67th Annual "Iwo Jima Day" is Friday, Feb. 17 - The Daily Millbury
Iwo Jima was strategically important in early 1945 as it provided a base for Japanese aircraft to intercept longrange B-29 Superfortress bombers that had been firebombing Japan. The capture of Iwo Jima would provide a staging area for the eventual ...Friday, February 17, 2012 12:01 AMwww.thedailymillbury.com

Community Calendar: Events in Southwest Michigan for the week of Feb. 12 - Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Spotting scopes will be shared. Sponsored by the Audubon Society of Kalamazoo. Winter Fishing Days, Ice Fishing 101, 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm Feb. 18, Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery, Mattawan. Youth ages five to 16 are invited to come learn the basics of ice ...Friday, February 10, 2012 11:32 AMwww.mlive.com

122nd's role to shift with new planes - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
“I believe the typical fighter pilot would consider it a step down to have to become the pilot of an MC-12W,” aircraft historian Robert F. Dorr said. That's what the base commander, Col. David Augustine, hinted at last week when breaking the news of ...Wednesday, February 08, 2012 4:33 AMwww.journalgazette.net

LaGuardia Airport's Central Terminal Dilemma - NYCAviation
Aircraft operations on the ramp are limited by the narrow spaces between the concourses and gates designed for the 1960s-era McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (the -10 series was in development when the CTB opened). Numerous surveys and rankings confirm these ...Wednesday, February 08, 2012 10:26 AMnycaviation.com

Bristow Growing in Operations and Training Fields - Aviation International News
In 1953, Alan Bristow, a former Royal Navy helicopter pilot, founded a company called Air Whaling, that specialized in spotting whales for company factory ships. His experience landing helicopters on a ship's aft deck in all kinds of weather gave him a ...Friday, February 10, 2012 1:55 PMwww.ainonline.com