Recent content by h.whiteman

you obviously are incapable of learning as you aren't intelligent enough. i have more important places i can be other than a site(cool as it is---no thanks to you) run by someone like you. so ban me. i'm gone ,my decision. h.whiteman. you do the usmc not honor.

i'm asking as a result of your last posting---you did not add the 2nd recon batch to the socom manning chart? if this your site, you have a nice informational site that a bunch of folks are making valuable contributions to. sorry you're so sensitive. you should watch your language---it does'nt...

the insignia that are represented by the spec opns units are "commands" .i don't think even you would fail to understand that a "battalion" patch does not belong with them , even with you're "bogus" addition to the manning chart. i stand by my original statement. i was also in the community as a...

lesofprimus---by the way ,nice picture of an ejection of a usaf thunderbird. where did that occur? h.whiteman.

your bogus addition of the 2nd recon battalion insignia to the socom manning chart that represents usaf special moperations command, joint special operations command, us army special operations command and naval special warfare command is totally misleading to anyone who is not from or...

first , this is not an airborne officer! it is an officer from the 2nd infantry division in front of a c-47 dakota. the 2nd infantry division has never been an airborne formation. hope that helps,h.whiteman.

from what i understand the captured color scheme you see adopted by this particular fighter group (79th fighter group, 12th usaaf) was an attempt to provide quick identification of captured aircraft. since some of the aerial engagements were subject to atmospheric conditions(clouds, sun...

you're absolutely correct that is the 86th fighter squadron insignia on the left side of the nose of the fuselage. the "wings of the luftwaffe" episode on the junkers ju-88 shows the same captured ju-88. on the right side of the nose of the fuselage is the egyptian falcon insignia of the 79th...

i've managed to find out where the photo is---the photo of my father flying the captured focke-wulf190 mentioned above. the photo is photo #9 in a feature article regarding the focke-wulf 190 in "wings" magazine volume 14, number 1-february 1984. i still don't have the picture ,but maybe---. i...

greatest ww2 military commanders? i've never heard of some of these men---i know the us and german ones of course,but---. i think you may have overlooked some candidates--- generals kurt student, jimmy dolittle, ira eaker, karl spaatz, george s. patton. i would also attempt to separate out some...

if you go to this site: http://af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5598 you can access lt gen graham's full usaf biography---quite an impressive career! i'm sure he will be missed. h.whiteman.

having grown up in the us air force as an air force dependant and having been the son of a fighter pilot(then bomber pilot) who saw to it i saw a lot of aircraft(us and foreign),i think this is a question that can not be answered without some ground rules. first, it would probably be best to...

looking for any information on the 12th usaaf "fighter tactics center" which operated sometime in early 1943 (if not before) from airfields just south of casablanca, morocco. the airfields were berrechid I and berrechid II. the unit flew curtis p-40L's, a mk of spitfires, bell p-39's and...

thirtybg, iam continually amazed at your selflessness and willingness to help someone you don't know. thank you. i found your information on the messerschmitt bf-109 captured br the 79th fighter group very interesting. i guess i'm surprised the information is still out there in the ethernet. you...

many thanks. i really appreciate the help. you don't happen to have subscribed to "wings" a sentry magazine and have access to the feature article on the focke-wulf fw-190---still looking for that particular photo with my dad. he first flew in 1937, a boeing p-12e and retired in 1970 after 32...