Scared, Trigger-Happy Young Males by Doug Casey The war in Iraq is going to fail, utterly and disastrously. There are many reasons for that, but one more lies in the prevailing psychological mindset of the U.S. military. I'm not referring so much to the young grunts, who are driven mostly by a...

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Photo of Kerry with Fonda enrages Vietnam veterans A photograph of John Kerry together with Jane Fonda at an anti-Vietnam War rally in 1970 in Pennsylvania has surfaced on the Internet, angering veterans who say his association with her 34 years ago is a slap in the faces of Vietnam War...

Does it move when say when the pilot wants to climb, or does it have pressure sensors on a rigid stick so the stick can inform the computers the pilots hand is pressing on the front of the stick and he wants the F-16 to climb? Christopher +++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Kites rise highest against the...

http://lenta.ru/russia/2003/11/12/moon/ (in russian) Today russia's agency for aviation and space research and india's organization for space research signed a deal to prepare joint automatic and manned missions to Moon by 2008. Michael

Singapore has down selected the F15, Rafale and the Eurofighter typhoon for their next generation fighter.... The F16, F18E/f and Sukhoi Su-30MK were rejected. "Asked how the final three were chosen, Mindef said it had looked at several factors like operational performance, the availability...

OK, now this is really old information, but as a kid I recall reading somewhere that the F-16 set a record for single-engine production fighters, with a top speed of Mach 2.32, and that this was (at the time I heard) still a record for single engine production fighters. Is this true, or did it set...

The tighter the formation you fly the tighter the bomb pattern on the ground and the more damage you do to the enemy. http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer/stripes.htm

From: Seethis Pass -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEBUNKING CONSPIRACY THEORISTS PARANOID FANTASIES ABOUT SEPT 11 DISTRACT FROM THE REAL ISSUES by Gerard Holmgren

JStONGE123 wrote: Why was the P-51 not used on aircraft carriers during WWII? Beside the obvious no tail hook.....ect. No tail hook. No extra heavy duty landing gear for carrier "landings". No folding wing. No need.... the F6F was quite capable in its place.

22 Aug 2004 - 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 to this URL for more info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/war-correspondents/ Marine on trial...

From the New York Post this morning: September 11, 2004 -- CBS anchor Dan Rather hung tough last night and insisted there's no "definitive evidence" to refute the authenticity of documents about President Bush's National Guard service — but a growing number of document experts smell a hoax. "If...

Aerophotos wrote in message news: ... hey evan Yes? if you think our adf is so pathetic in vietnam care to explain why we only lost 500 over 10yrs from a 50,000 total force and you yanks lost 56,000 in 10yrs from a force of 585,000?

Is the program to re-engine B-52 aircraft running? Thx, VL

Here's the latest: Bill Burkett says he faxed the memos to Max Cleland to use in the campaign against Bush. Cleland then gave them to Kerry people, but it appears they didn't want anything to do with it, and he then turned to fellow Texans Dan Rather and Bob Schiefer to handle the...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4970837/ Exciting stuff! Rutan's SpaceShipOne hit 200,000 feet today over their Mojave test site. Won't be long now I guess.

General Jumper released a policy this week, that all Airmen will axe the high-tech bicycle aerobics test, and the troops will return to jogging, push-ups, and sit-ups by 1 January 2004. Basically the Air Force has axed the last of General McPeaks crap, and is back online to the days before his...

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.

07 Aug 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 Parachute-Tampering Marine...

In article , Dave Eadsforth writes: Good day, good people, I wondered if anyone out there (in all probability, Peter!) could help me understand more fully the process by which the Merlin engine was enabled to use 150...