I've just found it on NavyNewsStand: "From Commander, Naval Air Forces Public Affairs SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Commander, Naval Air Forces has identified an excess of student naval aviators (pilots) in the training pipeline, based on current and near-term fleet needs. Starting immediately, several...

For sending me a copy of Threshold, BA experience. Not a huge fan of the team but these guys are in Phantoms, afterall.. As I told James, brings back many memories of not only the F-4, but also of the many hours a sittin on a Cubi Oclub barstool, watching this movie, again and again... Many...

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society in Pueblo, Colorado WHAT: presents its 18th Annual Moonlight Ball museum fundraiser. WHEN: Friday April 17, 2009 WHE Occhiato Ball Room at the Colorado State University-Pueblo COST and TICKETS: Tickets are...

If you pay Colorado income tax, this will be of interest to you. An Enterprise Zone has been created to help build a new hangar for the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum located on the grounds of the Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB). Pueblo Memorial Airport is located six miles east of Pueblo, Colorado....

The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum is now on Facebook. You can search for the museum by looking for "Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum" or going to: http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/updates.php?id=140330705999632&sent=1&e=0#!/pages/Pueblo-Weisbrod-Aircraft-Museum/140330705999632?v=info You...

Several aircraft have been built with both a pull (or tractor) propeller and a push (or rear) propeller aligned with each other. Supposedly the arrangment is inefficient, yet the some of the Dornier aircraft were record breakers. Given that some aircraft were ruined or delayed by the problem...

I have a photo of a whale boat returning to the ship, titled "USS North Dakota whale boat rescuing balloon man." It is not a motor whaleboat, its rowed by hand - but there isn't any other details. Always intrigued by such references - who was this 'balloon man'?

I was just wondering if any buddy stores carried internal fuel,or if all the internal space was taken up by the drogue, hose and reel, pump, etc. I have conflicting sources, so hopefully those here with personal experience can give me the straight skinny. If you can mention the particular...

"Speed is life" was drummed into my brain starting with FAM-1 in the F-8. Particularly vital in an era where any likely adversary would eat you alive in a slow turning fight. Also useful when it was time to leave the scene .... max speed to disengage and get to feet wet and safety. We're not...

Why did not the US turn the F14 into QF14 drones rather than just cut them up? How many F14's are left in the bone yard? I see there are plans for QF-16's when the F4 supply runs low. bob

Can anyone tell me the system by which USN Aircraft Carrier deployments were named or numbered during the Viet Nam era?; and if so, what was the name by which the last 'carrier deployment was known? Thanks for any info.

I've seen fragmentary reports of a Hornet mishap while doing "touch and goes" at Quantico recently. Sounds wrong to me. Anybody have the gouge?

I recently came across a tiny practice bomb. It looks similar to a MK-76 (BDU-33 for the airforce types) except it is much smaller. It is about 8 inches long and weighs about 3 pounds. Although it has not aged well, I believe the marking is 'AN MK 23 MOD 1'. It has the standard hole down the...

Shows ya all how long since I retired. Does O-8, Rear Adm., lower half, wear one star or two? When did they stop calling same pay grade 'Commodore'? I know they did for a while. Do Commanders of small-ish groups of ships, smaller than a CVBG, are they still refered to as 'Commodore'?? Even if...

Saw that one of my former JOs in VF-126, "Juice Butler" took over this unit. But what is it? How related to the Strike school in Fallon? Is it a bonus command or a twilight tour?? P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

During the early 1980s, I heard about a nasty air battle between the Iranians and Iraqis that supposedly ended in a massacre of Iraqi aircraft. Something about 10-15 downed without significant loss to the Iranis, with most of the crash sites in or near a vast marshy area. The final chapter to the...

What might be a medical condition related to one's heart that could be discovered that would make you ineligible to continue flight training...something like irregular heartbeat, etc. This is a bit of research for a literary project I'm working on...thanks in advance... ZW

Just finished Jim Armstrong's book, "From POW to Blue Angel", about Commander Dusty Rhodes, who introduced the Blue Angels to jets. Interesting book, especially for old naval aviators. But, here's a question for tail hookers of half a century ago. On page 282 Armstrong writes, "...a Twin Beech...

About 10 yrs ago, the late Martin Caidin had written a book called "Ghosts Of The Air". It was a compilation of interviews he conducted with military and civilian aviators. The topic of conversation in those interviews, were unexplained 'supernatural', or otherwise outright 'paranormal'...

ignoring the political implications of crossing the imaginary threshold or tripwire regarding usage of tactical nukes. would it not afford the IDF a significant advantage to execute strikes using enchanced radiation packages ? minimal collateral damage to infrastructure, while still achieving the...