Democracy and the neocons: a marriage of convenience By Jim Lobe Wednesday, July 21, 2004 Of all the delusions that American neoconservatives perpetrated in their drive to take the US to war in Iraq, the most durable was the notion that they were committed to the spread of Wilsonian democracy. As...

Four Navy avaitors on San Diego-based carrier listed as missing http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040810-1522-ca-navalaviatorsmissing.html {EXCERPT} ASSOCIATED PRESS 3:22 p.m. August 10, 2004

(Pechs1) wrote in : jhp- unless the wings are taken from you, you can wear them even when you're not flying anymore. What about other insignia? For example, a SEAL that gets hurt and can no longer operate in the community,...

Recently published: P-3 Orion in Action By Richard S. Dann and Rick Burgess Squadron / Signal Publications Inc., Carrollton, Texas, USA ISBN 0 89747 478 3

Great link to an excerpt from the book. (one was given to me by a flight engineer while we were in VRC-50 "fudogs" in 1982) http://www.scenery.org/c-130.htm.

Perhaps some input from the readers to this question can at least narrow down the possibilities: Anyone know who they believe was the 1st (or one of the 1st) NFO CAGs? This has come up an off-net discussion, and it would be nice to mark the appropriate individual in the CAG DB. Thanks.

NEVER NEVER NEVER click on a ZIP file link (or any other link) unless you know what it is... (Especially posted to a USENET group) wrote: Osama Bin Ladin was found hanged by two CNN journalists early Wedensday evening. As evidence they took several photos, some of which i...

The website of the P-3 Orion Research Group has just been updated. Our news section now features an artist's impression scale drawing of a German Navy P-3C CUP Orion. Regards, Marco P.J. Borst P-3 Orion Research Group - The Netherlands website: http://home.planet.nl/~p3orion MSN Messenger:...

U.S. team concludes Navy pilot died in Gulf war Members of the U.S. team investigating the fate of Capt. Scott Speicher have concluded that the Navy fighter pilot is dead, according to sources close to the mission. at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040722-121156-4199r.htm

See this pictu http://www.airliners.net/open.file/624542/L/ I've never seen a picture or movie of a Tomcat doing a display without a RIO. To my knowledge, there is nothing physical that mandates the RIO in there for the Turkey to be flown in a demo - take off, do some aerobatics, land... Now,...

The following was first posted on 29 december 2000. It remains just as important today: Making Sure Every Military/Veteran Vote Counts, by Phill Coleman Slightly under ten years ago a perceptive Vietnam vet, now working for an agency of the Veterans Administration, clearly recognized the need for...

The news of GW heading north thru the canal has a photo of the a/c on deck w/ sealed canopies. Have seen several similar photos of other CV transits. Why is that done? Prevent damage in case of a sand storm? If so, are intakes and exhausts also covered for those birds? TIA. MW

Anybody on this NG have an opinion on the Navy's new ARI (Active Reserve Integration) program? Just curious to know what the armchair quarterbacks think. --Woody

What Jet from the 50's or 60's do you wish you could have flown? Frank

Today the Dutch government announced that it has reached an agreement with Germany about the sale of eight P-3C CUP Orions aircraft. Pending an approval from the German parliament (expected in October), the first aircraft will be handed over to the German Navy at NAS Nordholz in November 2005, the...

While flying out to Tillamook Head Oregon on 07/10/04 at about 12.10 PM PDT at around 1200 feet we saw an Orion about 500 yards off shore well below our altitude flying from North to South. We were above it and out to sea about 500-750 yards past where the Orion was flying so we couldn't tell much...

Not exactly the right group, but someone here will know, so I beg your indulgence. When I resigned my commission in the 1970s, double-knit dress blues were authorized. Recently, I began playing taps at military funerals as a volunteer, and learned that wartime veterans are authorized (DOD...

Marines mark copter's 40th birthday http://www.jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=24087&Section=News {EXCERPT} July 17,2004 ANDREW DEGRANDPRE DAILY NEWS STAFF Twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon, in a letter to a retired Marine master sergeant,...

Question for the naval aviators: How is the new 737 MMA going to perform as the P-3s replacement? I know it's bigger, carries more "stuff" and whatnot, but from what I know of jet engines (even high-bypass fans), won't it be very fuel INefficient in the same regime as the P-3 prowls? Cruising...

here is the post i am posting into 4 military geared newsgroups... Hi all; I hope this is a relevant newsgroup to post this in, if not, then please forgive the post. I have a friend of whom I have known for many, many years. We have gone to one another for help on everything. He recently has...