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It looks like it will be another very busy day with COMPTUEX action. I am hearing: BLUETAIL 40 (E-2C), BLUETAIL 41 (E-2C), CAT (F/A-18s), RIPPER (F-14s), SCOUT (S-3Bs), DOG (F-14s), HAWK (F/A-18s), LONGHORN 27 (S-3B?)

Let's take two planes going on low level support missions. They will have to fly through heavy ground fire including small arms fire. One plane is equipped with a radial engine,. let's say an R-2800. The other with a jet engine. Which plane would have a better chance of survival inder these...

Good stuff,,DEFINEITELY BOOKMARKED THAT ONE,, Does any one know of a Marine equivelent?? Other than navsource http://www.navsource.org/ And the various photo archive sites that have various randon shoots of ships? ~Voigt Robert Lundin wrote in message...

Just for fun, off the top of your heads, which post-WW2 combat aircraft (any country) have NOT been used in their intended roles in an actual shooting war (or police action, or soccer riot, or whatever it's called these days)? And why? Some ROE: 1. Combat aircraft means it was designed or...

Ed Majden wrote: The U.S. Bronze Star will be awarded to the four dead Canadian soldiers that were bombed by an American F-16 in Afghanistan according to news reports.. I can see wanting to do something for their families.....but wouldn't the Purple Heart have been more appropriate? ...

CNN this morning reports a C-17 has conducted an emergency landing after losing an engine shortly after takeoff, allegedly due to MANPADS hit. Out of twelve personnel onboard, one reported slightly wounded. Brooks

About the world's worst airplane disaster at Los Rodeos airport in the Canary Islands on Sunday 27 March 1977. Two jumbo jets (KLM Boeing 747 PH-BUF and Pan American Boeing 747, N736PA) collided on the runway after KLM's most senior pilot Captain Jacob van Zanten commenced takeoff without proper...

"JASON A. KAATZ" wrote in message ... With the spread of radiation all human and animal life on earth would end. Hardly old boy, radiation is all around as it is, we may suceed in making the human race extinct but 90% of life...

On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 13:47:11 -0800, Transition Zone wrote: White House Offers New Story About Pilot (AP) - Thu Dec 4, 4:46 PM ET Asked about the legalities of filing a phony flight plan, McClellan said: crapola snipped

Air Force Print News for Dec. 8, 2003 And the band played on (Stand-alone photos) http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123006161 Jacket, pullover require nametags http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123006159

It seems like,with available hp the WWII George and Jack should have been faster (specs on new a/c). Both are commonly referred to as being in the 360 mph class under optimum conditions. Yet they had high hp engines with four bladed props. Bad airfoils? Too much frontal cross section? ...

Osprey tested in air, at sea (EXCERPT), by Otto Kreisher COPLEY NEWS SERVICE 2:59 p.m. December 8, 2003 WASHINGTON – The Marine Corps' V-22 Osprey has flown 1,000 accident-free hours since test flights were resumed 18 months ago and has proven its ability to function safely in potentially deadly...

Should some day some how a P-51 come to fight an AH-64, who would win the fight? Assume the combat starts with both sides seeing the other at beyond gun range. Assume equal pilot skill. Assume the only missiles on the AH-64 are some TOWs. -Thanks

Some time ago I noted that http://www.aia.af.mil/homepages/ho/70s-2.cfm says, The 6300th Support Squadron (later redesignated 6300th Aerospace Support Squadron) was activated at Ko Kha, Thailand, on 1 July 1971 to support Cobra Talon. and asked, inter alia, what Cobra Talon is/was. Some possible...

"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote in message ... So is anyone planning on visiting it on Opening Day? http://www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy/ I just attended the pre-opening "Appreciation Day" on Dec. 6th for...

Which AV-8B units deployed to Kuwait for OIF? I have the Hasegawa Plus kit in 1/72 and would like to know which squadrons deployed so I can either use the kit decals or by aftermarket. TIA. Posted via www.My-Newsgroups.com - web to news gateway for usenet access!

According to an article in the current issue (Nr. 49, 2003) of the Rheinischer Merkur, Gustav Whitehead (Gustav Weißkopf) flew his plane (photo shown on p. 22 of the newspaper) on the night of 13 August 1901 in Fairfield, Conn. It seems clear to me that the article is motivated by both the...

Bush is to return NASA to the moon, news says.. .........how ironic, bush himself should of never of come down from there in first place... the gravity on earth has effected his mind and body .. look what he done to america in 3yrs from been a successful country to on the way of becoming a third...

Data: Dassault SAAB JAS 39 Rafale Gripen Crew: 1 (C/M) 1 2 (B/BM) 2 (B) Engine: 2 SNECMA 1 Volvo Aero M88-2 RM12 16,850 lb 18,100 lb each ...