After having been excoriated for saying that civil designs such as those envisioned for the MC2A and ACS have no business over the battlefield, this article gives me a bit of gratification: USAF Plans Serious Look At Replacing Special Ops Aircraft By Marc Selinger February 6, 2004 The U.S. Air...

Military jet makes emergency landing at MidAmerica (EXCERPT) BY JENNIFER A. BOWEN Plane lands safely; no one injured -- MASCOUTAH -- An Air National Guard plane made an emergency landing Saturday night at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport after a warning light

BTW trying to having a debate with Walt M140 is about as entertaining as talking to a concrete wall :-) Are you -ever- going to apologize for saying that Martin Caidin fabricated the story of the B-17 that survived a head on collision with an FW-190? Should I post the serial number of that...

In article , Abe wrote: In article , *@*.* says... Unconfirmed news reports say last evening USAF a C-141 "Hercules" (sic) made a safe landing at Christchurch (NZ) after...

For example the Germans captured many Allied aircraft and test flew and demonstrated them in their own markings. Were any ever shot down? A P-61 shot down a Luftwaffe-flown KG 200 B-17 in early 1945. It had been involved in dropping German agents in American uniforms. The "Böing" was...

Hi all I came across a news item on http://www.airpower.at/greymatter/archives/00000049.htm It has a breakdown of the cost to the Austrian government for 18 Eurofighter typhoon, so we can get an accurate price of an export jet. I have translated the main part from German as:- Quote:

http://cgi.2chan.net/f/src/1082689865637.jpg You might like this ...

On this day in 1944 the Germans began shelling theWirtz-Bastogne crossroad in an attempt to push the 101st Airborne out of the defense of Bastogne. They failed. .Temperature went down to below freezing in the bitter cold of that Belgian winter and the 101st was down to eating K rations. Those...

Can anyone help with info and/or pics of an RB-47H? I'm building the 1/144 Hobbycraft RB-47H and am planning on custom decals for a/c 53-4305. The timeframe would be circa June-July 1957, when the aircraft was assigned to the 343rd SRS, 55th SRW at Forbes AFB, KS. I have a friend from college who...

From: (SelwayKid) Date: 9/22/2004 12:59 PM Central Daylight Time Message-id: Bryan et al..... And what in hell does this have to do with this newsgroup? Take your politics someplace else.

I just received the North Island Weekender, newspaper North Vancouver Island, and it contains a story honouring a 82 year young WWII Veteran, former RCAF pilot Ken Moore, recognized for helping sink two German submarines within 22 minutes on June 7, 1944 in a B24 Liberator. He was with 224...

I read recently that EADS is looking into missiles fitted with JEM sensors. What is JEM? Rob

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:21:15 -0700, Hobo wrote: It is commonly said that delta wing designs lose an above average amount of speed while turning and that this a deficiency of the design. Is this true, and if why does this occur? Also, how does this reputed flaw affect...

Is it just me, or was anyone else steaming over the button-pushing piece by Paula Spann? What a crock. The father who lost his son, who now thinks his life was wasted?? What the hell was he thinking his son did? I'd like to walk up to him, and knock on his head to see if it is hollow.

An Australian company is building an 80 percent scale Spitfire, with 45 kits sold to date. FMI: http://www.supermarineaircraft.com For the WHOLE story, go to http://www.aero-news.net/news/sport.cfm?ContentBlockID=2ae8d1fa-1449-4efe-9caa-3f8f649a1d1d&Dynamic=1 all the best -- Dan Ford

Air Force Print News for March 9, 2004 Daddy's home (Stand-alone photos) http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007171 Air Force begins full-scale assault assessment http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007166

you guys gotta see this http://www.peterabryan.co.uk/events/2003/March/7th%20March.htm Jason

The AP and Reuters are reporting that the Blackhawk that was lost last Thursday was apparently a victim of hostile fire based upon results from a preliminary investigation. Both sources also report that Danish troops have found the first confirmed chemical weapons in Iraq--36 artillery or...

So.... if the USAF needed quick bombers, of the heavy kind.... Could this work? Wing racks might be doable.... I am not sure about putting in a bomb bay, though doing it ahead and aft of the wing and gear cluster might be doable.

Chaplains urge couples to attend retreat to solve problems, By Kent Harris, Stars and Stripes (EXCERPT) European edition, Sunday, May 30, 2004 AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — Air Force personnel are participating in longer deployments in joint operations these days. Chaplains at Aviano are hoping that...