Paul Krugman, 7/20/04 NY Times: In the original version of "The Manchurian Candidate," Senator John Iselin, whom Chinese agents are plotting to put in the White House, is a right-wing demagogue modeled on Senator Joseph McCarthy. As Roger Ebert wrote, the plan is to "use anticommunist hysteria as...

More on Bush in the Air Guard http://www.glcq.com/bush_at_arpc1.htm SUMMARY An examination of the Bush military files within the context of US Statutory Law, Department of Defense regulations, and Air Force policies and procedures of that era lead to a single conclusion: George W. Bush was...

Is it a failiure? It seams so. F-117 shot down by a much cheaper system proves it. B2 is too expensive.

"US Air Force chief praises Eurofighter 21 July 2004 LAAGE - The chief of staff of the US Air Force, General John P. Jumper, was quoted Wednesday as praising the Eurofighter Typhoon after a test flight on the much-maligned jet, which has been in service just 11 weeks with the German Air...

"ArtKramr" wrote in message ... Could ya die laughing.???????? No. Do you wonder why Kerry has to go back to Vietnam to find something he can run on?

I got an e-mail from a lurker wanting to know why I always referred to fighter cover as "TOP COVER" That's because our (USAAC) fighters always flew above us so they would have a sigificant diving advantage over any attackers The RAF Spits however socked in around us like a clamshell and went down...

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

Could ya die laughing.???????? Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

Watching a Discovery channel documentary abut US aerobatic team The Thunderbirds I was interested to see that the pilots' pre-take off hand gestures were pixellated out. I thought these were either salutes, or 'thumbs up', or 'after you' signs. What about them could have got them pixellated -...

This just in: London Daily Telegraph July 21, 2004 US Bomber Misses Target For Flypast At Air Show By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent An American B52 bomber flew from America for a flypast at the Farnborough Air Show yesterday but picked the wrong airfield.

Berger with Ketchup!

How many bombers (Lancasters, Halifaxes, Stirlings, Mosquitoes) Bomber Command had in say, January 1945? Drax remove JAMRZIMSPAM for reply

http://www.hk-usa.com/pages/military-le/rifles-carbines/xm8.html Check out the head-to-head comparison. HK rules! Rob

Lockheed is developing stand-off weapons designed to fit within the weapon bays of stealth aircraft. See: http://aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_aerospacedaily_story.jsp?id=news/mis07214.xml

Is it true that f-16 is an insecure aircraft to fly with?

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...

The following was first posted on 29 december 2000. It remains just as important today: Making Sure Every Military/Veteran Vote Counts, by Phill Coleman Slightly under ten years ago a perceptive Vietnam vet, now working for an agency of the Veterans Administration, clearly recognized the need for...

here is the post i am posting into 4 military geared newsgroups... Hi all; I hope this is a relevant newsgroup to post this in, if not, then please forgive the post. I have a friend of whom I have known for many, many years. We have gone to one another for help on everything. He recently has...

Former president Bill Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger, is under criminal investigation and subject to FBI searches of his home and his office since he was caught - probably by hidden cameras - purloining copies of highly classified terrorism documents and his own handwritten notes...

The latest round of indignities to be put on the British Defence establishment have been announced. In looking them over I was surprised by at least one thing. The site ( http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/strength.html ) says the RAF has only 17 operational Nimrod MPA. Thats less than Canada. For...