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Just_A_Mom said:
Can someone in the know (Bullet??), please explain what the AF does in "Space and Cyberspace"?
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As far as space goes, the AF tracks/controls all the military (spy/comm/gps) satellites.

As for cyber, the AF is leading the way to have a central command that would contol the AF networks to prevent intrusions in and unauthorised release of information out. The AF is also looking to implement this DoD wide (AF being the lead).
 
The AF has a Base just east of CSprings (well if you want to call it a base). One of the most secure facilities I have ever been to in my life (including FE Warrens Weapons Storage Area), well with the exclusion of the base that doesn't exist in the high desert of Nevada.

All you cool GPS toys and a host of other special things occur there. Just one of the many Space/Cyber activities your AF ensures are working correctly. So next time your lost in PA and your Garmin says turn left (Chuckle) thank the folks in blue.
 
From what I've been told by some Zoomie comrads....cyberspace still is trying to find it's identity in the Air Force. How to differentiate between USAF and NSA. Honestly, I'm not quiet sure why USAF picked up that mission.
 
"Space" is "Space". Cyber, Outer, Inner, near, etc... If they find a "CyberSPACE" threat, based on their OuterSPACE satellites, they can rectify the problem with some NearSPACE FE Warren Minuteman III Nuclear Missiles. They can aim them at the individual PC and aim for the SPACE between their cheeks.

Sounds logical to me!!! :spacecraft:
later... mike....
 
Spooky, Shadow and Spectre were all awsome birds. We used to get a heads up from BROMO when the BUFFS were going to do a "near strike". Get the beer and look to the east. Outdoor theatre with back to back movies, "The Green Berets" and "Woodstock" (entertainment Officer with a sense of humor) gunships orbiting and squirting out over the base perimiter. Great show. And it's One Two Three...
 
A-1E Skyraider pilots did a h*** of a job in close support also. I think an A-1E was the only prop job to ever shoot down a Mig. Heavy plane with lots of ordinance capability. A-10 Warthog was developed to be a jet replacement for the A-1.
 
AF6872 said:
A-1E Skyraider pilots did a h*** of a job in close support also. I think an A-1E was the only prop job to ever shoot down a Mig. Heavy plane with lots of ordinance capability. A-10 Warthog was developed to be a jet replacement for the A-1.
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I know of an F4U Corsair nailing a MIG in Korea...
 
Correct flieger83:
On Sept. 9, 1952 a MIG-15 made the mistake of getting into a turning contest with a Corsair. The pilot was credited with the first kill of a jet fighter with a prop job. The MIG's wingman shot down the Corsair but the pilot was picked up.
 
And the Brit's will quickly point out:

"August 9, 1952, Royal Navy Lieutenant “Hoagy” Carmichael, flying a Sea Fury of HMS Ocean’s 802 Squadron, shot down a Soviet-built North Korean Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 15, marking the first such kill by a piston-engined fighter, and the only air-to-air kill by a British pilot flying a British aircraft in the Korean War."

And of course, there were quite a few allied pilots that schwacked Me-262's in WWII.
 
The P-51's and Thunderbolts shot some ME-262's down, but were they real modern jet fighters or prototypes? They needed FW-190's to fly CAP while they took off and landed. Great speed for the day and tough on the Bomber formations but in a dogfight I don't know. The Brits should have stayed with the Spitfire (one of the most beautiful aircraft ever made). Probably racked up more kills.
 
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A P-51 also shot down a MiG-15 over Korea.
(US pilot looked up just in time to see the MiG comming at him, raised the nose and let loose. Very lucky timing! :thumb:)
 
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