On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 13:06:28 -0800, Hobo wrote: The F-22 and the F-35 are similar planes that share at least the engine and maybe more. How do the R&D costs get divided between the two programs? If the F-22 gets killed, will its R&D get moved over to the F-35 and...

Title says it all. I'm playing a flight sim, Falcon4. Recently a new version was out. In the previous version, F15E can carry up to 8 JSOWs (AGM154a), however in the new version it can carry only 2 JSOWs. Which is correct? It is a big problem to me as an F15E fan. Thanks in advance.

With a stealthy fighter you could make an attack on another aircraft without alerting them, except for the IR signature of the missile's rocket or ramjet engine. Is anybody planning a stealth AAM that uses a turbojet? -HJC

wrote in message ... Not in any particular order: Oh my. This is a list of misconceptions about FAA Procedures? Let me have a look. Net Kook Maxwell Smart claimed the following when attempting to fulfill a repeated...

Seeing a couple fly over one at a time this weekend leads me to ask: Is there any easy way to tell a plain-old Hornet from a Super-hornet if it's alone in the sky? I know the E/F's are bigger, but, that ain't much help without the other one next to it. Is this one where you just have to really...

Yes, they can fly in the air and underwater, they are extremly dangerous ! The next model will be able to fly in orbit, too. Of course, they are driven by nuclear fusion reactors !

I have seen phased array aircraft radars that look as if they still mechanically sweep the dish. I thought the entire reason for phased arrays was so they wouldn't need to mechanically move. I know how phased arrays work in principle, but that's as far as I go. What am I missing here? Dan, U.S....

Oh, yes. There is a Republican party dirty tricks apparatus: "Donald H. Segretti (born September 17, 1941) was a political operative for the Nixon White House during the 1970s. Segretti ran a campaign of dirty tricks against the Democrats. His actions were part of the larger Watergate Scandal. He...

Since days after 9/11, there has been a story floating around about a flight that carried a group of Saudi natives out of the US on 9/13/2001 while all air traffic was supposedly shut down. The Bush white house has denied that this flight had taken place. The FBI and FAA still maintain that this...

Army ends 20-year helicopter program Canceled Comanche program will cost Army at least $10 billion Monday, February 23, 2004 Posted: 1:50 PM EST (1850 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army has decided to cancel its Comanche helicopter program, a multibillion-dollar project to build a new-generation...

There's a report that Osama Bin Laden may have been found. See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,8754564%255E401,00.html The report mentions that helicopters (Military Aviation content!) based in Afganistan may be used to go after him.

Associate asked interesting question. Is there any kind of listing of "modern" jet aces? And are any of those in service today? I'd guess best bet are the Israelis. Elsewhere some are from Vietnam (US, Vietnam, Russian?) and what else? There was air to air fighting at Eritrean-Etiopian war but...

So, Germans can't match Italian shotguns? Wrong. HK CAWS was the world's most advanced back in its day: http://www.gurpsmaster.de/caws.jpg But don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing with you about the excellent arms of Beretta, Franchi, or Benelli. I just wanted to show you that HK DID try the...

Numerous bombers and heavy fighters, especially thowse that entered service post 1943 have reference to remote controlled weapons. Now, the remote control part should be fairly easy, but how were they aimed? I'm assuming that you linked the gunners controls in such a way thatthe gun always fired...

http://www.aerofiles.com/boe-b17gv1.jpg Rob

I'm toying with a few alt history ideas regarding the late 1960s and early 1970s...specifically UK and Commonwealth involvement in a massive anti-guerilla/counterinsurgency campaign in North America. Given that, if the TSR.2 and the Avro Arrow had been built and entered series production, what kind...

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:43:29 -0800, "W. D. Allen Sr." wrote: Socialism is still alive and well in the American DemocRAT Party! Well **that's** a mature argument...if this is how the Sr. writes, imagine what the Jr. must be like....

He went down on this mornings mission. He won't be back. When Paul, Bob and I arrived at the 344th we were assigned to the 494th squadron and given separate quarters along the squadron street. I entered mine and dumped my stuff on the one empty bunk there. I unpacked my B-4 bag, hung up my...

Colin Powell was once outraged by elites who “wrangle slots in Reserve and Guard units.� Now he defends George Bush, who wrangled himself into a Guard unit. By John Greeley In his autobiography, Colin Powel is truly revealed as a man of honor. Certainly his military career provides us an...

Seems like Rasimus won the Viet Nam war. we all lost but him, the great warrior. What a bragggard.