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Lost Nuke May Have Been Found by Kevin Brooks
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...
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September 22nd 04 08:36 AM
by Guinnog65 Go to last post
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NWA plane lands at wrong airport by Andrew
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1631/4837686.html
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June 22nd 04 10:03 PM
by sameolesid Go to last post
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Soverignty Protection Fighter by Charles Talleyrand
Can someone comment on the best aircraft for this job? My gut suggests that among the planes a nation might be able to buy the best might be something like a Mig-21 or Q-5 Fantan with western radar or an F-5 (if they are...
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July 19th 04 11:56 PM
by Nele VII Go to last post
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US Troops using AK-47s by robert arndt
http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/special_reports/iraq/story/978295p-6862352c.html Rob
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July 20th 04 04:18 AM
by Fred the Red Shirt Go to last post
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Latest recruits to the Madhi army by Dav1936531
From: (B2431) And what is the link to military aviation? Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Well, the Marines have been killing Sadr's guys in that "Valley of Peace" graveyard with helicopter gunships (military aviation). According to...
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August 15th 04 10:24 AM
by Greg Hennessy Go to last post
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Raptor Smurfs again!!! by John Cook
Hi All I was reading the excellent magazine Air Forces Monthly, and saw a picture of a Raptor F-22 Flying over Edwards AFB, and it appears to have what I previously played a joke about on April 1st - its got Smurfs -No really!!, take a look...
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September 20th 04 03:43 PM
by Guinnog65 Go to last post
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Turbo prop AT-6/SNJ? by frank may
Off & on over the years since turbo prop cropdusters (more politely, ag-aircraft) have been being converted from radial engines to PT-6 or Garret power, I've wondered if anyone has converted an AT-6/SNJ to a turbo prop. Surely some well-to-do (or just eccentric) type has at least considered it....
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September 5th 04 02:51 PM
by sddso Go to last post
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F-14s heading to aircraft graveyard by Otis Willie
F-14s heading to aircraft graveyard http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=24037 {EXCERPT}, by Greg Tyler, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, August 27, 2004 ONBOARD USS JOHN C. STENNIS, Sasebo, Japan — The U.S. Navy’s meanest, fastest and most agile fighter jet, nearing...
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September 1st 04 11:59 PM
by John Mullen Go to last post
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B-29 tail markings by Peter Twydell
Is it OK to post an aviation-related question in this NG and not mention B*sh or K*rry? The Times published a review last week about a book covering the allied crossing of the Rhine in 1945. The accompanying picture, captioned as being US bombers over said river, showed a formation of B-29s (I...
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September 10th 04 10:28 AM
by Cub Driver Go to last post
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PC problems after video of RPG shooter getting shot by tscottme
Anyone else have their PC behave strangely after watching the video clip of the RPG shooter being dispatched? Both my PC and someone I sent the original link to are having problems. My PC won't boot properly and his PC is restarting. My antivirus didn't notice any problem. Scott
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June 22nd 04 07:02 PM
by Alan Minyard Go to last post
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PUMA IFV... Best in the World... No Surprise by robert arndt
http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.kmweg.de/english/index.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DKMW,%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG Bradley is a P.O.S. by comparison. Rob
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June 28th 04 10:48 AM
by t_mark Go to last post
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Agent86's List of Misconceptions of FAA Procedures Zero for 15 Putz!!! by copertopkiller
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...
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April 20th 04 02:17 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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So Who Has More Military Command Experience, Bush Or Kerry? by W. D. Allen Sr.
Kerry had a total of four months experience commanding a patrol boat as part of the brown water navy in Vietnam thirty years ago. Bush has over two and a half years (and counting) experience commanding the most lethal military force ever seen in the history of man! So who actually has the most...
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April 22nd 04 01:27 AM
by Tarver Engineering Go to last post
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America's Hundred Thousand Production Totals by Geoffrey Sinclair
Francis Dean in America's Hundred Thousand has a table of the 8 main WWII fighter types, by numbers produced and I am wondering about the differences he has with the USAAF Statistical digest. The big difference is the P-40 production June to August 1942, Dean says 560 the Digest says 1,158. As a...
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May 28th 04 10:37 AM
by Cub Driver Go to last post
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Dutch rolls by Chris Mark
Cub Driver wrote: Gilmore, alone, also entered the fray but was quickly latched onto by a Zero he shook off with a series of Dutch rolls What is a Dutch roll in this context? It's usually applied to oscillations that can't be damped out, as in the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing bomber. I can't...
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May 16th 04 07:37 AM
by Ian MacLure Go to last post
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After The X-Prize -- What? by Paul A. Suhler
In an attempt to move this discussion into something useful... A vehicle capable of satisfying the requirements for the X-Prize would be useful for joyrides. This can make money, but it's a limited market. How would you envision a commercial private space enterprise developing from this...
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May 17th 04 09:02 PM
by Peter Kemp Go to last post
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F-4 w/AIM-9 and bombs carriage question by Guy Alcala
I've been looking through Shlomo Aloni's Osprey book on Israeli F-4 Phantom aces, and I note that around the time of the '73 war when they want to carry AIM-9s, they either 1. don't carry any A/G stores on that pylon (when carrying two AIM-9D/Gs on the shoulder mounts), or 2. only carry a single...
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June 15th 04 11:41 PM
by Chad Irby Go to last post
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Does China have a plan? by T3
Given the USA's dependence on space based assets for communication, control as well as surveillance and targeting not to mention what else we are not aware of (black ops), it would seem that the Chinese have robust projects to deny the USA space at a time of its choosing. Recent reports indicate...
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August 9th 03 09:28 PM
by T3 Go to last post
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P=39's and flat spins. by ArtKramr
I ran into quite a few guys who flew P-39's. The all said the same thing. It had dangerous flat spin characteristics. . Benig bombardier I asked, "what the hell is .that?" They explained. I don't remember what they said so I can't explain it here. But I am sure guys like Ed and Dudley...
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July 15th 03 05:06 PM
by Dudley Henriques Go to last post
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Honor to those who came forward... by [email protected]
(ArtKramr) wrote: Honor to those who came forward... GB wrote: ...and were lucky enough to get a slot as aircrew in a B-26? Mind you if they were conscripted and assigned to a grunt unit and were unlucky enough in their last few seconds of life to watch the surf roll their...
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July 6th 03 04:14 PM
by Kevin Brooks Go to last post
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