Pentagon 'three-day blitz' plan for Iran Sarah Baxter, Washington The Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians' military capability in three days, according to a national security expert. Alexis Debat, director of...

A 1968 letter from Defense Secretary Clifford to State Secretary Rusk at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/johnsonlb/xii/2262.htm mentioned that the air bases in Spain were originally built for SAC operations and some B-58 bombers and accompanying tankers were earmarked for forward deployment...

On the news I see the American flag on the right shoulder of the Army, but it seems backwards, blue field on the right instead of the left... Insight? P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

The Corps vs. the Super Hornet Aircraft's reputation for problems simply not true, Navy officials say Marine Corps Times June 25, 2007 NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - Inside Naval Air Systems Command headquarters at this southern Maryland base, Navy program officials for the F/A-18 Super...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/security/ (Inside the Ring - Bill Gertz) New China fighter A Chinese general is boasting that the People's Liberation Army Air Force will soon fly a new advanced fighter that U.S. intelligence projections had said would not be ready for 10 years. The new...

Subject: Our worst president? Liberals claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war. They complain about his prosecution of it. One liberal recently claimed Bush was the worst president in U.S. history. Let's clear up one point: America didn't start the war on terror. Try to remember,...

Once again, anybody know of a place I can get it-VHS or DVD?? TIA P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

How is the INS aligned at sea on a carrier that is moving at 30kts? Actually it was quite a challenge. I was AEAN Flight Deck Troubleshooter assigned to VAW-116, launching the E-2C Hawkeye off the pointy end of the USS Constellation during the WestPac of 80-81 when we had to do a "handset align"...

Shows ya all how long since I retired. Does O-8, Rear Adm., lower half, wear one star or two? When did they stop calling same pay grade 'Commodore'? I know they did for a while. Do Commanders of small-ish groups of ships, smaller than a CVBG, are they still refered to as 'Commodore'?? Even if...

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...

Sure is irritating to listen to the media report the crash of a Blue Angels F/A-18 at MCAS Beaufort. The more they ramble the more anyone with any aviation background recognizes these folks haven't a clue. For example; who went down? Well let's see the aircraft are numbered 1 thru 6. Which...

for cripes sake, the F/A-18E Super Hornet is not good enough to be the navy's only fighter, and neither is the future JSF / F-35. the Pentagon, Navy and NorthropeGrumman should resurrect plans for the Super Tomcat 21 Attack Super Tomcat 21 and ASF-14 (Advanced Strike Fighter-14) along with the...

One, it's a little late and the timing is a little suspicious. Two, Joe might need a new job and he would be a leading candidate to replace Rumsfeld http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060821/ap_on_el_se/connecticut_senate_lieberman Sen. Joe Lieberman, attacked by fellow Democrats as being too close...

Vietnam Combat Story by Dick Rutan this from an AF pilot who was a Misty 100 driver based at Phu Cat with Rutan. The only USAF General Officer to die during the Vietnam conflict did so not thirty feet from my cockpit. It was an absolutely horrific experience.

I've read about the experiences of a few pilots who have had to eject - by all accounts it's an extremely violent process which none would care to repeat. Obviously it's done as a last alternative when the potential benefits out weigh the considerable risks. In the GA world it's not an option that...

Russian Aircraft Carrier On Its Way to North Atlantic By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, MOSCOW The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov left the port of Murmansk on March 23 to carry out military exercises in the north Atlantic, Russian news reports said. For two weeks, the Admiral Kuznetsov will...

Pechs will love this one... The German idiomatic expression approximating the American expression "wimp" is "sitzpinkler" - literally, one who sits down while urinating. http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/002271.php -- Mike Kanze

Hi Somebody who knows nothing here :-) I was wondering how alert a carrier is during a normal peacetime cruise Do they constantly have early warning aircraft aloft? If something untoward happens how long would it take to be fully battle ready?

"José Herculano" wrote in message ... This "Man Luv" Monlux is surely one I'd hate to have. Now "Lingus" Cuni, has a ring to it. Please do share the most preposterous you have come across. _____________ José...

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