first time, the F/A-22 brings stealth ability into the daytime, said officials.

The new aircraft, complete with increased reliability and maintainability, is an essential asset to the nation's warfighters in this unique time in history, said Maj. Gen. John Corley, mission area director of global power programs for the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition.

"The F/A-22 does what no other fighter aircraft can do," he said. "An F/A-22 squadron will require less than half as much airlift as an F-15 squadron to deploy. This aircraft provides unprecedented access to enemy areas. Its extensive capabilities will allow our warfighters to dominate future battlefields throughout the 21st century."

The F/A-22 also provides increased maneuverability, lethality and survivability along with Global Positioning System-guided bombs used to penetrate deep into enemy territories, said Corley.

Included in the enhanced technology package, the F/A-22 Raptor has the most complex software ever flown in a fighter aircraft, said Maj. Gen. Doug Pearson, Air Force Flight Test Center commander at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

Upon final buy, it is estimated that the Air Force will receive approximately 276 F/A-22 Raptors.

The first bases to receive the new aircraft include Nellis; Tyndall AFB, Fla.; and Langley AFB, Va., according to Pearson.

"Rest assured the F/A-22 program is the Air Force's and Lockheed Martin's No. 1 priority," said Ralph D. Heath, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company and general manager of the F/A-22 Raptor program. "Together, we are totally committed to the successful completion of this project."

[Kathy in Alaska]

"Maybe we should place a call to the Governer's office in NY and have some of their powder sent to you. They've got plenty to spare!"

I'm sending my truck!

[tomkow6]

The Smith's were proud of their family tradition. Their
ancestors had come to America on the Mayflower and the
family included Senators and Wall Street Wizards. The
family decided to compile a family history, a legacy for
their children and grandchildren. So the family hired a
fine author to put together all their research notes,
only one problem arose - how to handle great Uncle George,
who was executed in the electric chair. The author said
not to worry for he could handle the story tackfully so
the book appeared and it said...

"Great Uncle George occupied a chair of applied electronics
at an important government institution. He was attached
to his position by the strongest of ties, and his death
came as a great shock."

[tomkow6]

Randumb thoughts from my "voices".......

As I said before, I never repeat myself.

No amount of planning can replace dumb luck.

Don't wrestle pigs. You both get dirty but the pig enjoys it!

Gilligan's Island taught me everything I need to know.

Fun is having lots to do and doing none of it!

The brain starts working as soon as you get up in the morning and
stops working as soon as you step foot into the office.

If I throw a stick will you go away?

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work and the
rest willing to let them.

If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done!

Who says nothing is impossible - I've been doing nothing for
years!

[Radix]

Radix just recently heard from a certain 2LT who is in what likes to refer to as "Theatre."


Quote:.."Tell your Internet Canteen friends that I said "Thank You" to them. They have no idea how much that means. They might think they do, but they really don't."

[HiJinx]

Well, now, that just made my day!

Aren't sons great?

[tomkow6]

Rotten kids!

[Radix]

Here is some transportation for the Dudes!

[Dubya]

From Marine Colonel to Eagle Scout, Medal of Honor winner, 83, to receive rank from Boy Scouts

[Dubya]

Am I the only one having trouble posting?

[Radix]

1878 - Thomas Alva Edison patented a music player (the phonograph).