Wednesday, October 1, 2003 Wallpaper of the month - October 2003 Desktop Wallpaper - CH-46D/E Sea Knights As the guided missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) sails in the background, two CH-46D Sea Knights assigned to the "Gunbearers" of Helicopter Support Squardron Eleven (HC-11) transport cargo...

Trader Jon's closes for good The legendary Trader Jon's bar is celebrated its last Blue Angels homecoming show Saturday night. The current owner, Matt Heckemeyer, sold the bar and its memorabilia to un-named parties and will closed the doors for good. On Saturday, the place was packed with...

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from http://www.washtimes.com/national/inbeltway.htm (url will change later) Veterans in need Veterans Day is tomorrow — no better time to call attention to the remains of up to five U.S. Navy airmen still sitting above ground in Greenland, where they perished in 1962. "They are not under ice, but...

Hi, It was already available for some years on our OrbatCD but now we decided to publish it online as well: The complete overview of the Italian Air Arms including the Air Orders of Battle of the following organisations: - Aeronautica Militare, (Air Force) - Marina Militare Italiana, (Navy) -...

http://members.ebay.com.au/aboutme/ozvortex/ The History of the Royal Air Force (3 video set) Royal Australian Navy - Illustrated History (hardback) Ships of the Royal Navy 1941 editon - Rare (hardback) For more info on these items please click on the link. I am located in Australia but will...

Rumsfeld confers at Pentagon with his Chinese counterpart Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld met yesterday with China's defense minister for the first high-level military exchange since the U.S.-China crisis involving a midair collision in April...

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15 Oct 2003 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News You can also receive this resource listing that is published daily via email by The American War Library (www.amervets.com). Go here for more info: http://members.aol.com/militarypeople/e-wcor.htm Naval Academy Museum opens...

http://www.alfredlilienthal.com/greaterisrael.htm Greater Israel -- What Does It Really Mean? It is the only answer to what has been published by the responsible persons of Israel about the necessity that Israel should expand to comprise the beds of the Tigris and Euphrates, the Sinai Peninsula...

For those who served at NAS Glenview and would like to have their name,unit and years served displayed for those to see. It will be done by purchasing a "Brick" with your info on it. Go to the Hangar One Foundation website to read more about it. There address is:www.hangarone.org. Here is an...

Dear Forum members, I wonder if anyone can help me with information on a particular ejection, especially the pilot. I believe that the information given below is correct. Harry Veland F-8A Crusader VF-32 BuNo 142414

Hi all, I have just updated my M1 Garand sites on the net. These are the ORIGINAL US Ordnance files on the M1 Rifle, better known as the M1 Garand. This update is for all the newbies, you older guys should check it out also. Here are the site addresses. http://www.users.fast.net/~eclancy On the...

Navy hopes blimp can be eye in the sky (EXCERPT) Airship equipped with sensor array, by James W. Crawley UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER September 10, 2003 The Navy is experimenting with something more familiar to football

Available from AeroFile Publications, is the Second Revised Edition of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems". Revised and expanded from the 1995 edition, the Second edition now features designations from more countries and many of the original designation systems have been updated...

AF, Navy NCOs trade places in leadership course (EXCERPT) , By Juliana Gittler, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Saturday, September 6, 2003 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — When Air Force Master Sgt. Chris Goll first sat in the Navy chief’s leadership development course, he didn’t know about that...

Limeys, Aussies, Kiwis and Canadians If you are looking for mates from an old unit that you served with then take a minute to check out http://www.ComradesandColleagues.com it's genuinely free to see if your old friends are registered and only takes a minute, so it's worth a look. (Sorry no U.S....

I dought there are only SAP warheads in use. But in a cut of a HY2 Missile the warhead was a hollow charge and some missiles like the Hsiung Feng (Taiwan) use EFP's. The HF is a Gabriel like missile and the israeli was infolved into the development of this missile. Can anyone post a link to a...

Battleship Iowa vets meet for reunion (EXCERPT) By RONNIE RATLIFF JR., The Virginian-Pilot © August 16, 2003 Mark Gustafson finished his duty aboard the battleship Iowa in March 1989, three weeks before 47 of his shipmates were killed when a gun turret exploded during a firing exercise off Puerto...

Doug- I wonder how a Hornet would do? BRBR Or a A-4 with a -408 engine..The ones I flew, you had to pull power to get the gear up or you would overspeed the LG...little rocketship... P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer