The U.S. Air Force has not changed its plan to purchase 1,763 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets, a U.S. Department of Defense official said. "Right now the Air Force has not changed their numbers," said Steven Enewald, director of the F-35 program for the Department of Defense at...

In rec.food.cooking Mycroft wrote: Shocking! A politician lying............hang on a minute they do that for a living but are not supposed to get caught! It all stems from the fact that when honest politicians tell the truth, they get voted out of office. The truth...

http://www.lazygranch.com/nuq.htm I took a few aerial photos of this federal airfield. The FA18 photo may be of interest to the group.

Hello everybody I’ve spent some free time with reading threads in this forum related to Vietnam war. It was very nice reading and while I’ve got few books about Vietnam war (Michel’s Clashes one of the best) I’ve learned a lot unknown facts – at least to me. Some of...

Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world. — Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden http://www.skygod.com/quotes/

http://www.serenitygraphics.com/mil/milmisc/2005brac.htm Proposed Base Closure 2005 2 Sept 03 | Email Posted on 09/02/2003 9:21 AM PDT by SLB For Your Info. The Army bases currently proposed for closure or realignment

I'm currently in Bavaria and since I've seen (and heard.... the sonic booms?) a couple of jets fly around (presumably USAF?), I was wondering if there was any military airfield nearby with some detachment that I could plane spot at. There's a list of bases...

For the "It can happen to anybody" file----- http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20031003/localnews/379960.html Does anybody here know what type the plane was? Bob McKellar

On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:33:50 -0400, "Jeff" wrote: OH-58A/C Kiowa, OH-58D Kiowa (slick, like in "Firebirds"), AHIP, AH-58D, OH-58D(i) Kiowa Warrior, OH-58D(R) Kiowa Warrior, then after all OH-58A/C/D's were upgraded to (i) or (R), the (i)'s went back to...

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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:21:15 -0700, Hobo wrote: It is commonly said that delta wing designs lose an above average amount of speed while turning and that this a deficiency of the design. Is this true, and if why does this occur? Also, how does this reputed flaw affect...

For example the Germans captured many Allied aircraft and test flew and demonstrated them in their own markings. Were any ever shot down? A P-61 shot down a Luftwaffe-flown KG 200 B-17 in early 1945. It had been involved in dropping German agents in American uniforms. The "Böing" was...

Perhaps a bit of a random question for this newsgroup. A while ago, I saw video footage of a bomb being released from a fighter-bomber under test conditions. It was on an aviation documentary. The high speed camera then shows it climb up and destroy the tailplane. I don't think they quite got...

An Australian company is building an 80 percent scale Spitfire, with 45 kits sold to date. FMI: http://www.supermarineaircraft.com For the WHOLE story, go to http://www.aero-news.net/news/sport.cfm?ContentBlockID=2ae8d1fa-1449-4efe-9caa-3f8f649a1d1d&Dynamic=1 all the best -- Dan Ford

"Hobo" wrote in message ... Would it have made more sense to have built the XB-70 instead of the B-2? With its speed and high altitude ability the XB-70 would have had much of the survivability of the B-2, perhaps at...

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

HH-60 ACCIDENT REPORT RELEASED (EXCERPT) PRESS RELEASE -- Secretary of the Air Force, Directorate of Public Affairs Release No. 0703036 Jul 3, 2003 HH-60 ACCIDENT REPORT RELEASED LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. - Air Force investigators were unable to

D.C. Air Guard Unit Flies New 737s (EXCERPT) By Master Sgt. Bob Haskell, USA Special to American Forces Press Service ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md., Jan. 14, 2004 * It would be hard to pick out pilots David Morales or John Moring III in a crowd most days when they are flying for the District of...

Osprey wrote: His record as a senator is awful. He has the highest rating of any senator for not voting. Hey! That makes him the best at something, and considering his voting record when he did vote, maybe he did us a favor. What legislation did Kerry author or co-author and push through until...

This just came to my mind. those 56 airplanes could be those that were accounted by Russian intel agencies as shot down in Yugoslavia and denied by pentagon. Quite logical indeed. Pentagon can say what ever they want to public but not to GAO inspectors. ROFLMAO...ok...now we're cooking with...