Rice warns Moscow about its bomber runs off Alaska Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers last updated: August 18, 2008 07:53:59 PM BRUSSELS, Belgium — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday ruled out accelerating Georgia's admission to NATO in response to the Russian invasion. But she...

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20080821.aspx Too Many Predators Are Not Enough August 21, 2008: The U.S. MQ-1 Predator UAV has flown 400,000 hours. It took its first ten years of service (including development) to reach 100,000 hours. But the last 100,000 hours took only ten...

MOH Recipient Ed Freeman Dies August 21, 2008 Idaho Statesman As Ed "Too Tall" Freeman lay ill in a Boise hospital over the past few weeks, many came to pay their respects to the 80-year-old national war hero and former helicopter pilot. One unexpected visitor offered a very personal thank you...

Thirteenth Report The contribution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to ISTAR capability http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmdfence/535/535.pdf PHOENIX UNABLE TO OPERATE DUE HEAT IN IRAQ THE PHOENIX UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE , WHICH COST AN ESTIMATED 300,000 POUNDS EACH AND WAS...

Typhoons Confront Iraq August 12, 2008: Saudi Arabia is negotiating to buy another 48 Eurofighter Typhoon jet fighters, worth over $40 billion, from Britain. Last Fall, they finally signed a long anticipated contract to buy 72 Typhoon jet fighters, for about $123 million each. Another $10...

Neocons put US at Risk of Nuclear War with Russia, Scheunemann Lobbied for Georgia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Aa-IkcPLQk&feature=PlayList&p=242C55360C7A98C3&index=0&playnext=1 Here is a tiny URL for the above one: http://tinyurl.com/68uvwb

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20080815.aspx B-1B Gets A Legal Sniper August 15, 2008: On August 4th, a U.S. B-1B heavy bomber used a Sniper targeting pod in combat for the first time. These pods enable the aircraft crew to see, in great detail, what's happening on the...

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20080716.aspx Hornets Hurting July 16, 2008: The U.S. Navy has found that both their older F-18C Hornet fighters, and their newer F-18E "Super Hornet" are wearing out faster than expected. This was sort of expected with the F-18Cs, which...

'American' zionists want US to fight Russia and China http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=94196 Also, read the 'Thinking about Neoconservatism' article linked near the top of the following URL: Neoconservatism as a Jewish Movement: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=32606

"Crusade for war veterans continues" by Rick Badie in the August 9, 2008 The Atlanta Journal Constitution discusses the research of cases of military personnel who may have been exposed to asbestos in the service. It tells of Lawrence Hess, a World War II Navy veteran, who helped with the research...

Neo-cons dream of global dominance Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:38:36 http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=66707&ionid=3510203 Former assistant secretary of the US Treasury, Paul Craig Roberts says the Bush administration ordered Georgia to ethnically cleanse South Ossetia.

Georgian Journalist wounded while on the air, Russian fire...

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/14/georgia.russia Yes, it is getting worse.

so who gonna step up? Mike Search launched to find Marine JSF test pilot Marine Corps Times Saturday Aug 9, 2008 The Navy and Marine Corps are searching for a single pilot to join the ranks of test pilots preparing the Corps’ variant of the Joint Strike Fighter.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2008/08/08/GA2008080802276.html?sid=ST2008080802320 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2008/08/08/ GA2008080802276.html?sid=ST2008080802320 Looks like the Flanker but I could be wrong, I can't quite tell if that is a single...

Italian aviation: http://www.spoletoclick.it/2008/01/06/curiositaclick-appassionati-di-aviazione-jacopo-svela-litinerario/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pQfZHuolLA Yes, I made this. A small slide show but, oh well. Something other than the sad news. On a more serious note from the Olympics, this was nice to see as well:

There is an aircraft carrier docked at North Island (San Diego) aft of the George Washington which appears to have its island, antennas and other structures wrapped in a white material. What carrier is it and is it being mothballed? Or is the wrapper being used to trap paint being stripped in...

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