Friendly Fire Notebook An effort has begun to collect and preserve the details of every friendly fire incident that took or changed the lives of American soldiers. Since the Revolutionary War thousands upon thousands of military personnel have been injured or killed due to mistaken or...

Gotta question about the following: ""USAF officials also rejected the forecast that the service will need to spend $11.7 billion to introduce air-to-ground capabilities in the F/A-22. Roche says planned upgrades, including a new radar and small-diameter bomb, are budgeted and would cost less than...

America's army sucks. They have no idea how to fight a war. I mean dropping bombs from a B-52 at 30,000 feet isn't war, its called a western. Their a bunch of cowboys. And now we here about the disgusting behavior of American's torturing Iraqi prisoners. For real soldiers, look other the other...

My website just passed the 40,000 hit mark. more than I ever dreamt possible, athough Bob McKellar knew it all along. I never thought there was so much interest in that war so long gone and behind us. Thank you all for your constant repeat visits and warm, encouraging E-Mails that come on a daily...

I'm curious how Air Force/Navy pilots get their wings? Do they go to some place like Emory-Riddle and fly Cessna 172s. Do they get instrument ratings in these 172s? What's the transition to 'real iron'? Basically, what's a newly minted Air Force/Navy pilot's logbook look like and where did he...

Well, we now have the first surrender in the War on Terror. Spain has surrendered to Al Quada and will remove its troops from Iraq. Do the Spanish really think that will be Al Quada's last demand?

All - I'm especially interested in comments from any of the "current and former military pilots with top-secret clearances" (as mentioned below) that might be out there. --- Where are the armed pilots? ---------------------------

The tighter the formation you fly the tighter the bomb pattern on the ground and the more damage you do to the enemy. http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer/stripes.htm

"...The total cost of LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.'s Joint Strike Fighter program to develop a new tactical fighter will rise by $45 billion, or 22.6%, to $245 billion, the Pentagon said. In a regular report to Congress on major weapons programs, the U.S. Defense Department said the sharp rise in costs...

had actually put a U.S. style R&D system in place during WWII, and instead of coming up with (however pretty they look on paper) dozens of designs that never made it beyond wind tunnal designs and focused on say two or three fighter designs. For example, if they'd pushed through the first jet...

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:36:13 GMT, "Shchelkunchik" wrote: "Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj" wrote in message ... Scott Ferrin wrote: Heh, heh. Guess that means there' no way in hell Russia will be...

In message , Hobo writes At http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/f-15i/F- 15I.html I found this quote: "Among other elements tested were the plane's performance at speeds greater than Mach 2, and at maximum...

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:46:51 GMT, "jim" wrote this crap: Your not allowed to point out the obivious duplicity of the liberial mindset. You should learn some grammar.

Looking at the stats, it seems fairly ordinary for late WWI fighters, but it's always described as dominating the skys over the Western Front. -- --Matthew Saroff Rules to live by: 1) To thine own self be true 2) Don't let your mouth write no checks that your butt can't cash 3) Interference in the...

I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra. Any more? Regards, Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message ... "Iwan Bogels" wrote in message ... Hello Dudley, Just curious: Did I ever state I was pushing flight...

Pooh Bear wrote: Duster wrote: I saw for the first time, a brief black and white WWII clip of a B-17 getting its left wing quite litterly shot off... It was quite eerie I think, but I would like to find it. So, does anyone know where I can find...

Because his dimwit father did? Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

In an 8 to 1 decision the scotus kicked Bush on the ass for his trashing of the Bill of Rights. It is about time Bush was placed on the slippery slope he so well desreves. Thank you SCOTUS. Even the neocons have had enough of him Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland,...

I'm fantasy shopping for my new warbird or historic aircraft. My requirements are ... - Historic value (rare and interesting aircraft) - Reasonably easy to fly - No turbines and under 12,500 lbs (no type rating needed) - Seats two - Aerobatic - Easy on the eyes