IN REMEMBRANCE OF WILLIE THE WOLF Willie was war weary when we got him. His first crew completed their tour of duty and went home. Then we came, fresh from the US and yet to fly our first mission. Willie's scars brought home the reality of where Willie had been and where we had yet to go. He was...

But these two guys are drinking, hunting buddies. So much for justice in Amerca under the neocons. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

'Moore is shameless in feeding his own ego' Observer film writer Mark Kermode on the controversial filmmaker behind Fahrenheit 9/11 Sunday June 27, 2004 The Observer The most annoying sound at this year's Cannes Film Festival was the incessant drone of Michael Moore telling everyone in town that...

Hey Art. Check this out: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prices for medicines most used by older Americans rose steadily after the Bush administration enacted the new Medicare law late last year, the nation's largest group representing the elderly said on Wednesday. AARP, formerly known as the American...

Is there any truth to this or does the guy being quoted just not know what he's talking about? http://www.afa.org/magazine/July2004/0704watch.asp "In most USAF aerial combat training, the service has “dumbed down” adversarial equipment and training to simulate what it believed to be

http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52/B52_flight2.wmv Slightly big file (30 Mb), but I had fun watching it. Would surely have much more if I had one of those. :) Cheers, Vicente

A photo of a crashed Marauder you might have seen before. It's posted on ABPM by netko. -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/fa-37-pics.htm More pics from the 7/29/05 movie. Supposedly a stealth Mach 4+ multirole a/c with Mach 3.5 Supercruise and 4000nm range. AI pilot goes crazy starts wasting "friendlies"... two other stealth human pilots sent in to destroy the...

Northrop Grumman's "forgotten" advanced tactical fighter leaves museum and could be heading for bomber contest Northrop Grumman's long-abandoned YF-23A advanced tactical fighter (ATF) is emerging as the possible basis for a surprise contender for the US Air Force's interim bomber requirement. The...

At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon (which I probably am), I need to ask this question: What is the big deal about Rutan's suborbital flight? Why is this such a history-making achievement? The regulars on this newsgroup might recognize me from earlier posts as a former USAF and contractor...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3834843.stm The success of India's air force against US fighters in an exercise suggests the US may be losing its air superiority, a US general has said. Gen Hal Hornburg said an exercise in February, known as Cope India, had been "a wake-up...

Hi I just heard the F/A-22 is getting 10.8 hours before software problems, this is almost double the requirement for IOE&T, the major blue screen problem hasn't happened in over 1000 hours of flight. Anyone have a proper link to this story, or any other background. Cheers John Cook

Why was it okay for William Jefferson Clinton to get blow jobs in the Oval office, but not okay for soldiers to have sex in Iraq? Tetherhorne P. Flutterblast

Is anyone able to identify the model (and date/year of active service) of the following P51s? (and how do you tell!) http://triptpolers.houseoftucker.com/common/images/zerohour/zh72.jpg They appear towards the end of the Star Trek - Enterprise episode "Zero Hour" - one of the NX01 shuttles are...

Does anyone know the current location of the first B-1A prototype (s/n 74-158)? I have information that it is located either at Rome Research Site in New York, at the Edwards Air Force base museum, or dismantled. Does anyone absolutely know where B-1A No. 1 (74-158) currently is? Thanks, Martin

From: "tim gueguen" And bombing people is not a war crime. tim gueguen 101867 It is if the target has no tactical or strategic or other legitimate value.

Canada's military is, and has been for over a decade, in a state of disarray. This is largely due to two facts. The first is the Trudeau government, which preached quasi-socialist values and viewed the Soviet Union not as an aggressor, but rather as the victim of American agression. Trudeau managed...

Hello everyone.. I'm new to this newsgroup and im sure glad I found it.. there seems to be a ton of good information here.. My question is to anyone who is a pilot or knows about this field and can help me go in the right direction. My father was in the military as a crewcheif on the C17 and many...

I have a question about FAC operations in Vietnam. When a USMC got a radio call for help, could he vector in aircraft from all services, or were only USN/USMC aircraft at his disposal? Also, did Army ground troops have the capability to contact any FAC in the sky regardless of what service was...

It's all out now. Bush used influence to avoid combat.Well no one says a president needs courage. (sigh) Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer