Stars and Stripes Offers Free Electronic Newspaper, By Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA (EXCERPT) American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 30, 2004 -- Service members who don't have access to the Stars and Stripes newspaper but do have access to a computer can now go online to read or...

Greetings All, I wondered if anyone could provide some comment on the use of the defensive circle in WWII? (Apologies if this was ever covered in detail in the past - if so, I missed it.) It occurs to me that the use of the defensive circle (or Lufbery) might have been somewhat limited as it...

Dear Forum Members does anyone have a date for the Korean wartime ejection of USAF pilot Major Charles Maultsby who later flew with the famous THUNDERBIRDS or better still have any idea if he is still alive and if so contactable. Sincere regards Mike Bennett Project: Get Out and Walk

yes, the years when the RAF absolutely trashed the USAF in the annual SAC bombing and navigation comp', using a combination of the HP victor K2 and some very new Panavia Tornado GR1s of umm, 617 sqn, 9 sqn and 27 sqn over at least two SAC bomb-nav comp's. i recall well the RAF news when the lads...

Chuck Yeager to help flying club in Germany celebrate its 50th, By Lisa Horn, Stars and Stripes (EXCERPT) European edition, Wednesday, June 9, 2004 Seven years after he broke the sound barrier in 1947, retired Air Force Gen. Chuck Yeager became involved with the German-American Soaring Club of...

I am looking for the "AMBER" UAV image (photo) made by Leading Systems under a DARPA program in the mid 80's. Can anyone help please ? ZR

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3292551.stm What do you think, would the airframe be a write-off? Would the USAF do this or just eject as the safer, although more expensive option? - Michael

What's the source of the material that the north koreans are using to make their nukes. Does it come from their own reactors? It's being described in the press as "reprocessed nuclear fuel rods". Are they getting the stuff from sources in the west ? As an aside- interesting that the 2 countries...

A Hungarian colleague of mine, Károly Vándor, has recently self-published his book about Soviet Air Forces in Hungary and Austria, between 1944 and 1991. This is a very scarce book, printed in very limited number. The book is large format (11 3/4 in. x 8 1/4 in., or 297 mm x 210 mm), soft cover,...

Just saw the movie 633 Squadron and was wondering: Were those all genuine Mosquitos? Or were some actually models? Some of the attack schemes seemed to be models since they flew a little strangely. How many Mosquitos are still flying? Dean

(robert arndt) wrote: http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/newswire/nw03/talonnews/1003/100603-syria.htm Way to go IAF! Undetected, on target, and unscathed. Who (besides Tom Cooper) actually believes Israel doesn't have the will, ability, and guts to attack any target in the...

Seeing a couple fly over one at a time this weekend leads me to ask: Is there any easy way to tell a plain-old Hornet from a Super-hornet if it's alone in the sky? I know the E/F's are bigger, but, that ain't much help without the other one next to it. Is this one where you just have to really...

Pilots on jury short list for friendly-fire court martial (EXCERPT) U.S. general names 12 potential panel members Michael Friscolanti National Post Thursday, July 10, 2003 A senior intelligence officer, a civil engineer and a B-52 pilot are among the prospective jurors chosen to decide the fate...

Can someone comment on the best aircraft for this job? My gut suggests that among the planes a nation might be able to buy the best might be something like a Mig-21 or Q-5 Fantan with western radar or an F-5 (if they are...

Air Force Print News for July 8, 2003 Today's stories include: Falcon feats (Stand-alone photos) http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005223 200,000 parents receive pins

Is this news from the same Soviet government that said they were not sending combat pilots into Korea? Or the same Soviet government that said there was no radiation leak from Chernobyl? Or the Soviet official sources that insisted they were 'winning' in Afganistan right up to the day they...

Subject: Enola Gay: Burnt flesh and other magnificent technological From: RogerM Date: 12/13/03 7:12 AM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: Peter Aitken wrote: 1) We could have dropped the bomb in a lightly populated...

Yeah it's ok to threaten Arafat with death. Emperor Perle has so decreed. We'll veto the world. Slaves. Grantland

I have the following slide rule flight computers for sale. Jeppesen E6B-2a w/instructions, case $20.00 Jeppesen Model CR-3 $15.00 Jeppesen Model CR-2 w/ case $15.00 USAF type MB-4 $20.00

Ron Parsons wrote in message ... In article , "Robert A. Fowler" wrote: What is the offset expense of maintaining and operating the 136...