F-18 lost power during takeoff at Raleigh NC's RDU airport, and ended up in a burning pile beside runway 2L - pilot ejected OK, apparently unhurt. Hornet is still burning like hell, despite a huge amout of foam, no injuries on the ground, and a few airliners have taken off since the accident.

The Second Edition of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" is now available from AeroFile. This edition is completely reworked and updated over the 1995 edition, and now features designations from six countries including Canada, United States, Japan, Russia, Germany and Sweden. In all,...

the typical DOD acquisition process of fielding a new fighter platform involves the bean counters adding up per unit cost. now we all know from basic economics theory, the more quantity we produce, the efficiencies of mass production kicks in, and unit cost should go down. this might be an...

For years police have done crimes. Police taped using tape recorder. If a lot of people look at my video the truth might be exposed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV_RaVVGrt8 Kurt Stocklmeir

Hi, I'm an mexican student. I'm studing avition's mechanic and i'l like if somebody may sent to me the engine Lyncoming O-360-C1F Overhaul Manual . Thanks Alexx G=F3mez Los Mochis, SInaloa, M=E9xico

Looks like they put the jamming pods on an F/A-18F for some aerodynamic testing. Full Story at: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Flies_EA_18G_Wingtip_and_Jamming_Pods.html Story says that planned IOC for the Growler is 2009. JD

Bush's dilemma: Iran vs. Israel http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=47658 http://nomorewarforisrael.blogspot.com

Pride in Service: Wearing Your True Military Color http://www.amervets.com/mypride After decades of personal neglect American veterans are now expressing pride in their military service. The greatest display of pride is expressed in one's daily wear of a military medal ribbon... a practice that...

My company has an immediate need to fill aircraft mechanic positions in various cities in Maryland, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida. These jobs are mostly contract work with some temp-to-perm opportunities. Contract jobs pay competitive wages with very generous per diem.

Attended a nice airshow at the Barnes ANGB, Westfield Mass yesterday. Had the chance to speak with a Lt Col alongside his Otis based F-15A. I was aware BRAC voted to close the Otis ANGB but hadn't spotted a thing about who would be picking up that tasking. To my surprise he replied they were...

Looks like US Navy searches smthng on the bottoms of Hormuz straits. May somebody put quite a few mines down there. Manta or kinda? If they may work on that depths...

look for aerial photo of st. marys college moraga, ca 94556 within the last two months and here is the link to the college webcam http://149.137.107.8./home/homeJ.html

Hi, My name is Richard Gillies, I am a sergeant in the legion of Frontiersmen, I would like to get any stories from old frontiersmen for our newsletter "The Frontier Post", anyone who is interested in the Frontiersmen should visit our web site at www.legion-of-frontiersmen.co.uk or e-mail me...

Bloomberg News 2008-01-16 22:44 (New York) Pentagon Will Keep Lockheed Martin F-22 Production Line Open By Tony Capaccio The Pentagon has decided to extend Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-22 stealth fighter production line beyond 2011 when the last aircraft under a current three-year contract are...

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040105005460&newsLang=en The recent flight tests follow hours of captive flight-testing and successful free flights demonstrating the weapon's imaging infrared (IIR) terminal seeker and autonomous targeting...

Obviously a Naval Aviator! http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/02/20/diverted.flight/index.html He had the good sense not to aim a plane with a suspected bomb on board at the biggest metropolitan area in that corner of the country. Now, TSA, on the other hand..,. Rick

"Charles Borris" wrote in message news:... Spent a couple of years during WW2 in an outfit with 6 R4D's and 3 R5O's. Two of the R4D's were R4D-1,s and carried 4 letter Buno's. . To prime the engines in the R4D-1 you climbed up on the main mount into the wheel well ...

Im looking for a good site where I can seek legal help with a matter related to the military. Any help would be welcome. Thanks

The Navy used to have plenty of radial-pistonengined aircraft on carriers. Now my question: in radial-engines oil is collecting in the lower cylinders when its stopped. Thats is one reason to handturn the engine before it is started.Then the oil is queezed out in the exhaustsystem and eventually on...