The U.S. Army chief of staff this month questioned the effectiveness of a new armed scout helicopter being developed by BOEING CO. and UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.'s Sikorsky Aircraft, an Army official said on Monday. Analysts said the questions about the RAH-66 Comanche reinforced their view that the...

Fighter Tactics Academy is back on-line at: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~fta/ after a computer and ADSL connection update that took almost four months (what a pain). Before we went into hibernation we published a 'Global Swarming' page at: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~fta/swarming.htm about historical...

The Blue Angels are in St. Louis this weekend. Having seen several shows in past years, I'm surprised that they've flown only the "low show" here this year. Initially, I thought that perhaps the ceilings were marginal, but yesterday's weather was perfect. The only reasons I can think of: (a)...

Michael Petukhov.exe failed a turing test with the following: Good place with data and analysis is he http://www.thepowerhour.com/pentagon-911.htm Michael Hilarious!

Blue Angels star in air show (EXCERPT) , By Arlo Wagner THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thousands of air-show fans returned to a sun-drenched Andrews Air Force Base this weekend to see the latest in U.S. military planes, helicopters and airborne armaments. A flyover by the Blue Angels precision flying team...

Air Force Print News for March 10, 2004 Airmen return from deep freeze http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007180 Roche requests Army nomination be withdrawn http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007173

ANTHRAX IN A CAN When a lone terrorist can decimate a city with a Coke can full of anthrax it’s time to rethink our policies. Over six million 40x8x8 foot containers enter our ports annually and less than six percent are inspected. It only takes one container to conceal weapons that could wipe...

Clell Harmon wrote in message ... On 10 Nov 2003 04:00:37 -0800, fleeing his large male nurses, (Transition Zone) wrote: "Chris Crandall" wrote... : : "Will" wrote in...

"Mike Keown" wrote in message ... Question: You are forced to ditch in a a/c with fixed landing gear. The sea is calm and search and rescue are aware of your situation and location. How do you put 'her' down? Mike --

The model aircraft that led to the aeroplane: http://www.amars.hpg.ig.com.br/plantas/planoph.html Rob

You can,t believe what these mens had to face up there. A nice site and a must see..... http://www.daveswarbirds.com/b-17/contents.htm

Greetings all, I was lucky enough to meet an ex-RAF rear gunner last week. Couldn't chat for long, but he shared a few memories with me, so I thought I'd pass them on. I suppose he was either lucky or skilled. He was a rear gunner between 1940 and 1946, first Wellingtons, then Lancs, and...

I read through most of those threads and I actually might be learning something from them. ( BTW Art, keep posting your stuff too! I try to read most all threads unless the subject line looks absolutely boring. ) My question is, there were two A bombs dropped, but only one by the Enola Gay. Why...

http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1021971&t=Local+News&c=2,1021971 Last Updated: 11:31 pm, Friday, December 19th, 2003 WWII hero Robert Lapham dead at 86 By Thomas Geyer ..

How accurate is that statement and did weather also account for more losses than combat in previous wars (e.g: WW2, Korea, etc?) My specialty is WWII nightfighting and I can say that, particularly in the first half of the war, as many a/c were lost or abandoned due to weather (or collisions in...

Tactical Air Control Party Airmen Help Ground Forces (EXCERPT) By Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson, USAF Special to American Forces Press Service BAGRAM, Afghanistan, Jan. 20, 2004 * "The strong will stand, the weak will fall by the wayside." For Air Force tactical air control party airmen, these words...

From: (HiC) Regarding the Iraqi prisoner scandal, whether the actions of the soldiers was right or not - and I don't believe nearly enough of the facts have been brought to light to make an informed judgement - does anyone believe that any of this could have possibly...

See this latest example of the stupidity of British Police forces in an article from a local Wilstshire paper.....when will these ******* realise that they are gradually alienating just about every law abiding member of society? The Gloucester Citizen July 9, 2003 Copyright 2003 The Gloucester...

There will be a B3 manned heavy bomber. The mission is not going away. The big question is will the United States be able to build a bomber that is a big enough improvement on the B2 to justify the development before we run out of heavy bombers? I think the answer is yes.

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...