http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/tu-22m.htm Two part question; first, do you think that China will actually succeed in it's acquisition attempts regarding the Backfire, and if so, how many would they end up with? Second, what does this mean to the the US? Backfires are a viable...

http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/special_reports/iraq/story/978295p-6862352c.html Rob

Having read the latest flap about the President's days flying in the ANG, I wondered what flying the F-102 was like - that's what I'd ask him if I met him. Back then, before redundant flight-control computers made the human pilot a voting member of a committee, how hard was it to control a...

What was the weapon that the Pentagon authors think that Taiwan either has now or could develop that would breach the Three Gorges Dam? http://militarynewswatch.blogspot.com/2004/06/torpedo-dam.html -HJC

What then? The war in central Europe (ETO) could have gotten our full resouces, D Day would have been a year earlier and the war would have been over a lot sooner, German troops in No. Africa and the MTO would have simply been isolated and would died on the vine. Why not? Regards,

http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-43362sy0jul13,0,5541344.story?coll=dp-headlines-topnews The long-awaited F/A-22 Raptor fighter jets will not arrive at Langley Air Force Base until next May -about five months later than previously planned. Has any other aircraft program ever been delayed this...

Can you tell what ever happened to nice americans? On asia news tv lately is many bad americans killing many people in middle east. This saddens me. I remeber some time with good americans they were fun and easy. Whatever happened to nice americans? What went wrong? Me thank you

"I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed managed to wangle slots in the Army Reserve and National Guard units." -- Colin Powell, My American Journey, 1995 Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website...

Not to take anything away from BarnesWallis but why does a simple torpedo not do the same as the boune bomb, detonate against the dam wall at a pre set depth? Thanks in advance H.

http://www.vho.org/tr/2003/1/Chelain69-71.html Someday the real history of Mach flight will be revealed as well as the German disc aircraft programs of the Third Reich; that is, whenever the US declassifies that info... or until 2020. I'll wait it out just so people like Gordon and Al Minyard will...

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/annex/an51.htm .... more "borrowed" German-tech courtesy of Dr. Alexander Lippisch. From the Lippisch DM-1/P.13 we got the XF-92, F-102, F-106, and B-58. Rob

Not by a long shot. In fact nowhere close. And it is disengenious to say Patton said it and then when challenged say, "Oh not that Patton". There is only ONE PATTON.And another Patton can't be substituted for him. At least not to those who fought in WW II. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS

"Cub Driver" wrote in message ... The benefits of swept wings were understood by German aeronautical engineers as far back as 1936, but as aircraft speeds were much lower than mach 1 at the time, the issue was...

The Czech cabinet decided Wednesday to select new SAAB/BAe JAS 39C Gripen 4th Generation Multirole jetfighters as replacement over their MIG-21 fleet. The Swedish offer outbid 4 other contenders, with the US offer of used F-16's ending in last place, the Belgian F-16 offer came...

The B2/PR9 Canberra? (FF 1949, entered service 1951, still in service?) Regards...

From a blog I frequent... interesting parallel, perhaps, especially if you compare the Iran-Iraq war and the invasion of Kuwait with Hitler's pre-1939 maneuvering? If, in 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt would have invaded Germany, captured Hitler, neutralized the Nazi party, and dismantled the...

Looking over recent photos of the P-38 "Glacier Girl", and reading all ($$$) that was involved in its restoration, I was wondering... What's stopping me from laying low during the next air show and in the early hours of the morning, climbing into the cockpit of my favorite warbird, and flying it...

http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,NL_AFTank_042804,00.html Will the Air Force fulfill the Navy requirement for simultaneous refueling capability and, if so, when? -HJC

Hi, Is there an aeroplane that can stand still in mid-air ? I used to think that SU - 30 could do it. Is that true ? I found no evidence on a google web/groups search. Thanks, Chandresh

David Pratt, Member of Parliament for Nepean-Carleton, has just been appointed Minister of National Defence. In a break from usual practice he has been appointed to the department for which he had the oversight committee, the Standing Committee on National Defence and...