Now available at http://www.af.mil/library/posture/AF_TRANS_FLIGHT_PLAN-2003.pdf Table of Contents: Executive Summary I. Introduction II. Providing Strategic Context: What is Transformation? III. Enhancing Joint Warfighting IV. Innovation: Turning Transformational Ideas into Reality V....

http://www.kavkaz.org.uk/eng/article.php?id=2625 32 russian solders were killed and wounded in Chechnya Chechen Mujahideen attacks and a land mine blast killed seven Russian soldiers and wounded nine others in Chechnya over the Friday, an collaborate Moscow backed administration said Saturday. In...

I suspect this may be of interest to many of the people in this group. British Airways is auctioning off Concorde assets online, through DoveBid. Things being auctioned include parts, seats, engines, cabin furnishings, instruments, landing lights, etc. I'm not affiliated in any way with anybody...

What's going on here ?? Tomorrow Condi Rice will testify, maybe someone should ask her if anyone is planning "anything at all" in this Bush administration ?? Maybe she should also explain to the public how Al Qaeda, 9/11 and the missile defence shiel Well,if I were a member of the commission...

George Bush seems to have understood that the Americans can no longer afford to commit blunders particularly when the presidential elections are at hand. He has already given much ammunition to John Kerry with his claim of WMDs which never existed. John Kerry will be proven wrong,even if it...

Isn't it funny that for a guy who talks the most about being such a great engineer and all, there's only one thing we *can* show that Tarver invented... The concept of "archive troll." For the entire rest of Usenet, the concept of the "X-noarchive troll" is a solid one, as in the guy who keeps...

12 US soldiers killed: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.main/index.html 130 US soldiers killed: http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1130577,00.html 130 SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ - REPORTS

12 US soldiers killed: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.main/index.html 130 US soldiers killed: http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1130577,00.html 130 SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ - REPORTS

As much as I think it would be a bad idea to cancel the F-22 I have to admit that the perception is that it's iffy as far as hitting it's deadlines. But also from what I've read it seems that most of the problems are with software and avionics and that the airframe/engine combination is relatively...

For your review and consideration. http://www.geocities.com/electrogravitics/ Respectfully, Steven J. Smith

Missile damaged at naval base 12.03.2004 If the same thing happened in Russia, they would first claim an American caused the accident.

While reading Eric Grove's "Vanguard to Trident" again, I found something which may interest SMNers. On page 44, Grove wrote: "The ASW/fighter priority advised against putting too many scarce resources into strike aircraft but, nevertheless, in mid-1948 studies began of a new heavy attack aircraft...

-------------------------- http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/ -------------------------- The above is a link to a site that is very powerful, very moving. It is a site that we all should visit to get that much needed dose of reality. If you do go, be prepared and take a moment to...

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4756042 In a report to Congress, the Pentagon said JSF costs were rising due to increasing contractor labor and overhead costs and a delay in the start of procurement from 2006 to 2007, as well as the addition of a new optical...

Air Force Print News for April 5, 2004 USAFE members hone search, rescue skills http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007392 Moody pilots killed in crash http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007389

Great video in French, but I think you will easily understand what they say ;-) A must see ! http://billetjohn.free.fr/dangerdedansleciel.jpg

Sometimes I forget that this is a rec.aviation group and not for pros like AvSig on CompuServe used to be when it was sponsored by ASI and John G. ran it. Still there are some here who have been there and done that and care to share with each other and others. But there are also those who think...

I wonder if this jerk realizes that a 66% reenlistment rate is absolutely phenomenal? It was likely no more than 10% during the VN war...

It was the 8th March 1944. A mission returning from France, two planes collided on final approach in bad weather, with fast moving, low hanging scud racing over the airfield. Both planes were from the 494th squadron and all 12 men were killed that day. Lest we forget. 1`st. Lt. John Eckert,...

The US administration is controlled by a shadow government who operate with UFOs from out of this system.... US has been appointed as sole controllers of this world and the UN is a shadow cover story for the earth to follow with... US is trying to control Iraq and western/non western countries in...