S. Sampson wrote: "Vaughn" wrote "Freeman" wrote in message Hard luck, lads, you're in it for the empire! If we are still there when the next US presidential campaign gets going good, you can be pretty...

A portion of thread from different news grope: loss of a 757 a few years ago in which clogged pitot tubes caused bad overspeed warnings; the Turkish crew pulled back the power and stalled and crashed. It was later determined that the A/C had sat for a month and insects had gotten...

Are thoseC-130 still retained somwhere that libya purchased some years back and held by the US,or sold off.

Anyone been to the site dedicated to supposed time traveler John Titor? If so, can any of you identify the box that Titor claims to be a GE C-202 Time Displacement Unit from 2036? I read his story and looked closely at his color photos of the machine but to me it looks just like an ordinary (our...

Here's a little trivia quiz on this eve of the 100th anniversary of powered flight: 1. What was the military response to the Wright brothers' offer to sell them one of their Flyers? 2. Which military personnel responded to the Wrights' offer? 3. What was the Wright brothers' response to the...

"Why Raptor? The Logic of Buying the World's Best Fighter" is at http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/defense/pdf/LEX_FA22.pdf

Does anyone have any details on the German high velocity (Mach 5-6) missile called the HFK (or HFK2)? Sounds like an interesting project which I believe will be operational around 2010. -----JT-----

Hi all, I am looking for the tech manual and or T.O. for the AN/GMQ-33 portable cloud height set. Any assistance would be much appreciated! 73, Peter

Greeting all and happy holidays! I've significantly expanded the F-86 Sabre section with walkarounds of the F-86A, F-86D, F-86F, F-86H and F-86L. Check it out under Aircraft Walkarounds at www.cybermodeler.com -- Respectively,

Were the following WWII bases in the Eastern European countries Air Transport Command of the U.S. Army Air Forces bases or just USSR bases? Not joint? Tirana Airport, Tirana, Albania Vrajdebna Airport, Sofia, Bulgaria Ruzyne Airport, Prague, Czechoslovakia Vecses Airport, Budapest, Hungary Baneasa...

Anyone else noticed the odd coincidence of the NYC atrocity with Amerikkka's cynical destruction of Chile's elected government to be replaced by military dictatorship? John

For those interested, the AFFTC Museum at Edwards AFB has just added some new items at their gift shops web site. For all the details check out: http://www.jsfedwards.com/museum.html

From: "Cowboy67" ...can only forward others thoughts and none of his/her own. Didn't a democrat, jimmy carter, pardon all the Viet Nam VETS? Carter pardoned the draft dodgers, not the vets. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

When Winter War started, with Soviet Union's attack against the tiny Finland, Finnish government started seeking for equipment and aircraft from any plane and country that would sell. "Calle: Let's review the general situation at first. Finland was a poor country, so we couldn't buy proper flight...

http://www.luftwaffe-experten.co.uk/arsenal.html Rob

With the USSR stuck in northern Iran (Azerbaijan) in spring 1946, there were Soviet complaints of incursions into Soviet airspace by two US aircraft. I believe that Mosquitoes of 680 Sqn RAF undertook recce sorties over southern USSR, but does anyone have details or a reference for USAAF (or...

On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 10:50:58 GMT, Jerry Ennis wrote: On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 19:45:51 -0400, "Douglas A. Gwyn" wrote: There is a declassified redacted version of a SECRET/NOFORN report on the U-2 program, "The Central Intelligence Agency And...

Is there a version of the Mk 84 'iron bomb' that contained depleted uranium (DU) to give the Mk 84 a better performance as bunker buster? I'm asking as a spokesperson for the State Department said on 8 June 1981 in reaction to the Israeli attack on the Iraqi Osirak/Tammuz 17 nuclear...

Lawmakers Want NASA to Postpone New Space Plane (EXCERPT) By Kathy Sawyer Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 28, 2003; Page A05 Citing policy and budget concerns, key members of Congress have called on NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe to postpone further work on the next U.S. space...

In article , says... I'm looking for some general information about Hawk 200 vulnerabilities: I've heard it is a fairly expensive for what it can provide (especially when used in a training role), can anyone confirm...