I see that many people here is the United States cannot comprehend the developments brought on by the Allied bombing campaign against Germany during the Second World War. But over in Germany many such books exist on the subject you Americans find impossible to discuss civily, German disc...

Aviation Week & Space Technology 02/16/2004, page 16 U.S. Air Force officials are reviving proposals to buy short-takeoff and vertical-landing F-35C versions of the Joint Strike Fighter and a bomber derivative of the F/A-22. The FB-22 has a larger diamond-shaped wing and could carry 30 or more...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/opinion/news_mz1e20lets1.html Ward Boston is right about Liberty attack Regarding "Ex-officer alleges cover-up in probe of spy ship attack," News, Feb. 17: You can call it an "allegation" if you want, but it certainly happened exactly as retired...

Are there any bases, government installations, or military installations in the UK that are actually owned by the US? Are are the bases and intelligence installations just lent to the them by the crown? Anyone know about the rest of Europe? Cheers

From American Free Press, available online at: http://www.americanfreepress.net/01_21_04/Admiral_Says/admiral_says.html Admiral Says USS Liberty Crew Left to Die by Lyndon Johnson By Adm. Thomas Moorer January 24, 2004 After State Department officials and historians assembled in...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/opinion/news_mz1e20lets1.html Ward Boston is right about Liberty attack Regarding "Ex-officer alleges cover-up in probe of spy ship attack," News, Feb. 17: You can call it an "allegation" if you want, but it certainly happened exactly as retired...

An article in the Sunday Times at the weekend seemed to be heavily hinting that some major cuts are imminent for the RAF. Does anybody have any thoughts and they might or should be? I think Tranche 3 of the Typhoon buy is safe for now. The political ramifications, both domestic and foreign, would...

Folks, this is a quick note to let the word out about the most amazing DVD about the last flyable B-17s in the world: B-17 Flying Legend. It's an award winning film about the importance of preserving the last flyable B-17s. It's a DVD packed with bonus features. A definite collector's item. You...

Tradition When evening falls upon the shore You smell the salt, and hear the roar Of surf that breaks in spumes against the reef. The sun is low, the breeze is cool The waters hiss, the seagulls call, The sand is warm and gritty soft beneath your feet You draw a breath, and close your eyes And...

The U.S. built and flew a few disc aircraft during WW2. The Chance Vought V-173 first flew 23 November 1942, which had excellent STOL capabilities and was apparently impossible to stall. The Navy ordered two XF5U-1 which didn't get their propellers until 1947 and were not proceded with since the...

CIA Office of Black Technology http://cryptome.org/ostbig-eyeball.htm 6 Odd Facilities at Kirtland AFB http://cryptome.org/6odd-eyeball.htm Prez Helicopter 1 Hangar http://cryptome.org/hmx1big-eyeball.htm Air Force 1 Hangar http://cryptome.org/af1big-eyeball.htm Pentagon...

Hi All: I've just updated my web site and posted some previously unpublished images of the 1998 launch of a Pegasus XL rocket carrying NASA's TRACE satellite into orbit. The photos are at http://www.spacearchive.info/trace.htm. Although this was a civilian launch, it occurred on the Western...

Yet another idiot to plonk.

OFFICIAL NOTICE PRINTS AERIAL TRAGEDY ON MOUNT LUPONE (CORI-LATINA) OF 8-8-1997 TO THE COURT OF ROME TO THE WAY THE PROCESS TO THE RESPONSIBLES OF THE AERIAL AID OF THE AIR FORCE 17 tuesdays February, first audience, near the Court of Rome, of the process to cargo of the responsibles of the...

Radar scattering paint on the U2? I hope they got their money back because it sure didn't work. "Hobo" wrote in message ... Robert Aren't recently made this claim: "Laugh this off Tex. The US captured the DFS 228...

Came across an article in Janes Defence Weekly which seems to indicate that the decline in Russian air arms has reached an uncontrollable decline (snippets added below) due to ageing pilots, minimal training and flight hours, and no significant new investment. "Russia's combat aviation in...

Who needs "high tech" when a bag of LARD will do the trick! *** JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A prominent Israeli rabbi has proposed hanging bags of pig fat in buses to deter Muslim suicide bombers who may want to avoid contact with an "unclean" animal, an Israeli official said on Thursday.

U.S. Air Force Print News. Today's stories include: Center steps up airlift support http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007017 KC-135 team keeps fuel flowing down range

3 offspring are suing Yeager in ranch dispute (EXCERPT) Chuck Yeager, a World War II flying ace and the first test pilot to break the sound barrier, is being sued by three of his four children. Yeager's children are suing their father over ownership of a 3-acre, $1.35 million ranch in Penn Valley,...

U.S. air force has its own space-age plan America intends to take dominant role (EXCERPT) David Pugliese Ottawa Citizen February 20, 2004 OTTAWA -- The U.S. air force has unveiled a plan to put weapons into orbit and destroy other countries' satellites as part of a strategy that views outer...