Sorry for being quasi-on-topic (seems to be rare now!), but I just finished reading Larry Bond's Red Pheonix (it wasn't very good- FAR too many unbelievable coincidences!!). Besides stretching the plot, I believe he stretches the plausibility of some of the action. So I thought I'd check with...

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Pilot Rescued After Military Jet Crashes Near Key West http://www.nbc6.net/news/7305861/detail.html {EXCERPT} NBC6.net, FL - 17 hours ago KEY WEST, Fla. -- A fighter jet pilot was rescued Tuesday after ejecting from his plane as it crashed into the water near a naval...... U.S. and friendly...

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Dispelling the Myth: Hillary Clinton and the Purple Heart Disinformation is currently spreading across the internet about a bogus report that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was recently awarded the Purple Heart medal. These reports are FALSE. These bogus reports are being spread by politically...

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Should U.S. Military Medal Issue Regulations Be More Restrictive to Certain Individuals or Groups? TOPIC: Small groups of American military personnel and veterans have historically challenged U.S. military medal Issue Regulations on the basis of sex, race or other criteria. For example, during WW2...

Friendly Fire Notebook An effort has begun to collect and preserve the details of every friendly fire incident that took or changed the lives of American soldiers. Since the Revolutionary War thousands upon thousands of military personnel have been injured or killed due to mistaken or...

wrote: ....Just passing something along.......author unknown.... Helicopter flight: A bunch of spare parts flying in close formation. Anything that screws its way into the sky flies according to unnatural principals. You never want to sneak up behind an...

Mike wrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- Walter E. Scholz, a retired Navy pilot who was voted "least likely to succeed" by his senior officers during flight training, but managed to earn a Silver Star, Legion of Merit, two Distinguished Flying Crosses and nine...

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One important point that seems to be missing is that RAGS are also pilot conversion traing units. All pilots for a particular type go through a RAG before going to the fleet. RAGS do not deploy, detachments do conduct carrier quals. Unless their mission has changed drastically in the last fedw...

I have a question about replacement air groups and squadrons. Is a RAG a floater squadron that fills in when the regular fleet squadrons are standing down for training, etc? Does the RAG designation rotate from squadron to squadron, or are there only dedicated RAG squadrons?

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http://www.washtimes.com/world/20060213-112135-3422r.htm Marines have new devices, goals By David Axe THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published February 14, 2006 AL ASAD, Iraq -- Marine Corps aviators at this sprawling air base in western Anbar province are adapting Cold War airplanes and...

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Has any air force ever tried or practiced providing a consistent CAP over a fleet by air-to-air refueling? I am wondering whether or not RAF Tornado F3 units had ever done that.

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