Russian Aircraft Carrier On Its Way to North Atlantic By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, MOSCOW The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov left the port of Murmansk on March 23 to carry out military exercises in the north Atlantic, Russian news reports said. For two weeks, the Admiral Kuznetsov will...

US Military Ribbon/Medal Order of Precedence (Display and Wear) The US Military Ribbon/Medal Order of Precedence (Display and Wear) website has been updated to include the two newest decorations: Afghanistan Campaign Medal Iraq Campaign Medal All Service Branches are accessible

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I was browsing a newsgroup just now and saw a gentleman flying a P-51 Mustang with what appears to be just a common ball cap. I got to wondering if he is that secure in his abilities and crash worthiness of the air frame to simply wear a ball cap? As a motorcyclist I feel very strange if I'm not...

Just posted the evening news followup to this morning's bulletin. http://www.adf-serials.com/ have updated their page with the identification of the airframe and a list of the crew who died. See N16 - Westland Sea King Mk.50A --

I've posted some pictures of the SR 71 and D21 Drone at Pima. Fuselage detail after burners, landing gear insulation etc. If you have any guess's as to what the hole at the aft end of the fuselage is for (pictured) leave a comment. see http://greenmarble.blogsopot.com enjoy Rich

Panel to review war pilot's status Navy Secretary Gordon England has ordered a special panel to review the status of Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, the pilot declared killed in combat in 1991 but later classified as captured during the Persian Gulf War. at...

Can anybody point me to a good account of Randy Cunningham's dogfight in Vietnam? Book or magazine form is okay. D

Just curious.... Who in the Navy holds the record for greatest number of carrier trap landings? And what's his total number of traps? WDA VF-24 & VA-192

In reading some of the novels and other books, you hear the sonar operators saying "Making turns". How did you get a blade count converted to knots? Thanks MAH

Friday, April 1, 2005 Wallpaper of the month - April 2005 Desktop Wallpaper - "USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) underway". The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) underway in the Indian Ocean prior to flight operations. Aircraft Carriers - CV, CVN

Hallo, i wonder how common is it, to really drop your droptanks in an combat situation. And if you do it, will somebody be upset that you lost these "valuable peaces of equipment"? I ask this because i was in the early eighties in the 42nd Materialdepot of the German airforce and had to store...

Published a few photos of a tour of Davis Monthan for those that may be interested. Would like to know if my id of the pictured Quantico Marine 1 is correct. Comments welcome enjoy Rich

see alt.binaries.multimedia.aviation I've just posted a news segment reporting the loss of an RAN Sea King from HMAS Kanimbla on it's first day helping survivors from the latest Indonesian earthquake. The ship and both its heloes were diverted from their homeward journey after three months...

I've read about the experiences of a few pilots who have had to eject - by all accounts it's an extremely violent process which none would care to repeat. Obviously it's done as a last alternative when the potential benefits out weigh the considerable risks. In the GA world it's not an option that...

My son-in-law, who was in the Navy about 30 years ago, mentioned at dinner today that the guy who graduated #1in his platoon at Marine boot camp was given a set of blues, free. I think that's an urban legend. It certainly wasn't the case when I went through Parris Island in 1946. Was it done at...

I've published some more pics from Davis Monthan, P3 Orions, B52's F 18's f 111's Cobra's/Huey's and more enjoy..............Rich http://greenmarble.blogspot.com

hello In exercise of help on the ski resort http://www.airliners.net/open.file/807772/M/ franck

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When refueling using the probe and drogue system, is it commonplace to have fuel leakage from the drogue? At my day job, we have a foreign customer asking about the resistance of an engine to fuel ingestion during refueling. Apparently it is something of a problem for them, but they have not...