The United States Bronze Star Registry An effort is now underway to register the names of all Americans, past and present, who received the Bronze Star. All those who received the Bronze Star, or know of a veteran -- living or deceased -- who received this High Award, can register at...

I recall that USB was mentioned in several books of the 1980's, not simply for transport, but as a method of producing STOL close air support and bombing aircraft. While the russians had a transport, and I believe we also did, I haven't seen much more about USB, and nothign about applying it...

An officer never complains. An officer never explains. And an officer never allows himself to be put on the defensive. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

Can anyone tell me how similar these engines were to the Merlin? I know they were a derivative but being intended for ground use may be so totally different as to be useless for any aviation application. Why do I ask? An acquaintance has just acquired a complete Meteor engine and is looking to...

France downplays jet swap with Russia France says recent joint maneuvers in which Russian and French pilots flew each other's aircraft were not an effort to help Russia join NATO or the European Union, but simply "in the interest of world peace...

Am trying to find some info to help accurize (a somewhat outdated) Vietnam era flight sim - Janes Fighters Anthology. Can any of you military folks remember any numbers about the blast frag distances for various aircraft bombs - 500/750/2000/3000 lb? How about nape/CBUs/2.75 in FFARs? What would be...

Subject: P-3C Ditches with Four Engines Out, All Survive! Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:07:54 +0930 From: "Scet" Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A $10,000 reward offered by the "Doonesbury" comic strip for proof that U.S. President George W. Bush served in the Alabama National Guard during the Vietnam War has elicited over 1,300 responses but turned up no credible evidence yet, the cartoonist said on...

Does anyone know which military airport has the most runways and which one has the longest runway? The Rogers Lakebed portion of Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California has at least 15 (paved and unpaved) runways, one of which has a paved length of more than 15,000 feet (~4,500 metres) with...

Which ones? Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

Is there a consistent basis for this designation in aircraft armament?

http://www.hk-usa.com/pages/military-le/rifles-carbines/xm8.html Check out the head-to-head comparison. HK rules! Rob

We all have seen the movies were one pistol shot or what not causes the side of an airliner explode sucking the people, seats, etc. into the void. What would happen in the reality? Let's assume the plane is at the cruising altitude.

S.A. Military Aviation Pioneer Dies (EXCERPT) Burwell One Of First To Use Cockpit Instruments Posted: 3:00 p.m. CDT June 30, 2003 SAN ANTONIO -- Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. James Burwell, one of the first military aviators to fly using cockpit instruments, died recently at age 100.

NEW YORK — If I've heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times from discouraged Democrats and liberals as the Republican convention here wrapped up this week. Their shoulders hunched, their eyes at a droop, they lower their voice to a whisper hoping that if they don't say it too loud it may not...

http://gazeta.ru/lenta.shtml?274014#274014 (in russian) Aug 25, 7:40 commander-in-chief of Russian NAVY admiral Kuroedov told press that forces of russian pacific ocean fleet have detected in Saturday and also today foreign submarines in the area near Kamchatka where large scale manoeuvres of...

Hi there, Could anyone tell me examples of 1st..5th? generation fighters and other planes and what seperates them? (Apart from time) Thanks!

At Alltel Stadium yesterday, I watched a B-2 bomber do a flyover, and what a site to behold. It's the first time I've seen this aircraft. You could hardly see it as it approached. No sound, but after it passed the stadium it was very loud. Here's a picture of the...

I was watching the Discovery Channel program comparing the F-86 and Mig-15 and heard that the F-86 can break the sound barrier. I know that this has been claimed many time before but is that the official position of the US Air Force? Is Yeager still officially the first man to break the...

On this 4th of July let us honor all who fought. But let us especialy never forget the special few who came forward volunteering and said, "Take me. I'll go" It was these men who formed American elite units; Marines, Airborne, Seals, Submarine Service, Air Corps and Air Forces. We owe them all...