For your downloading pleasure, here is an archive of all the newsletters
of the 718th Tactical Fighter Wing, as well as membership forms and bylaws in Adobe
Acrobat PDF format. If you do not have a Acrobat reader, and would like one for free,
click on the Acrobat icon.
As an added bonus, official mil-spec 11 Series documents are available for download.
So if you've ever wondered what to do when you've lost sight of your wingie in the
clouds or ever wanted to know what hand signals to give your crew chief during preflight
checks, these documents should make for a good read.
Official 718th TFW Documentation:
718bylaw.txt Official
by-laws governing membership in the 718th Tactical Fighter Wing
718membr.txt Official
membership application to be filled out and emailed back from prospective members.
Official USAF Flight Operating Procedures:
(Microsoft Word format)
F-15/F-15E
Aircrew Operational Procedures
[mil-spec 11-F15]
F-16
Pilot
Operational Procedures
[mil-spec 11-F16]
B-1B
Aircrew
Operational Procedures [mil-spec 11-B1B]
KC-10
Boom Operational
Procedures [mil-spec 11-215]
KC-135
Boom Operational Procedures
[mil-spec 11-235]
Helos
89th
Airlift Wing (AW) Helicopter Operations [mil-spec 11-202]
Newsletters:
NL94-11.PDF First
Newsletter published in February of 1994 (Vol-1Iss-1) . Announcing the start of the 718th
TFW. Includes a
review of Spectrum Holobyte's Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter.
NL94-12.PDF Published
March 1994 (Vol-1 Iss-2). Announces the Top Gun challenge. Review of Microprose F-15
Strike Eagle III.
NL94-13.PDF Published
April 1994 (Vol-1 Iss-3). Interview with Mark "MarkShot" Kratzer, top-seated
Falcon 3.0 pilot on CompuServe.
NL94-14.PDF Published
May 1994 (Vol-1 Iss-4). Announces local team-verses-team Falcon competition and our first
Netmeet.
Review of SuperVGA Air Warrior.
NL94-15.PDF Published
June 1994 (Vol-1 Iss-5). Continued review of SuperVGA Air Warrior.
NL94-16.PDF Published
July 1994 (Vol-1 Iss-6). Roustabout relives his experiences at Fightertown, CA. Review of
1942 Pacific Air War.
NL94-17.PDF Published
December 1994 (Vol-1 Iss-7). Review of ThrustMaster FLCS and TQS flightsticks. Review of
Super VGA
AV8B Harrier Assault. Biography Captain Ray Brooks. Announcement of Inter-TFW competition.
NL96-21.PDF Published
January 1996 (Vol-2 Iss-1). "State of the Wing" speech by Roustabout. Finances.
Review of SSI Su-27
Flanker. Announcement of second Inter-TFW competition.
NL96-22.PDF Published
July 1996 (Vol-2 Iss-2). Roustabout relives his experiences at Air Combat USA. Netmeet
instructions,
directions and networking information. Technical Notes: Marchetti SF.260
NL96-23.PDF Published
??? 1996 (Vol-2 Iss-3). Preview of Janes ATF, Back to Bagdad, Janes AH-64 Longbow,
Phillips NetDuel,
SSI Su-27 Flanker and Janes USNF97.
NL96-24.PDF Published
October 1996 (Vol-2 Iss-4). Preview of Janes NATO Fighters, Novalogic F-22, Digital
Integration Hind,
Spectrum Holobyte Falcon 4.0.
NL97-31.PDF Published
August 1997 (Vol-3 Iss-1). Preview of EF2000 V2.0, Digital Image Design TFX3-F22, Eidos
Flying
Nightmares 2, Eidos Team Apache, Empire Interactive MiG Alley, Interactive Magic's iF22,
Interactive Magic's iF16,
Janes Ah-64 Longbow 2, Flight Unlimited II, Microprose European Air War, Novalogic's F22
Raptor, Sierra's Pro
Pilot, Aces: X-Fighters, Red Baron II, SpecHolo Falcon v4.0, and SSI's Su-27 Flanker v1.5.
NL97-32.PDF Published
December 1997 (Vol-3 Iss-2). Preview of Red Baron II, F-22 Raptor, Joint Strike Fighter -
JSF, Longbow2,
Air Warrior III, Su-27 Flanker Squadron Commander's Edition, Sabre Ace, F-22 ADF, Fighter
Squadron Screaming
Deamons, Flying Nightmares II, Falcon 4.0, F-22 TAW; and a review of GSC's Hornet Korea by
Slava "Papa" Kosmina.