It's been there for over a year. Drive by going up Rancho Drive to get a good view of it. You can't miss it. It has a red stars on the tail, fuselage and wings. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website...

Hi all Whats the JSF's weight for each varient. I have found several sources stating 27,500 as the Empty weight of the F-35A, some other non quotable sources say upto 29,000lbs for the F-35A. Does anyone have a definitive guide?.

Does anyone know if GW Bush ever completed his 102 checkout and achieved comabt readiness? Did he ever sit Air Defense Alert? Did the USAF/ANG ever get any return after teaching him how to fly? FWIW in ADC it used to take 10 rides to complete a transition (no weapons system training) checkout and...

It's a virus. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Officialy Big/ College Eye have been credited with participating on 25 kills. So far I have been able to identify only 17, see bellow: 1. 10.7.1965; 45/ 2 AD; F-4C; T. Roberts/ R. Anderson; MiG-17; EC-121D 2. 10.7.1965; 45/ 2 AD; F-4C; K. Holcombe/ A. Clark; MiG-17;EC-121D 3. 6.1.1967; 555/ 8...

OK, trying a new heading, just in case: I am debating online with somebody who claims the descending turn of the Boeing 757 over the DC mall was some aerobatic maneuver. I am betting a 757 can do that without unduly stressing the plane, in emergency conditions. He turned 270 degrees in 2.5...

Time to time I come across fighter aircraft instrument panel photographic images and find no red line limit on the airspeed indicator. What is the policy and who puts the red line on the airspeed indicator? Do red line speed change depending on aircraft loading? Do they rub it off for...

I am trying to find identify the fuselage "coding" on Lt. Gerald A. Anderson's Corsair IV. All I know for sure is that his aircraft's registration number was "KD546" from HMS Formidable's 1845 Squadron. Lt. Anderson, who came from Trenton Ontario, was killed on August 9, 1945 when he crashed into...

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I warned ya a coupla weeks ago, you didn't pay attention so here ya go! Hope you have a sense of humor, I have lots of these, when you tell them to your co-workers in the head, (you must know what a "head' is, you seem to know everything else about Navy terminology, including calling ships...

I saw some of the discussions on this group involving the effects of the boundary layer on the power produced by military jet engines. I thought participants here might have some input on the idea I present below. My idea is to use boundary layer air to provide oxidizer to the engines at hypersonic...

To Jerry who e-mailed with the question, "what Luftwaffe aircraft carried a flammenwerfer?" Answer: Both the He-111 and Ju-88. The book "Luftwaffe in Focus #2 has a photo of a crashed He-111 with the flamethrower and this site below has two photos at the...

Does Mexico even have an airforce? Do they field any combat-capable aircraft, or is it just non-combatant types like search and rescue or cargo planes? According to the news http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63433,00.html?tw=wn_1techhead the Mexican Air Force spotted unidentified "UFO"...

"Posterity: You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." John Quincy Adams Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

If anyone has any 90th Bomb Group info they'd like to share please contact me. As 90th Space Wing historian I am trying to reconnect our unit with its predecessor the 90th Bomb Group, also known as "The Jolly Rogers". I'm compiling a file of stories, documents and other items of historical...

Zond-2: http://www.sistemasdearmas.hpg.ig.com.br/notzond2.jpg Zond-3: http://www.sistemasdearmas.hpg.ig.com.br/notzond3.jpg Rob

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Hi, Does anyone out there have a contact address or phone number for the 92 Squadron RAF Association? TIA Duncan

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