Here's the latest: Bill Burkett says he faxed the memos to Max Cleland to use in the campaign against Bush. Cleland then gave them to Kerry people, but it appears they didn't want anything to do with it, and he then turned to fellow Texans Dan Rather and Bob Schiefer to handle the...

What are some of the greatest strategic air missions? Some candidates Yamamoto shootdown Hiroshima Paul Doumer bridge LGB Dambusters Tirpitz Norwegian heavy water

It seems to me that the Germans and Japanese had a lot more cannon in their planes than the Americans who seemed to rely almost totally on .50 machine guns. Why was that? What was the rate of fire or the 20mm cannons and what type of projectiles did they fire?

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

My website just passed the 40,000 hit mark. more than I ever dreamt possible, athough Bob McKellar knew it all along. I never thought there was so much interest in that war so long gone and behind us. Thank you all for your constant repeat visits and warm, encouraging E-Mails that come on a daily...

Airspeed limitation below 10000ft is usually 250kts unless you have been authorized by the Administrator. However I guess it's a bit slow for military fighters. So I am curious how fast military fighters fly in the real world. I guess it's very dangerous military aircraft fly much fast among...

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20031124101509990006&_mpc=news%2e6 Too bad, only wish it would have been the V-22 or F-22 programs. Rob

How about we fix it so that in case of national emergency the guard goes FIRST before the regular troops. Great idea huh? Think we would still get everyone flocking to the National Guard in that case? I know Bush would have been first in line to join up.. Right? Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th...

Hello, from reading in the threads relating to nuclear war in the '80s, they mention "cobalt weapons". Can anyone explain what these are? I very vaguely remember a mention to them a book once but have no real idea. cheers dan

Ramsey Clark? Saddam's most persistent apologist-anything he writes/says is heavily suspect. He even offered to defend the Butcher of Baghdad at his upcoming trial. Mr. Clark would be advised to collect his fee in advance. And get ready to defend himself on charges of aid and comfort to the...

There has been a bit of a furore over here concerning the new US requirement to airlines to supply air marshals when requested. The concern is mainly over the possible puncture of a pressure cabin. What do readers think is the result of decompression via a bullet hole? Mike -- M.J.Powell

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item: In October, a Chinese official report called for greater trade with the EU, and for the EU's arms embrago against China to be lifted. item: German foreign minister Gerhard Schroder recently visited China and said arms embrago should be lifted. item: a spokesman for EADS (large European arms...

US F86 sabres shot down a lot of Mig 15s in the Korean War. The ratio was around 8 - 1. I recently watched a documentary about the confrontation between these two planes. Apparently they were quite evenly matched with the F86 having a slight overall advantage. In the end the high ratio...

We all know that the X-35 won the JSF contest which is now in the strategic development phase as the F-35. At the time the competition winner was announced (LM) I wondered why Boeing would scrap their whole concept rather than push forward with it. For various political reasons Boeing could have...

I recently visited the Udvar-Hazy facility and received the usual story about how the Corsair got its inverted gull wings, i.e. to accomodate the 13 ft. prop which, in turn, was necesitated by the engines power. However, the Hellcat used essentially the same engine, and IIRC also used a 13 ft....

I just had to pass this along -- Enjoy. Guy ----------------------------------------------------------- What follows is classic aviation lore. John Lear gave this talk on July 9th, 2004 to a group of fellow pilots in the Las Vegas "Hangar of Quiet Birdmen." John Lear is the son of William Lear,...

Have you anything nice to say about anyone? Your persistant attacks are signs of a weak mind. Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

18 Sep 2003 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News You can also receive this resource listing that is published daily via email by The American War Library (www.amervets.com). Go here for more info: http://members.aol.com/militarypeople/e-wcor.htm Former POW shares...

"Therasa" wrote in message ... Why won't Kerry sign a form 180 releasing his records? It will take an overwhelmingly vocal and visual public demand by a large special interest group like the Swifties to force...