Does anyone know whatever happened to Kelly Flinn (B52 resignation) and Paula Coughlin (Tailhook 1991). They seem to be well below radar cover. H. Slade

http://www1.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=21801&lang=en No uranium, no munitions, no missiles, no programmes 05 October 2003 As the first progress report from the Iraq Survey Group is released, Cambridge WMD expert Dr Glen Rangwala finds that even the diluted claims made for Saddam...

Has anyone checked out the ACIG forum at ACIG.org? Seems some punk from the PRC hacked into it and put a pro-PRC/Maoist page instead of the forum-obviously somebody with WAY too much free time on his hands. Stuff like this makes one wish hacking was a capital offense. Posted via...

WARSAW, Poland (AP)--After a protest from French President Jacques Chirac, Poland said Saturday it had been mistaken in reporting that its troops found new French-made anti-aircraft misiles in central Iraq. Chirac swiftly denied selling Iraq weapons in violation of the U.N. weapons embargo imposed...

This is the first Joint airforce excersie between Isael and Germany and it shows how close to each other the two countries are. Israeli pilots beat the Germans by more than 100 hits in dogfights excersie (I don't know what exactly the excersie was simulating). According ot...

I understand that the order to Dassault is for 28 aircraft, with an option of 20 more. However, I have read on the web that Dassault is to deliver 1 Rafale this year, and only 4 next year. I have also read that there are only 13 operational Rafales with the French Military. The slow speed of...

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Data: F-22 Eurofighter Su-35 Raptor Typhoon Superflanker Crew: 1 1 1 Engine: 2 P&W 2 Eurojet 2 Saturn F-119 EJ200 ...

http://www.sgtstryker.com/weblog/archives/004125.php#004125 1. You've ever slept on the concrete under a wing. 2. You never go anywhere without your red and black pencils and your line badge, including church. 3. You've wished your jet would drop a MK-84 on Saddam Hussein's house. 4. You've...

Hello I have a German friend who own s a Kettenkrad and he has seen quite a few photos and models showing a KK towing a 262 by the nosewheel. However it says in the pilot's manual and on the nose wheel doors of the IWM's 262 "Nicht am Bugrad schleppen" (do not tow by the nose wheel). So, since...

According to CNN, the USAF and DOE are investigating the reported find of the notorious Tybee Island Mk 15 that had been jettisoned by a B-47 after its collision with a F-86 in 1958. A retired USAF LTC led the group that has found what is described as a large metallic object with...

Did military discipline become looser and more liberal since WWI?. Is military life easier now than it was then? Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

I remember reading that Germany gave the USSR a few Me 109's, I'm just wondering what happened to them.

David Lentz wrote: The memo could have have teen typed on 1970's typewriter. Don't you mean *couldn't*? I haven't heard the "official" word from any "typewriter experts", but most people are saying the superscript in 111th wasn't possible on typewriters of the early 70s.

"MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Spain's 1,400 troops in Iraq will be withdrawn "in the shortest possible time," the country's new prime minister said Sunday. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said his defense minister-designate, Jose Bono, was ordered to make the arrangements as soon as he had been sworn into...

There was a time when I thought that the blackbird could secretly hit 5 on the mach meter--but isn't there solid science agains this? Such as: I don't think the engines have the ability to rev up to such a speed. Maybe the jet fuel itself cannot produce sufficent BTU's (thrust) to propel it that...

"Oelewapper" wrote in message ... Admittedly, I am not very familiar with this particular kind of issues in military aviation, but how can it be "legal" for the Israëli occupation force to send out US-made Apaches, to launch a...

The capture of Saddam Hussein (assuming that he is saddam and not a double or a plant) is a great morale boost for the US and assorted allies in Iraq. Wonder what effect, if any, it will have on continued resistance in Iraq.

I just read a brief news report about DACT between USAF F-15's (from Elmendorf Alaska) and Indian Su-30's and Mirage 2000's. This transpired for 10 days starting on February 25 at Gwalior, India in an exercise named "Cope India 04". The report states that this is the first US-Indian joint...

Does anyone have a clue where the tradition of cutting off the shirt tail of a newly soloed student began? I believe it has its roots in the military in WW1. While we are on the subject of tails, I recall that newly graduated 2nd Lts were called shave tails. Any suggestions on where this term...