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Greetings all,

I'm an aviation photographer (and ex-strike pilot) who's planning on visiting Tucson in a few weeks. I'm interested in photographing some of the 355TFW aircraft at Davis-Monthan AFB while I'm there.

Does anybody have any contact details for the squadron?

A sample of my work is attached...

Cheers, Mike.

<img src="http://www.greatnationalcamera.com/album/users/Jorgo/10834980151.jpg" border=0>

www.actionairimages.com

From their web site:

Any requests for information must be sent to the Davis-Monthan AFB Public Affairs Office. Their phone number is (520) 228-3204, or you may reach them via email at: 355wg.pa@dm.af.mil

Tours of Davis-Monthan AFB are limited to Civic Leader Tours and Military Reunion Groups of 20 or more. Contact the public affairs office at (520) 228-5091 for additional information.

NOTE: All tours are subject to cancellation without notice due to mission requirements or for reasons of security. Please call (520) 228-3358 at anytime for updated information on tour availability.

Hope it helps, have fun in Tucson!

Cheers! M2

Interesting a Former Kiwi pilot.

"The power to Destroy the planet, is insignifigant to the power of the Air Force----Mudd Vader

Edited by - mrmudd on May 10 2004 06:58 AM

from his site

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>England based photographer Michael Jorgensen was born in Australia and has been interested in aircraft since he could walk. When he was 25 years old, he moved to New Zealand and joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a trainee pilot.

During the course Michael was streamed to fly fast jets, and he later completed his 'Wings' on the Aermacchi MB-339. He remained on 14 Squadron for two years practising various forms of air-air and air-ground flying, whilst awaiting the planned introduction of the F-16 fighter aircraft.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

Thanks guys (especially M2).

For some reason I cannot access their website, but that email address should be a great help.

Thankyou for checking out my site (and history). Please don't get me started on the shortcomings of a country that has no effective firepower.... I might not stop ranting !!

<img src="http://www.greatnationalcamera.com/album/users/Jorgo/10841988091.jpg" border=0>

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Jorgo

Might be your "foreign" ISP, I can't hit USAF sites from my Belgian account.

Good luck, and if I can help in any way (obviously I am not at D-M), give me a shout or post here.

By the way, where are you in the UK?

Cheers! M2

Heinman's Hot Rod baaaaby ! Skyhawks so rock !

By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson

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YGBSM !

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Heinman's Hot Rod baaaaby ! Skyhawks so rock !


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Hawg166, if you like the A-4 you should try strike Fighters Project 1, fun sim and you can fly the A-4, F-4, F-100, and a number of other aircraft with mods. It's a blast and I have been playing it for the past few months.

<img src="http://www.warthogpen.com/bs/sig1.jpg" border=0>

There's a bunch of add on aircraft you can get as well......even an A-10 <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

"face it....perhaps your only purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others!"

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Heinman's Hot Rod baaaaby ! Skyhawks so rock!<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

You must've loved <i>Top Gun</i>! <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

Cheers! M2

Jorgo

Can you access this site, the 375 FS web page?

http://www.dm.af.mil/357FS/

Here is the 354 FS:

http://www.dm.af.mil/354FS/

Cheers! M2

Nosiree M2,

Unfortunately none of the DM pages will open for me - even the home page...

I just get a long delay and then this wonderful message:
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There is a problem with the page you are trying to reach and it cannot be displayed.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

Kind of frustrating, but that's computers for you.
Just as well I never flew F-16's I guess. I can't even use the internet.

Ta, Mike.


www.actionairimages.com

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Might be your "foreign" ISP, I can't hit USAF sites from my Belgian account.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

grab a US Proxy and use that instead to view .MIL sites <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Could you spell that out for me please Tojimbo?
I need it in basic English (being from Down Under and all)...

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Jorgo

I have a grad degree in mgmt info systems* and I don't know how to do that, so don't feel bad.

Cheers! M2

* - It's resume fodder.

I *think* he means proxy surfing, where a server retrieves Web pages for you, providing only its own identity to the sites it visits. Usually, proxy servers are used to increase the effective speed of your connection to the Internet, as they save files that are requested most often in a special database called "cache".

Your IP address reveals your point of entry to the Internet and can be used to trace your communications back to your ISP, your employer's network, your school, a public terminal, or maybe even your own computer if you've been assigned your own IP address. It may not reveal you by name, but it may be uniquely identifiable and it represents your digital ID while you are online.

Of course all that is stolen from the Internet!

Cheers! M2

Finally I got to visit DM, Arizona.

The flightline was very impressive, and it was hard to look cool with such a mass of A-10's on the pan. Without a doubt, it was one of the tidiest (and aggressive) flightlines that I have ever seen. The huge mountain range backdrop also added a nice touch.

Unfortunately I did not get an opportunity to take any photographs, but I did get a request through to the PAO. Maybe next time. I'll be sure to share them with you all.

www.actionairimages.com

Bummer you didn't get to take pics, but good to hear you made it out there.

Sorry I jumped on your thread too late, but here's a proxy server.

http://www.cranenterprise.com/nph-proxy.cgi/.com

Sometimes the options to remove scripts and cookies can cause problems with websites, so you may want to deselect those.

~Thud

Edited by - Thud on May 26 2004 5:08 PM

Thanks Thud, that's mucho handy.


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Thud

That proxy server worked well but has recently gone TU. Know of any more?

Thanks! M2