Check out one of the F-102's competitors. This aircraft is truly "out there" when compared to the technology of the time: XF-103 Mock-Up: http://wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/fighter/f103.jpg XF-103 Cut-Away: http://www.testpilot.ru/usa/republic/xf/103/images/xf103v.gif XF-103 Colors:...

Civilization and Its Enemies : The Next Stage of History by Lee Harris "The Enemy is someone who is willing to die in order to kill you. And while it is true that the Enemy always hates us for a reason -- it is his reason, and not ours." Wow! Put this one on your reading list. " has said a lot...

Just curious really, wouldn't going from a fast tactical jet transport (c-17) to a slower prop transport be like swapping a stallion for a mule to the RAF?

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:54:28 -0700, hobo wrote: The Eurofighter started as a British project and then they brought in other countries, some of whom then left and then some came back and politically it has been a big mess. Would the Brits have been better off doing what became...

I had a wound over my eyebrow which required six stitches while serving in Viet Nam and I didn't get a purple heart. I think the fact that Kerry's PH was issued in spite of the fact that his lesser wound resulted from misemployment of his own weapon indicates that I should have received the PH as...

AIM-9X "Integration of the missile on the Lockheed Martin F/A-22, which requires internal carriage of the missile, has been delayed at least until the spiral three (developmental) stage of the program around 2011."

A non flying software engineer friend of mine insistes it is poossible to put devices on a plane to make it safer by impacting the ground at a low velocity after loss of control or catastrophic failure, or to be able to manuever to miss an obstacle when impact is imminent. These devices would...

HENRY V We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles...

Are there any good books on the Canadian fighter squardrons during WWII and the missions they flew? Also a history of No.6 Bomber Group.

Seems in the news, a USAF C-5 Galaxy was hit by a unkown missile over Baghdad, it then landed due to USAF reasons "was a excessive noise vibrations in a engine" - no mention of missile at all when first published. Some noise vibrations eh?, imagine if it was shot down? USAF PR would describe it...

Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003 Saddam Hussein has been captured, TIME magazine confirmed. "It's true," said a U.S. intelligence official in Baghdad about the arrest of the former dictator. The official wouldn't give any more details except to confirm that the former dictator had been detained the...

SHOOT GRIEGO SHOOT It was our first mission. We didn't know what to expect, but we expected the worst and were ready for anything. And sure enough we got it. When you are the newest crew in a squadron you always get stuck back in the tail end Charlie slot…number 6 in the low flight. What's bad...

WASHINGTON One of the Air Force's prized and politically vulnerable F/A-22 Raptor fighter jets nearly crashed during a recent practice flight, prompting an investigation, service officials confirm. The previously unreported incident occurred Sept. 19 near Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., officials...

According to a story in the Houston Chronicle, NASA has a plan for getting photo coverage of night shuttle launches. "The fix involves flying two modified B-57 high-altitude airplanes on either side of the shuttle, filming its liftoff and the first two minutes of flight, said NASA imaging expert...

Airman accused of terror spying A U.S. Air Force enlisted man has become the second service member to be accused of espionage at the U.S. naval base prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he translated interrogations of Arabic-speaking Taliban and al Qaeda terror suspects. at...

Still nothing final and official but FWIW: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3524348 Skyhawk sale still on, says American company 19.09.2003 10.00 am The American company negotiating to buy the air force's fleet of mothballed Skyhawk attack jets says the deal is still going...

Hi ! I just saw a picture of a C-130 Hercules on the deck of a Carrier !! The picture seems to be from around the 70s, no other planes else on deck. No other description was provided, it was on an image board ... Is this a nice fake or was this ever possible ? ThanX in advance, Jan

Is it almost guaranteed if you want to use the air force to get into med. school and to pay for it? As long as you can make it through basic training? How exactly does that work? Basic training? AIT? Why AIT when they just pay your tuition for your choice of university? I hear you owe the air...

Further to the question of whether there are "decleration devices" that would enable a crippled aircraft to land safely, this evidently is breaking news: Parachute saves light plane's passengers VANCOUVER/ CKNW (AM980) -- Four people are alive today thanks to a relatively new parachute system for...

I saw a PBS special on the X-plane competition between Boeing and Lockheed for the Joint Task Force (JTF) fighter; the jet of the future. I think the whole thing was a total waste of money, and that by signing off on this competition the Pentagon has doomed America to a useless arsenal. Boeing's...