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neat navy photos by bob
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2016/05/photo-day-guided-missile-destroyer-looks-its-traveling-light-speed bob --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
May 30th 16 03:53 PM
by Jack G.[_3_] Go to last post
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John McCain Confronted About USS Liberty Cover-up on Memorial Day 2012 by NOMOREWARS_FORISRAEL[_2_]
John McCain Confronted About USS Liberty Cover-up on Memorial Day 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWyjykrLbvU Additional at http://tinyurl.com/mccainussliberty & http://tinyurl.com/johnmccainmemorialday
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June 12th 12 09:14 AM
by Bill Go to last post
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Soviet Ekranoplan redux, FWIW by Ogden Johnson III
During lunch time this afternoon, The History Channel reran one of their "History Undercover" series shows "Soviet Top Secret Weapons". Half the show was on the '50s era "Quebec" submarines, but the other half had good coverage, including film footage of the Roosian tests, of the development...
March 23rd 04 09:44 PM
by Ogden Johnson III Go to last post
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V-22 Prop Configuration, 3-vs-4 blades by Don McIntyre
Why did they settle on the 3-blade configuration? Wouldn't a 4-bladed system allow for a smaller footprint on the ground (or ship)? Or is there too much thrust loss involved?
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April 10th 06 03:23 AM
by Dann Go to last post
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18 Oct 2005 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News by Otis Willie
18 Oct 2005 - 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. To subscribe go to The Library’s phone number dot com (13105320634.com). Select the ‘Daily Military News’ hyperlink...
October 19th 05 02:19 AM
by Otis Willie Go to last post
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Naval Aviation "A" School in Millington, TN by [email protected]
On Tuesday, May 6, 1997 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, wrote: I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp. Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any info on this place? Casey Cameron Hi there does anyone...
November 27th 13 07:33 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Delta's last MD-88 flight: Farewell to a Mad Dog by BiologyMajor
Delta's last MD-88 flight: Farewell to a Mad Dog Story by Chris Sloan; video by Chris Sloan and Channon Hodge, CNN • Updated 2nd June 2020 Washington to Atlanta (CNN) — In normal times, special flights like Delta Air Lines' retirement of the last McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft...
June 4th 20 05:11 PM
by BiologyMajor Go to last post
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Are they phasing out the S-3 too? by Prowlus
Is the S-3 Viking going to be retired? According to this article here they want to axe it asap http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/1204527.html Wouldn't this make the F-18 the only fast jet asset the navy can field until the f-35 becomes available? Thank god theres no "F/C-18" . Whatever happened...
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February 15th 05 02:30 AM
by Tank Fixer Go to last post
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Old airframe, new engine by Jim Strand
Every year or so I post a similar version of this. Always nice to see the comments. Seeing as how we have a few new faces around here now lets have another go at it. You are able to select any tactical jet airframe from the past. We'll assume all engines would fit properly. What bird would you...
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November 3rd 03 10:04 PM
by John Dallman Go to last post
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Question on ditching an Orion by a425couple
In 2001 a US reconisance plane fell into Chinese hands for full examination (for fuller background, read the below). If pilot Osburn had tried to fly as far as he could toward an 'authorized' airport and had to 'ditch' in the open ocean, what were the chances of the 24 crew...
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November 11th 10 12:22 AM
by Vsemkoma Go to last post
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SAVE MY MOM - John Kinal pleads for mercy, for justice.. please help tell the story.. by SAVE MY MOM - John Kinal pleads for mercy, for justice.. please help story
I am working to try and save my mom's life, held against her will and my own in a Winnipeg hospital. They said she had organ failure, and were putting her to a quieted death with a poisoned opiate.. Hydormoraphone. I fought to stop it.. and it turned out, she did not have organ failure.. Now...
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"F-35 Test Flight Deemed a Success" by Mike
F-35 Test Flight Deemed a Success By ANGELA K. BROWN The Associated Press Saturday, December 16, 2006; 12:03 AM FORT WORTH, Texas -- The new stealth fighter jet that will replace an aging fleet of military planes experienced a largely successful first flight Friday, with only a minor glitch,...
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January 9th 07 05:06 PM
by Ed Rasimus Go to last post
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Former Navy Seal smashes wingsuit distance record in daring flight by a425couple
Former Navy Seal smashes wingsuit distance record in daring flight http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/11/12/former-navy-seal-smashes-wingsuit-distance-record-in-daring-flight.html?cmpid=NL_SciTech One Navy SEAL, one mission, one wingsuit . and a world record gets smashed at more than 140 mph. An...
November 23rd 15 01:04 AM
by Jim Wilkins[_2_] Go to last post
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USS America to be sunk off East Coast by D
I just read in Defense News that the carrier USS America is going to be sunk in tests off the East Coast of the US. They will detonate various explosives aboard her to determine how much damage she takes. Six A-7 Corsairs will be located at various positions to see how much damage they take. The...
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March 10th 05 05:41 AM
by John A. Weeks III Go to last post
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Navy enlistment questions by Atcrossroad
It's quite loser's story but, hell, I'll not fall lower by telling it. I've made a big mistake in my life, namely, I've got a Ph.D. in engineering from a second tier graduate program. Since graduation, I had a string of sh*t pay, no benefits, long hours, dead-end postdocs ("permanently" temporary...
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September 23rd 04 10:43 AM
by ZZBunker Go to last post
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Hercs used for anti-ship bombing by Argentina by a425couple
Yes, a Herc was used for anti-ship bombing. You gotta love people who improvise in wartime! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Ward "the Argentinians had been using a C-130 to attack merchant ships re-supplying the task force by simply pushing a bomb out of the back of the aircraft as it flew...
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January 17th 12 07:45 PM
by bill Go to last post
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Maximum aircraft weight a carrier catapult can launch? by J[_2_]
This ignorant civilian would like to know if there is a maximum aircraft weight that an aircraft carrier's catapult can launch? Background: I am currently reading "On Yankee Station" by Nichols and Tillman (1987). In the last full paragraph on page 102, the authors write: "...Then the...
June 1st 11 10:01 AM
by MarckCargo Go to last post
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Aircraft Carrier naming by Bob
Anybody else bothered by the naming of US aircraft carriers after people who were still living at the time? I'm sure that Carl Vinson (CVN-70) & John C. Stennis (CVN-74) did good thing but to have a carrier named after them? I wish the US Navy would go back to naming carriers after famous battles &...
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January 30th 04 10:26 PM
by Rich Go to last post
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(Photo) Su-24 Flanker or MiG-23/MiG-27? by David E. Powell
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2008/08/08/GA2008080802276.html?sid=ST2008080802320 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2008/08/08/ GA2008080802276.html?sid=ST2008080802320 Looks like the Flanker but I could be wrong, I can't quite tell if that is a single...
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August 14th 08 10:54 AM
by Clark Go to last post
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Nickname for Apache helicopter by Jim Beaver
An online article suggests, without citation or reference, that the U.S. Marine Corps nicknamed its Apache helicopter (through three models) as "The Duke," presumably in honor of actor John Wayne. I cannot find corroboration for this statement in web searches. Has anyone here with either...
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May 22nd 07 09:52 AM
by Pat Flannery Go to last post
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