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YOUR WINGMAN<br />
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Contents<br />
4 commander’s welcome<br />
5 Thunderbirds’ welcome/history<br />
6 History of <strong>Kirtland</strong> AFB<br />
7 event schedule<br />
8-9 event map<br />
10 Thunderbirds’ biographies<br />
11 Wings of Blue<br />
12 <strong>Kirtland</strong> AFB demos<br />
13 static displays<br />
14 T-33 demo<br />
Col. David Hornyak<br />
377th <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Base</strong> Wing<br />
Vice Commander<br />
Marie Vanover<br />
377th <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Base</strong> Wing<br />
Public Affairs Director<br />
Stefan Bocchino<br />
377th <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Base</strong> Wing<br />
Chief, Internal Information<br />
Publisher<br />
Rockford M. Hayes<br />
Rio Rancho Observer, LLC<br />
Staff Journalists<br />
Jonathan Rejent<br />
Christopher Bailey<br />
Advertising Sales<br />
Grace McCoskey<br />
gmccoskey@rrobserver.com<br />
891-7167<br />
Cover Designed by<br />
Ted Harrison<br />
John Korkosz<br />
All photos are courtesy photos.<br />
Thanks to all the Albuquerque<br />
area organizations and<br />
businesses that have<br />
supported the 2011 <strong>Kirtland</strong><br />
<strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>Open</strong> <strong>House</strong><br />
supplement.<br />
For more information about<br />
the supplement, call 377th<br />
<strong>Air</strong> <strong>Base</strong> Wing Public Affairs at<br />
846-5991 or the Rio Rancho<br />
Observer at 892-8080.<br />
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commander’s welcome<br />
ladies and Gentlemen,<br />
On behalf of everyone here<br />
at Team <strong>Kirtland</strong>, I’m pleased<br />
to welcome you to the 2011<br />
<strong>Kirtland</strong> <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Base</strong> <strong>Open</strong><br />
<strong>House</strong>. <strong>Kirtland</strong> AFB is home<br />
to the 377th <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Base</strong> Wing<br />
and more than 100 mission<br />
partners.<br />
With a total workforce<br />
of more than 21,000 people,<br />
<strong>Kirtland</strong> is the largest employer<br />
in New Mexico, with a<br />
annual total economic impact<br />
of $7.8 billion.<br />
Thank you for joining<br />
us as we observe two major<br />
milestones in the history of<br />
this installation – 70 years of<br />
American military airpower<br />
and 40 years since the merger<br />
of three former bases here<br />
into <strong>Kirtland</strong> <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Base</strong><br />
– sandia, Manzano and <strong>Kirtland</strong>.<br />
<strong>Kirtland</strong> AFB is named in<br />
honor of col. Roy c. <strong>Kirtland</strong>,<br />
one of the Army’s earliest<br />
aviation pioneers. He was the<br />
third-oldest military pilot in<br />
the u.s. Army <strong>Air</strong> corps at<br />
the time of his death in 1941,<br />
having earned his pilot’s wings<br />
in 1911.<br />
Military aviation history<br />
here started before the creation<br />
of the u.s. <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> as<br />
a separate military service on<br />
sept. 18, 1947. since 1939,<br />
u.s. Army and Navy aviators<br />
had been using the Albuquerque<br />
Municipal <strong>Air</strong>port for<br />
aircraft refueling and maintenance.<br />
All these years later,<br />
military flight operations here<br />
still share the runway with<br />
commercial airlines at the Albuquerque<br />
sunport.<br />
In 2011, we mark 70 years<br />
of military aviation here. On<br />
April 19, 1941, “Albuquerque<br />
Army <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Base</strong>” was officially<br />
declared ready to receive<br />
the advance cadres of tactical<br />
units that would prepare<br />
bomber aircrews for combat<br />
Col. David Hornyak<br />
in World War II.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>crew training here<br />
continues to this day, with the<br />
58th special Operations Wing<br />
producing air warriors for<br />
worldwide special operations<br />
missions and combat search<br />
and rescue.<br />
On July 1, 1971, <strong>Kirtland</strong><br />
AFB, sandia <strong>Base</strong> and Manzano<br />
<strong>Base</strong> merged into one<br />
entity under the name “<strong>Kirtland</strong><br />
AFB,” which has been the<br />
installation’s name ever since.<br />
I invite you to enjoy the<br />
spectacular aerobatic performance<br />
of the u.s. <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong><br />
Thunderbirds today, as well as<br />
the aircraft static displays and<br />
other exhibits we have set up<br />
for your entertainment and<br />
information.<br />
The uniformed <strong>Air</strong>men<br />
flying and maintaining those<br />
fighter jets, as well as all the<br />
other men and women in<br />
uniform, are all volunteers<br />
who have chosen to serve<br />
their country, putting service<br />
above self at a time when our<br />
nation needs their courage<br />
to face a determined adversary.<br />
We are proud to be your<br />
neighbors and look forward to<br />
continuing and expanding our<br />
partnership with all the citizens<br />
of Albuquerque and the<br />
surrounding communities.<br />
we salute you ...<br />
In recognition of the men and women of<br />
<strong>Kirtland</strong> <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Base</strong> and their families, we<br />
are proud to partner with you in supporting<br />
this year’s <strong>Open</strong> <strong>House</strong>.<br />
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thunderbirds’ welcome<br />
The Thunderbirds are proud to<br />
represent <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Air</strong>men who<br />
make America’s <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> the most<br />
advanced and respected air, space and<br />
cyberspace force the world has ever<br />
seen.<br />
They continually provide consistent<br />
and credible Global Vigilance,<br />
Global Reach and Global Power,<br />
giving a critical edge to today’s joint<br />
warfighting and coalition teams. As<br />
<strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> ambassadors, the Thunderbird<br />
team strives to showcase the<br />
integrity, selfless service and excellence<br />
embodied by American <strong>Air</strong>men<br />
everywhere.<br />
— Thunderbird No. 1<br />
Col. Case Cunningham<br />
thunderbirds’ history<br />
On June 8, 1953, the u.s. <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> Thunderbirds, officially<br />
designated the 3600th <strong>Air</strong> Demonstration Flight, performed for<br />
the first time at luke <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Base</strong>, Ariz. Their first aircraft was<br />
the straight-winged F-84G Thunderjet, a combat fighter-bomber<br />
that had seen action in Korea. Three years later, the Thunderbirds<br />
traded the F-84 for the world’s first supersonic fighter, the F-100<br />
super sabre -- an aerial platform that would serve them for 13<br />
years. More than 1,000 demonstrations were flown in the super<br />
sabre.<br />
At that same time, the team moved to its current home at Nellis<br />
AFB, Nev. The Thunderbirds squadron is an <strong>Air</strong> combat command<br />
unit composed of eight pilots (including six demonstration<br />
pilots), four support officers, three civilians and more than 130<br />
enlisted personnel performing in 25 career fields.<br />
A Thunderbirds air demonstration is a mix of formation flying<br />
and solo routines. The four-aircraft diamond formation demonstrates<br />
the training and precision of <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> pilots, while the<br />
solo aircraft highlight the maximum capabilities of the F-16.<br />
The pilots perform approximately 30 maneuvers in a demonstration.<br />
The entire show, including ground and air, runs about an<br />
hour. The season lasts from March to November, with the winter<br />
months used to train new members. The squadron exhibits the<br />
professional qualities the <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> develops in the people who fly,<br />
maintain and support these aircraft.<br />
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kirtland afb 1941-2011<br />
The Albuquerque Municipal <strong>Air</strong>port opened for commercial air travel in 1939.<br />
Photo courtesy of <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> Nuclear Weapons Center History Office<br />
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The military installation known today as “<strong>Kirtland</strong> <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong><br />
<strong>Base</strong>” has been making significant contributions to America’s national<br />
defense for many decades. Two milestones occur in 2011<br />
— the 70th anniversary of the Albuquerque Army <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Base</strong>’s construction<br />
and activation; and the 40th anniversary of the merger<br />
of the former <strong>Kirtland</strong>, sandia and Manzano bases into what has<br />
been <strong>Kirtland</strong> AFB since 1971.<br />
The <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> Nuclear Weapons center Historian, Al Moyers,<br />
put those anniversaries into perspective for contemporary <strong>Air</strong>men.<br />
“For today’s <strong>Air</strong>man, just as for <strong>Air</strong>men of the past and the<br />
future, knowledge and understanding of the heritage of their service,<br />
their base and their organization provides them the perspective<br />
to better execute today’s mission while planning for tomorrow’s<br />
missions,” he said.<br />
The base’s history includes many high points.<br />
In January 1941, construction of Albuquerque Army <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Base</strong><br />
began, adjacent to the new Albuquerque Municipal <strong>Air</strong>port.<br />
Army and Navy pilots had been using the city’s airport for aircraft<br />
refueling and maintenance since 1939, when a small Army<br />
detachment was established there to provide service for transient<br />
military planes.<br />
On March 18, 1941, lt. col. Frank D. Hackett arrived onstation<br />
and assumed responsibility as the base’s first permanently<br />
assigned commander.<br />
The first time a military airplane used the base’s new runways<br />
was April 1, 1941, when lt. sid Young landed a B-18 Bolo bomber<br />
on the north-south runway. On April 19, 1941, the air base was<br />
declared ready to receive the advance cadres of tactical units that<br />
would prepare <strong>Air</strong> corps crews for combat.<br />
That summer, the 19th Bombardment Group came to the Albuquerque<br />
base from March Field, calif., to conduct pre-deployment<br />
aircrew training for the Pacific campaign.<br />
On June 19, 1941, Trans World <strong>Air</strong>lines, which had experience<br />
flying large airplanes, set up a four-engine aircraft school here to<br />
train pilots. That contract service was the beginning of aircrew<br />
training on <strong>Kirtland</strong>.<br />
By February 1942, there were enough military pilots for the<br />
Army <strong>Air</strong> corps to take the base over as an advanced flying training<br />
school.<br />
On Feb. 25, 1942, Albuquerque Army <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Base</strong> was renamed<br />
“<strong>Kirtland</strong> Army <strong>Air</strong> Field,” in honor of the late col. Roy c. <strong>Kirtland</strong>,<br />
one of the Army’s earliest aviation pioneers.<br />
less than four months after the <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> became a separate<br />
service, <strong>Kirtland</strong> Army <strong>Air</strong> Field was renamed “<strong>Kirtland</strong> <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong><br />
<strong>Base</strong>” on Jan. 13, 1948.<br />
In 1942, the Army <strong>Air</strong> corps established “sandia <strong>Base</strong>” around<br />
Oxnard Field, which had been a private airport on Albuquerque’s<br />
east Mesa since 1928. By 1943, the mechanics’ training program<br />
had ended and sandia <strong>Base</strong> became a convalescent center for<br />
wounded aircrew members.<br />
After World War II, sandia <strong>Base</strong> became a storage and dismantling<br />
facility for surplus aircraft. More than 2,000 planes were<br />
taken apart and melted down, reclaiming 10 million pounds of<br />
aluminum.<br />
In June 1947, construction began in the foothills of the Manzano<br />
Mountains on a project that would be declared operational in April<br />
1950. It was renamed “Manzano <strong>Base</strong>” on Feb. 22, 1952. That development<br />
took advantage of the area’s natural terrain features to store<br />
weapons in hardened facilities.<br />
On July 1, 1971, the three Albuquerque-area bases — <strong>Kirtland</strong>,<br />
sandia and Manzano — merged into one installation — <strong>Kirtland</strong><br />
AFB — to reduce costs by consolidating common operations and<br />
functions.
event schedule<br />
9 a.m. Gates open<br />
10 a.m. <strong>Open</strong>ing ceremony<br />
Wings of Blue team demo<br />
11:30 a.m. 58 sOW demo<br />
12:30 p.m. B-1 flyover<br />
1 p.m. T-33 demo<br />
2:30 p.m. B-2 flyover<br />
3 p.m. Thunderbirds’ ground ceremony<br />
3:30 p.m. Thunderbirds’ aerial demo<br />
4:30 p.m. <strong>Open</strong> <strong>House</strong> ends<br />
Congratulates<br />
<strong>Kirtland</strong> AFB<br />
40 years of service to<br />
the community and the nation<br />
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First Aid<br />
Thunderbirds<br />
Information booth<br />
Food<br />
Restrooms<br />
Lost child information<br />
O<br />
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Band of the West performance area<br />
Military working dogs<br />
Children’s play area<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft<br />
static displays<br />
Thunderbirds<br />
Flightline<br />
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thunderbirds’ biographies<br />
lt. col. case<br />
cunningham, 38,<br />
is the commander/<br />
leader of the u.s.<br />
<strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Air</strong> Demonstration<br />
squadron<br />
Thunderbirds. He<br />
has logged more<br />
than 2,400 flight<br />
hours as an <strong>Air</strong><br />
<strong>Force</strong> pilot.<br />
Lt. Col.<br />
Case Cunningham<br />
capt. Ryan Riley,<br />
29, is the left<br />
wing for the Thunderbirds,<br />
flying<br />
the No. 2 jet. capt.<br />
Ryan is in his first<br />
year with the team,<br />
and hails from<br />
Florence, colo.<br />
Capt.<br />
Ryan Riley<br />
Maj. John Gallemore,<br />
34, is the right<br />
wing for the Thunderbirds,<br />
flying the<br />
No. 3 jet. He entered<br />
the <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> in 1999<br />
from Texas A&M<br />
university. He is in<br />
his second season<br />
with the team, and is<br />
from conroe, Texas.<br />
Maj.<br />
John Gallemore<br />
capt. Nicholas<br />
Holmes, 31, is the<br />
slot pilot for the<br />
Thunderbirds, flying<br />
the No. 4 jet.<br />
He entered the <strong>Air</strong><br />
<strong>Force</strong> in 2002 from<br />
colorado state university.<br />
Capt.<br />
Nicholas Holmes<br />
Maj. Aaron<br />
Jelinek, 31, is the<br />
lead solo for the<br />
Thunderbirds, flying<br />
the No. jet.<br />
He entered the <strong>Air</strong><br />
<strong>Force</strong> in 2001 from<br />
embry-Riddle Aeronautical<br />
university<br />
in Prescott, Ariz.<br />
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Maj.<br />
Aaron Jelinek<br />
Maj. John Williams,<br />
31, is the opposing<br />
solo for the<br />
Thunderbirds, flying<br />
the No. 6 jet. Major<br />
Williams entered the<br />
<strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> in 2001<br />
from embry-Riddle<br />
Aeronautical university<br />
in Prescott, Ariz.<br />
Maj.<br />
John Williams<br />
lt. col. Jason<br />
Koltes, 40, is the operations<br />
officer for<br />
the Thunderbirds,<br />
flying the No. 7 jet.<br />
He entered the <strong>Air</strong><br />
<strong>Force</strong> in 1994 from<br />
the university of<br />
North Texas, and is<br />
from Ponder, Texas.<br />
Lt. Col.<br />
Jason Koltes<br />
capt. Kristin<br />
Hubbard, 30, is<br />
the advance pilot/<br />
narrator for the<br />
Thunderbirds, flying<br />
the No. 8 jet.<br />
she entered the <strong>Air</strong><br />
<strong>Force</strong> in 2002 from<br />
the university of<br />
Washington and is<br />
from Renton, Wash.<br />
Capt.<br />
Kristin Hubbard<br />
capt. Thomas<br />
Bowden, 37, is the<br />
flight surgeon for the<br />
Thunderbirds. He is<br />
responsible for providing<br />
medical care<br />
for more than 120<br />
team members. Dr.<br />
Bowden hails from<br />
Grand Island, Neb.<br />
Capt.<br />
Thomas Bowden<br />
capt. Joshua<br />
Hawkins, 29, is the<br />
executive officer for<br />
the Thunderbirds.<br />
He leads a support<br />
staff responsible<br />
for Thunderbirds<br />
cyber/knowledge<br />
operations, budget,<br />
and all force support<br />
actions.<br />
Capt.<br />
Joshua Hawkins<br />
Maj. Jason<br />
Moore, 33, is the<br />
maintenance officer<br />
for the Thunderbirds.<br />
He is<br />
responsible for 90<br />
personnel and the<br />
maintenance of 11<br />
Block 52 F-16 aircraft.<br />
Maj.<br />
Jason Moore<br />
Maj. Kristin<br />
Haley, 33, is the<br />
public affairs officer<br />
for the Thunderbirds.<br />
she manages<br />
the team’s extensive<br />
marketing, recruiting<br />
and publicity<br />
programs. Major<br />
Haley is in her first<br />
season with the team.<br />
Maj.<br />
Kristin Haley<br />
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wings of blue<br />
The u.s. <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> Academy Wings of Blue is one of the outstanding<br />
parachute units in the country. since 1967, cadets have<br />
dominated national intercollegiate parachuting championships,<br />
typically winning decisively over the other 40 schools.<br />
The team has won 21 of the 27 national championships. Additionally,<br />
it performs about 50 demonstrations each year. Wings<br />
of Blue team members have jumped at the copper Bowl, Fiesta<br />
Bowl and Pro Bowl. The team travels locally, nationally and internationally.<br />
The team first traveled internationally in 1997, when it performed<br />
for the Japanese/American Friendship Festival in Yokota,<br />
Japan, which is now an annual event. The parachute team, because<br />
of its diverse mission, is divided into a demonstration team and<br />
a competition team. Advising and supervising the team is a very<br />
small group of active-duty <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> officers and NcOs.<br />
cadet members of the team must be qualified jumpmasters<br />
and instructors in the <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> Academy parachuting program.<br />
They must also maintain high academic and military standards<br />
to remain with the team. Members of the parachute team average<br />
about 600 jumps by the time they graduate.<br />
Wings of Blue team members jump from a variety of aircraft,<br />
however the team primarily uses its own DeHavilland uV-18B<br />
Twin Otters.<br />
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kirtland afb demos<br />
hh-60g<br />
The primary mission of the HH-60G<br />
helicopter is to conduct day or night<br />
operations in hostile environments to<br />
recover isolated personnel during a time<br />
of war.<br />
The HH-60G is also tasked to perform<br />
military operations other than<br />
war, including civil search and rescue,<br />
medical evacuation, disaster response,<br />
humanitarian assistance, security cooperation/aviation<br />
advisory, NAsA space<br />
flight support, and rescue command<br />
and control.<br />
cv-22<br />
The cV-22 tiltrotor aircraft combines<br />
the vertical takeoff, hover and vertical<br />
landing qualities of a helicopter with<br />
the long-range, fuel efficiency and speed<br />
characteristics of a turboprop aircraft. Its<br />
mission is to conduct long-range infiltration,<br />
exfiltration and resupply missions for<br />
special operations forces.<br />
This self-deployable aircraft offers increased<br />
speed and range over other rotarywing<br />
aircraft, enabling <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> special<br />
Operations command aircrews to execute<br />
long-range special operations missions.<br />
hc/mc-130<br />
The Hc/Mc-130 primarily performs<br />
the tactical portion of the airlift mission.<br />
The aircraft is capable of operating from<br />
rough dirt strips and drops troops and<br />
equipment into hostile areas. The Hc/<br />
Mc-130 operates throughout the u.s. <strong>Air</strong><br />
<strong>Force</strong>, serving with <strong>Air</strong> education and<br />
Training command, <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> special<br />
Operations command and many more.<br />
The flexible design of the c-130 enables<br />
it to be configured for many different<br />
missions, allowing for one aircraft to<br />
perform the role of many.<br />
band of the west<br />
The <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> Band of the West is<br />
a musical organization with an outstanding<br />
record of achievement.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>men assigned to the band are<br />
highly trained professional musicians<br />
who have dedicated themselves to<br />
serving their country through music.<br />
The Band of the West travels more<br />
than 125,000 miles annually and provides<br />
more than 300 performances<br />
to military and civilian audiences<br />
throughout Texas, Arizona, New<br />
Mexico and louisiana.<br />
The band has been an integral part<br />
of the music scene in the southwest<br />
for many years.<br />
The Band of the West has performed<br />
for presidents, heads of state<br />
and dignitaries from around the<br />
world, earning an outstanding reputation<br />
among America’s military bands.<br />
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static displays<br />
v-77<br />
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The V-77 is a single-engine<br />
high-wing monoplane manufactured<br />
by the stinson <strong>Air</strong>craft<br />
Division of the Aviation Manufacturing<br />
corporation of Wayne, Mich.<br />
The V-77 has a 300-horse power lycoming R680-e3B engine<br />
and a single door on the left side. The traditional “Bump” cowl<br />
was replaced with a simpler smooth cowl.<br />
lifeguard<br />
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The dispatch center is available<br />
24 hours a day, with the goal<br />
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b-52h<br />
The B-52 is a long-range<br />
heavy bomber that can perform<br />
a variety of missions.<br />
The bomber is capable of flying<br />
at high subsonic speeds at<br />
altitudes up to 50,000 feet. The<br />
B-52 can perform strategic attack,<br />
close-air support, air interdiction, offensive counter-air and<br />
maritime operations. It can carry nuclear or precision guided conventional<br />
ordnance with worldwide navigation capabilities.<br />
uh-1n<br />
The uH-1N “Huey” is a<br />
light-lift utility helicopter used<br />
to support varied missions.<br />
Its primary mission includes<br />
airlift of emergency security<br />
and disaster response forces,<br />
emergency evacuation of key<br />
government officials, support for school training and testing, and<br />
airlift for distinguished visitors and missile support people. Other<br />
uses include airborne cable inspections and security surveillance.<br />
C-17<br />
The c-17 is the newest,<br />
most flexible cargo aircraft to<br />
enter the airlift force. The c-17<br />
is capable of rapid strategic delivery<br />
of troops and all types of<br />
cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the<br />
deployment area.<br />
The aircraft can perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions<br />
and can also transport litters and ambulatory patients during<br />
aeromedical evacuations when required.<br />
B-1<br />
carrying the largest<br />
payload of both guided and<br />
unguided weapons in the <strong>Air</strong><br />
<strong>Force</strong> inventory, the multimission<br />
B-1 is the backbone of<br />
America’s long-range bomber force.<br />
It can rapidly deliver massive quantities of precision and nonprecision<br />
weapons against any adversary, anywhere in the world,<br />
at any time.<br />
aviat husky<br />
The Aviat Husky is a twoseat,<br />
high-wing, utility light<br />
aircraft built by Aviat <strong>Air</strong>craft<br />
of Afton, Wyo. It is the only<br />
all-new light aircraft that was<br />
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mid- to late-1980s. Design work by christen Industries began in<br />
1985. The aircraft is one of the few in its class designed with the<br />
benefit of computer Aided Design software. The prototype first<br />
flew in 1986, and certification was awarded the following year.<br />
APD<br />
Eurocopter<br />
The eurocopter ec120<br />
colibri is a 5-seat, singleengine,<br />
single main rotor, light<br />
helicopter. Jointly designed and developed by eurocopter, china<br />
National Aero-Technology Import & export corporation, Harbin<br />
Aviation Industries ltd. and singapore Technologies Aerospace<br />
ltd. at eurocopter France’s Marignane facility. The ec120 B is assembled<br />
by eurocopter in France and Australia.<br />
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