Defense Acquisitions--Status of the Expeditionary Fire Support System http//www.gao.gov/new.items/d08331r.pdf Report: Osprey's Assault Vehicles Can't Carry Ammo Jeeplike Growler is said to tip over By Joseph Neff, McClatchy-Tribune News Service San Diego Union-Tribune January 26, 2008

I know it is an advance on pay but where did the term "dead horse" come from? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

The F-35 variant made for the US Air Force and other air forces. The lightest and smallest version and the only one equipped with internal gun. Its maiden flight was on the 15th of December 2006. Warplanes.com offers F-35A JSF/CTOL 1/72 USAF Lockheed Martin model aircraft on a 30% sale. It is a...

Have a look at 29°57'59.70"N, 81°20'37.81"W. This is the Northrop-Grumman facility at the St Augustine, Florida airport. Along the south-east (lower-right) side of the building, there are what appear to be fighter or trainer jet aircraft. At first, based on the wing shape, I thought these were...

Defense Daily SOCOM Signs Contract With BAE For CV-22 Gun January 23, 2008 BAE Systems will develop an interim all-quadrant defensive weapon system for the Air Force's CV-22 Osprey aircraft, the company reported. The $491,000 contract awarded earlier this month by the U.S. Special Operations...

Can someone tell me what plane this is? I've tried viewing some aviation web sites, but I can't seem to positively identify it. http://www.zylink.net/images/img089.jpg Thanks!

The Wedell-Williams Model 44 was a racing aircraft built in US in the early 1930s. It joined the Thompson Trophy race and won in 1934. It was piloted by Roscoe Turner. Warplanes.com offers the Wedell-Williams Model 44 (Thompson Trophy) model aircraft. It has a span of 16.5 inches and length of...

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Hello, Saw a picture and diagram of the WWII Japanese Naval Zero. Apparently it had 2 machine guns in the upper cowling that fired thru the prop. True ? My question regards the synchronization of these guns so they didn't hit the prop.

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...

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1) Senator McConnell should read this story in the NYT, Dec.24,07 :" In Kentucky's teeth,toll of poverty and neglect" were we find out that Kentucky has the highest level of toothless people,from chewing tobaco ,lack of hygiene, lack of Health Insurance and Education, hundreds of thousands of...

F-18s obsolete, F-15s grounded, V-22s on fire, F-22s getting lost.

According to page C3 of today's Vancouver Sun, one of our remaining Martin Mars (Martin Mars's? Martin Mi? What's the plural of "Mars", anyway? How 'bout "JRM" for old time's sake?) will be landing in Vancouver downtown harbour and mooring at Canada Harbour Place (or whatever we're calling it...

On Jan 8, 12:26*pm, wrote: _______________ Pentagon Won't Probe KBR Rape Chargeshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/08/pentagon-wont-probe-kbr-_n_8... And American men say.... what?? - Corporate News Whores are Evil to All Humans Being

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COMBAT PAIR: THE EVOLUTION OF AIR FORCE-NAVY INTEGRATION IN STRIKE WARFARE. RAND. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG655.pdf

(From: www.navytimes.com) Navy grounds 39 P-3s over faulty wings By Chris Amos - Staff writer Posted : Monday Dec 17, 2007 13:54:07 EST The Navy on Monday grounded 39 P-3 Orion anti-submarine patrol planes - nearly one in four of its inventory - because of concerns that a structural defect could...

Inside the Air Force Officials: Testing should remain on track MANUFACTURING FLAW FOUND IN STOVL JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER LIFT FAN ROTOR Date: January 4, 2008 Program officials have discovered a manufacturing defect in the lift fan rotor of the short take-off vertical landing F-35 Joint Strike Fighter...