The airshow business is having a bad time, of late... as
evidenced (again) by Saturday's loss of a World War II British
Hawker Hurricane... one of less than a dozen still known to be
flying. The Saturday accident occurred during a WWII reenactment
with two Me-109s and an Me-108 at the Shoreham Air Show in Sussex
(UK).
Throughout Iraq there are two things that keep squadron’s
generators burning and their aircraft engines turning, the JP-8
fuel which powers everything from lights to F/A-18s and the Marine
refuelers who ensure everyone receives the fuel they need.
Senior U.S. and Iraqi air force officials witnessed history in
the making with the dedication of the Iraqi Air Force Training
School and the commissioning of 11 officer candidates into the
Iraqi air force.
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