David
Fri January 10, 2003 10:58pm
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Seddon, James A., Secreta
Seddon, James A., Secretary of War; half-length, seated.
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David
Fri January 10, 2003 10:59pm
Rating: 10
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Custer, Maj. Gen. George
Custer, Maj. Gen. George A.; half-length, seated.
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David
Fri January 10, 2003 10:59pm
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Hooker, Maj. Gen. Joseph
Hooker, Maj. Gen. Joseph ("Fighting Joe"); full-length, seated.
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David
Fri January 10, 2003 10:59pm
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Rawlins, Brig. Gen. John
Rawlins, Brig. Gen. John A.; half-length, seated.
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David
Fri January 10, 2003 10:59pm
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Sheridan, Maj. Gen. Phili
Sheridan, Maj. Gen. Philip H.; three-quarter-length, seated.
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David
Fri January 10, 2003 10:59pm
Rating: 10
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Sherman, Maj. Gen. Willia
Sherman, Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh; half-length, seated.
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David
Fri January 10, 2003 11:00pm
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Porter, Rear Adm. David D
Porter, Rear Adm. David D.; half-length, seated.
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David
Sat January 11, 2003 12:50am
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Ruffin, Pvt. Edmund, Conf
Ruffin, Pvt. Edmund, Confederate soldier who fired the first shot against Fort Sumter; full-length, seated.
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David
Sat January 11, 2003 1:12am
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USS Maine Court of Inquir
USS Maine Court of Inquiry, 1898. Members of the Navy Court of Inquiry examining Ensign Wilfrid V. Powelson, on board the U.S. Light House Tender Mangrove, in Havana Harbor, Cuba, circa March 1898. Those seated around the table include (from left to right): Captain French E. Chadwick, Captain William T. Sampson, Lieutenant Commander William P. Potter, Ensign W.V. Powelson, Lieutenant Commander Adolph Marix.
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David
Thu January 16, 2003 12:31am
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KC-10A Extender
Function: The KC-10A Extender is an Air Mobility Command advanced tanker and cargo aircraft designed to provide increased global mobility for U.S. armed forces. Although the KC-l0A's primary mission is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of a tanker and cargo aircraft by refueling fighters and simultaneously carry the fighter support personnel and equipment on overseas deployments. The KC-10A can transport up to 75 people and nearly 170,000 pounds (76,560 kilograms) of cargo a distance of about 4,400 miles (7,040 kilometers) unrefueled.
History: A modified Boeing Company DC-10, the KC-10A entered service in 1981. Although it retains 88 percent systems commonality with the DC-10, it has additional systems and equipment necessary for its Air Force mission. These additions include military avionics; aerial refueling boom, hose and drogue; seated aerial refueling operator station; aerial refueling receptacle and satellite communications. The KC-10A fleet is being modified to add wing-mounted pods to further enhance aerial refueling capabilities. The KC-10A is operated by the 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J.; and the 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif. Air Force Reserve Associate units are assigned to the 349th Air Mobility Wing at Travis, and the 514th Air Mobility Wing at McGuire.
During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1991, the KC-10 fleet provided in-flight refueling to aircraft from the U.S. armed forces as well as those of other coalition forces. In the early stages of Operation Desert Shield, in-flight refueling was key to the rapid airlift of materiel and forces. In addition to refueling airlift aircraft, the KC-10, along with the smaller KC-135, moved thousands of tons of cargo and thousands of troops in support of the massive Persian Gulf build-up.
During Operation Desert Storm, in-flight refueling extended the range and capability of all U.S. and other coalition fighter aircraft. Air operations continued without costly and time-consuming ground refueling.
The KC-10A and the KC-135 conducted about 51,700 separate refueling operations and delivered 125 million gallons (475 million liters) of fuel without missing a single scheduled rendezvous.
Description: In addition to the three main DC-10 wing fuel tanks, the KC-10A has three large fuel tanks under the cargo floor, one under the forward lower cargo compartment, one in the center wing area and one under the rear compartment. Combined, the capacity of the six tanks carry more than 356,000 pounds (160,200 kilograms) of fuel -- almost twice as much as the KC-135 Stratotanker. Using either an advanced aerial refueling boom, or a hose and drogue refueling system, the KC-10A can refuel a wide variety of U.S. and allied military aircraft within the same mission. The aircraft is equipped with special lighting for night operations.
The KC-10A's boom operator controls refueling operations through a digital fly-by-wire system. Sitting in the rear of the aircraft, the operator can see the receiver aircraft through a wide window. During boom refueling operations, fuel is transferred to the receiver at a maximum rate of 1,100 gallons (4,180 liters) per minute; the hose and drogue refueling maximum rate is 470 gallons (1,786 liters) per minute. The Automatic Load Alleviation System and Independent Disconnect System greatly enhances safety and facilitates air refueling. The KC-10A can be air-refueled by a KC-135 or another KC-10A to increase its delivery range.
The large cargo-loading door can accept most tactical air forces' fighter unit support equipment. Powered rollers and winches inside the cargo compartment permit moving heavy loads. The cargo compartment can accommodate loads ranging from 27 pallets to a mix of 17 pallets and 75 passengers.
The KC-10A's crew includes a pilot, copilot, flight engineer and boom operator. The sophisticated avionics of the aircraft are designed to improve crew efficiency and reduce crew workload. On certain missions, additional seats and bunks can be added to accommodate extra crew members.
General Characteristics, KC-10A Extender
Contractor:
Douglas Aircraft Co., division of The Boeing Company
Unit Cost:
$86.8 million (FY 1996 constant dollars)
Power Plant:
Three General Electric CF6-50C2 turbofans
Thrust:
52,500 pounds (23,625 kilograms) each engine
Length:
181 feet, 7 inches (54.4 meters)
Height:
58 feet, 1 inch (17.4 meters)
Wingspan:
165 feet, 4.5 inches (50 meters)
Maximum Take-off Weight:
590,000 pounds (265,500 kilograms)
Speed:
619 mph (Mach 0.825)
Ceiling:
42,000 feet (12,727 meters)
Maximum Cargo Payload:
170,000 pounds (76,560 kilograms)
Range:
4,400 miles (3,800 nautical miles) with cargo
11,500 miles (10,000 nautical miles) without cargo
Pallet Positions:
27
Maximum Fuel Load:
356,000 pounds (160,200 kilograms)
Crew:
Four (aircraft commander, pilot, flight engineer and boom operator)
Inventory:
Active force, 59
ANG, 0
Reserve, 0
Date Deployed:
March 1981
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David
Thu January 16, 2003 10:39am
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AH/MH-6 "Little Bird
Function: Special Operations Attack/Transport helicopter.
Background: The A/MH-6 Little Bird can trace its roots to the McDonnell Douglas OH-6 Cayuse light observation helicopter introduced during the Vietnam War. There are currently two versions of the Little Bird. The AH-6J attack version is configured as a light attack helicopter while the MH-6J variant is configured as an insertion / extraction / transport platform. Both versions are based on the Boeing MD-530F Defender helicopter.
Both versions of the Little Bird are equipped with a Forward Looking Infra-Red (FLIR) system for day/night, all weather operations as well as an inertial/GPS navigational system and radar altimeter for precision, nap of the earth flying. Both are also equipped with secure satellite capable communications. For self-defense both are equipped with a radar warning receiver (RWR) as well as an IR jamming system and chaff/flare dispenser.
The armed variant is equipped with a lightweight universal mounting platform which can accommodate two M134 7.62mm miniguns, two M260 7-shot Hydra 70 2.75" folding-fin aerial rockets. Alternately, the AH-6 can be armed with Hellfire anti-tank missiles, air-to-air stingers, Mk-19 40mm automatic grenade launchers, or .50 caliber heavy machine guns.
The transport variant can accommodate six passengers, seated externally on detachable "planks" to facilitate the rapid debarkation of the aircraft on arrival. In addition, the transport is equipped with a hoist to insert and extract personnel without landing.
Description: The Little Bird is based on the Boeing MD-530 Defender. The fuselage body is large teardrop design with the pilot and co-pilot seated side by side. Visibility out of the aircraft is excellent as the forward portion of the cabin is glass enclosed and there are large oval windows in each of the four cabin doors. During combat operations the doors may be removed. The single engine is mounted in the rear of the fuselage, below the high mounted tail boom, with the six-bladed main rotor mounted on the forward portion of the transmission housing. The tail assembly is a "T" type with the horizontal stabilizer mounted on top of the vertical stabilizer. The tail rotor is 4 bladed and mounted on the left side of the vertical stabilizer.
?General Characteristics, AH/MH-6 "Little Bird"
Prime Contractor:
Boeing
Power Plant:
Allison 250 C30 gas turbine, 650 shaft horsepower
Rotor Diameter:
26 feet (8 meters)
Length:
29 ft 10 in (9.2 meters)
Height:
8 ft 6 in (2.6 meters)
Width:
6 ft 2 in (1.9 meters)
Speed:
175 mph (280 kph)
Maximum Take-off Weight:
5,207 lbs (2,367 kg)
Max. Infiltration Range:
324 miles (518 km)
Crew:
Two (pilot, co-pilot) up to six passengers (two internal or six external)
Date Deployed:
1975
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David
Sat January 3, 2004 10:15pm
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T-80 MBT
Function: Current Russian front line main battle tank (MBT).
Description: The T-80 MBT is a continuation of the T-64/T-72 series, retaining many similar features of the previous tanks. It is similar to the T-72 in that it retains the low silhouette, centrally mounted round turret with the commander seated to the right of the main gun and the gunner on the left. As with the T-72 the T-80 retains the use of the automatic loader, feeding ammunition from a 27 round circular magazine around the turret ring. Attached to the hull below the front slope is a toothed dozer blade. Beneath the blade are attachment points for the KMT-6 mine plow. The T-80 is the first Soviet design to incorporate a laser rangefinder as well as a gas turbine engine for increased automotive performance. The T-80 is currently in service with the Russian army and is slowly being replaced by the T-90.
General Characteristics, T-80 Main Battle Tank
Manufacturer:
KBTM, Omsk, Russian Federation
XKBM, Kharkov, Ukraine (T-80UD and T-84)
Transmission:
Automatic
Engine:
GTD-1250 gas turbine, 1250 horsepower (T-80U, T-80 originally equipped with the GTD-1000 delivering 1,100 horsepower)
Length. Gun Forward:
31.69 feet (9.66 meters)
Width:
12.00 feet (3.60 meters)
Height:
7.21 feet (2.20 meters)
Combat Weight:
46 tons
Cruising Range:
350 kilometers (600 kilometers with additional fuel tanks)
Speed:
Maximum: 43 mph (70 kph)
Cross Country: 30 mph (48 kph)
Obstacle Crossing:
Trench: 9.35 feet (2.85 meters)
Slope: 32 degrees
Fording:
Without preparation: 5.9 feet (1.8 meters)
With Snorkel: 16.4 feet (5 meters), or (39.4 feet (12 meters) with BROD-M system
Crew:
A three-man crew composed of a driver, gunner, and tank commander
Armament:
Main: 125mm 2A46M-1 main gun
Secondary: One 12.7mm NSVT anti-aircraft machine gun (commander's station), one 7.62mm PKT coaxial machine gun
Ammunition:
45 125mm Cannon rounds (combination of kinetic energy (SABOT), High Explosive Anti Tank (HEAT) shaped charge, High Explosive-Fragmentation (HE-FRAG), cannon launched AT-8 ATGM)
450 12.7mm machine gun rounds
1,000 7.62mm machine gun rounds
Sensors:
Shtora-1 countermeasures suite (T-80UK, T-80UM1)
Arena active protection system (T-80UM1, T-84)
Introduction Date:
1978
Variants:
T-80: Original production version. Fielded in 1978, equipped with the GTD-1000 gas turbine engine delivering 1100 horsepower. Utilized the same 125mm smoothbore cannon (2A46M-1) as the T-72 series but capable of firing the cannon launched, 9M177 Kobra ATGM (NATO designation AT-8 SONGSTER.) Tank is equipped with a 7.62mm PKT machine gun coaxial mounted on the right side of the cannon and a 12.7mm NSV machine gun mounted in the commanders cupola.
T-80B: First upgrade. Incorporates composite K ceramic armor in turret design to improve defense against kinetic energy (KE) penetrators. T-80BK is the command variant of the B model and has increased communications equipment. T-80BV: B model equipped with first generation reactive armor. At the time of its introduction, the application of reactive armor made the T-80 immune to all NATO ATGMs in production. The T-80BVK was the command variant of the T-80BV.
T-80U: First observed in 1989. Designated the M1989 SMT (Soviet Medium Tank). Modifications include a new turret design with improved frontal armor as well as the application of second generation explosive reactive armor. The AT-8 has been replaced by the cannon launched, laser guided 9M119 Refleks ATGM (NATO designation AT-11 SNIPER). Engine has been upgraded to the more powerful GTD-1250 gas turbine producing 1250 horsepower. The commander's weapon station has been redesigned to allow the firing of the 12.7 NSVT machinegun from within the turret. The T-80UK is the command variant of the T-80U. In addition to additional communications equipment, the T-80UK also fields the Shtora-1 countermeasures suite, an automated system combining an infrared jammer, laser warning system, and grenade discharging system.
T-80UM1: Incorporates new gunner's thermal sight as well as the Shorta-1 countermeasures suite and new Arena active ATGM protection system. Use of the Arena system precludes the need for the Kontakt-5 second generation reactive armor and so it has been removed.
T-80UD: Esentially a Ukrainian built version of the Russian T-80U. Major differences include the replacement of the gas turbine engine with a GTF V-12 diesel engine producing 1000 horsepower and the use of first generation reactive armor in pmace of the second generation Kontakt-5 ERA.
T-84: An improved version of the Ukrainian T-80UD incorporating the 6TD-2 diesel engine generating 1200 horsepower. In addition, the T-84 fields the Shtora-1 countermeasures suite and the ARENA active antimissile defensive system as well as the Ukrainian produced KBA-3 125mm smoothbore cannon and 28 round autoloader.
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David
Thu October 7, 2004 12:47am
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Distinguished Flying Meda
Distinguished Flying Medal
The Distinguished Flying Medal was instituted on 3 June 1918 to be was awarded to non-commissioned-officers and men for an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty performed whilst flying in active operations against the enemy.
The silver-coloured award has the shape of an oval medal, 1.375 inches wide and 1.625 inches long. On the obverse you can see the bareheaded coinage effigy of :
King George V, facing left and the legend : GEORGEIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:
King George VI, facing left and the legend : GEORGEIVS VID: G: BR: OMN: REX F.D: IND: IMP:
On the reverse, within a wreath of laurel, Athena Nike is shown seated on an aeroplane, a hawk rising from her right arm above the words : FOR COURAGE.
The ribbon is 1.25 inches wide, and consists of alternate violet and white stripes (0,0625 inches) leaning 45 degrees to the left. Until 1919, the stripes were horizontal. The medal was engraved with the service number, rank, initials, surname and service of the recipient.
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David
Thu October 7, 2004 12:50am
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British Empire Medal
British Empire Medal
The British Empire Medal was created by Royal Warrant on 29 December 1922 and replaced the Medal of the Order of the British Empire (1907-1922). The medal was awarded for meritorious service in the British Empire. In 1922, the medal was divided into ?The Medal of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Gallantry (known as the Empire Gallantry Medal - EGM)? and ?The Medal of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service ? BEM)?. After the EGM was superseded by the George Cross on 24 September 1940, the BEM continued to be awarded for gallantry, but a degree less than that required to earn the George Medal.
A bar was awarded for additional acts of gallantry and in 1957 a silver oak leaf emblem was worn on the ribbon to signify that the award was for gallantry and not for service.
The award is a circular silver medal with a diameter of 1.42 inches. On the obverse is the picture of ?Britannia? seated, with the sun to her right. Legends around the edge reads FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE and on the below of the award is the inscription FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE. The EGM had the inscription FOR GALLANTRY on the below.
On the reverse of the award are the Royal Cypher inscribed surmounted by a crown with the words : INSTITUTED BY KING GEORGE V within a border of four heraldic lions.
Until 1938 the civil ribbon was purple (1.25 inches wide) and the military ribbon had a narrow central stripe added. From 1938 the civil ribbon is pink with pearl-grey edges and the military ribbon has a narrow, pearl-grey central stripe added.
Military awards have the service number, full name and unit or service engraved and civil awards have the names in full engraved.
During World War 2 a total of 1236 medals were awarded. For merit 1202 medals and for gallantry 34 medals.
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David
Thu October 7, 2004 9:44am
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M?daille de la Fid?lit? Fran?aise - (The Medal for Fidelity to France) instituted on 3 July 1922 and awarded to inhabitants of the two border regions of Alsace and Lorraine, who had been either imprisoned or exiled by the occupying Germans because of their loyalty to France. A bar on the ribbon bears the word "Fid?lit?" and a bronze star indicates each year of imprisonment or exile.
Ribbon = blue with red outer and white inner side stripes an a narrow white edge. Obverse : two women seated, looking out across country. Reverse : a bundle of fasces between crossed oak and laurel sprays, with a 3-foldriband, lettered "Libert? / Egalit? / Fraternit?" (the French national motto). Metal : bronze.
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