WASHINGTON - The success of the Indian air force against American fighter planes in a recent exercise suggests other countries may soon be able to threaten U.S. military dominance of the skies, a top Air Force general said Wednesday. "We may not be as far ahead of the rest of the world as we...

PLEASE CHECK OUT MY AUCTIONS ON EBAY CLOSING THIS 7/11/4 SUNDAY EVENING IN USA: EXTREMELY RARE EARLY ROCKET VOLUMES WITH RESTRICTED TITLES DATED 1946. THESE ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH COMMITTEE. NO RESERVE. (1) "FIELD TESTING OF ROCKETS"...

Just wanted to say thanks for writing a great book- a week ago I picked it up in a bookstore on my way to Arizona. My mom was operated on for lung cancer- took three hours. I was reading WTR the whole time and was totally engrossed, with no time to worry. I'd call that some pretty good...

Florida List for Purge of Voters Proves Flawed By FORD FESSENDEN Published: July 10, 2004 Florida election officials used a flawed method to come up with a listing of people believed to be convicted felons, a list that they are recommending be used to purge voter registration rolls, state...

The latest search for the CF105 AVRO Arrow test models ended in failure according to news reports. At the time these tests were carried out, Canada did not have a supersonic wind tunnel so test models of Arrow were mounted on rockets and fired across Lake Ontario. Interested groups are anxious...

A Russian Strategic Aviation BACKFIRE crashed on Thursday 8 July. The four crew died in the crash as it returned to Soltsy...

http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=22069403&brk=1 The planes represent Lockheed Martin's single biggest product line. Barron's notes the estimated price tag of the jet range from Air Force estimates of $125 million each, to the Pentagon's more inclusive estimate of $258.9 ...

Does anyone in this group know if Utapao ever had "G" model BUFFs assigned?

I have an utterly stupid question. What is the difference between these two fighters? From a distance, they look exactly the same.

Dear newsgroup reader, Today 11th of July 2004 Airshow Action Photo Gallery with a new update: - Volkel Airshow the Netherlands Nice pictures from the Dutch F16 with flares... I hope you like the new pictures (more than 100 pictures)

Hi All Theres speculation that Qatar is looking to replace its Mirage 2000-5 with something else, they hope to sell the Mirages to India. Gripen Eurofighter F16's have been mentioned.

Well I watched "Hardball" last night with Campbell Brown. She had Bartlett, one of the Bushies on. She asked him a question. He talked for a while and she said something like, "you are very articulate, but that avoids the question completely." I wish more of the Press would point out that the vast...

You are on a mission. What is the most frightening thing you can hear over the intercom? Any opinions? Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

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Video and news links: http://www.freepgs.com/sukhoi/SaeqehFlight.WMV http://www.iribnews.ir/newspic/04/07/08/12rsh2.jpg TJ

http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52/B52_flight2.wmv Slightly big file (30 Mb), but I had fun watching it. Would surely have much more if I had one of those. :) Cheers, Vicente

Could Canada build a complete modern jet fighter with missiles and radar? Assume they have lots of money (10-20 billion dollars) and seven or so years. Canada is actually well positioned to build the airframe. Bombardier has very significant experience building subsonic jets and presumably could...

Can anyone in this newsgroup explain what is happening with the US military in regard to fighting the war on terrorism - specifically I would like to know why the USAF is not attacking Saudi Arabia as they were the original breeding ground of Al Quadea ... were they not? Osama originated from...

Kuna War Hero Reunited With Fighter Plane From Vietnam Era http://www.kbcitv.com/x5154.xml?ParentPageID=x5157&ContentID=x55013&Layout=KBCI.xsl&AdGroupID=x5154 {EXCERPT} KBCI, ID Twenty years have passed since he last flew in one -- the same type of prop-driven warbird Fisher piloted when he...

I was wondering, after reading the "You are on a mission..." thread, about the radar warning sounds. Is there a web site that has a .wav files of aircraft warning sounds?