In article , (Michael Petukhov) wrote: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/english/0,1518,265466,00.html "A Bottomless Pit" Armaments: The Eurofighter is turning into a nightmare. According to a report by the Federal...

Air Force Print News for Oct. 2, 2003 A noble mission (Stand-alone photo) http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005723 AF Climate Survey kicks off http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005715

U.S. Military Trains to Shoot Down Jets (EXCERPT) By MATT KELLEY The Associated Press Thursday, October 2, 2003; 5:54 PM WASHINGTON - At least twice a week, the military practices what two years ago would have been nearly unthinkable: shooting down a civilian airliner hijacked by...

To be fair to him, so am I, but I'm in Pennsylvania. It's just that my school doesn't have a USENET server, so I use a free one. John On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:50:24 -0700, twitchell wrote: Because we can tell that you are posting through a server in Berlin you phoney

Military joint war operations lauded The armed forces scored high marks for joint warfare during the war to topple Saddam Hussein, but still lacks the technologies and methods to prevent "friendly fire" deaths on the battlefield. at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20031002-110951-1421r.htm

The Shuttleworth Collection - http://www.shuttleworth.org/ Autumn Air Display Sunday 5th October 2003 Gates Open 9AM Flying Starts 2PM The last air display of 2003 will close our anniversary flying season with more great flying, a vehicle parade as well as trade stands and the jubilee play centre...

On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 01:31:56 -0700, Hobo wrote: This NG often recieves posts concerning inter-country war games involving competitors who have agreed to not use/test their BVR capacity against each other and just go for the dogfight. In general, how useful is it to...

"Hobo" wrote in message ... All this talk of Iranians getting the phoenix to fire from donkey carts using parts from an old tv This is your - and a pretty arrogant indeed - interpretation: the Iranians have got a...

Hi all Does anyone have any information on the current status and / or , a photo , of the Ha1112 that is owned by Bill Anderson of the 1941 Historic Aircraft Group ? It was supposedly rebuilt to represent a 109F with a DB601 engine in place of the Merlin. I have tried posting on their message...

National Pest article at http://tinyurl.com/onwo. How realistic is this plan, anyway? Are there any C-130 airframes out there to be had? Or, like John Cleese in the Cheese Shop sketch, is this an act of the purest optimism on the part of the procurement folks to pose the question in the first...

Is there a version of the Mk 84 'iron bomb' that contained depleted uranium (DU) to give the Mk 84 a better performance as bunker buster? I'm asking as a spokesperson for the State Department said on 8 June 1981 in reaction to the Israeli attack on the Iraqi Osirak/Tammuz 17 nuclear...

Iowa Aviation Conference to be held in West Des Moines (EXCERPT) Waukon Standard, IA - 10 hours ago... Other invited speakers are Colonel Bud Day, Sioux City native and former prisoner of war; Pamela Hamilton from the Transportation Security Administration; and... U.S. and friendly nation laws...

How did they get the Phoenix to work? Easy, they consulted with Tom Cooper... or maybe the Israelis fixed them for them in a secret joint Israeli/Iranian cooperation program! Rob

Available from AeroFile Publications, is the Second Revised Edition of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems". Revised and expanded from the 1995 edition, the Second edition now features designations from more countries and many of the original designation systems have been updated...

http://www.vho.org/tr/2003/1/Chelain69-71.html Someday the real history of Mach flight will be revealed as well as the German disc aircraft programs of the Third Reich; that is, whenever the US declassifies that info... or until 2020. I'll wait it out just so people like Gordon and Al Minyard will...

New & improved at the Warbird's Forum for October: * A review of a superlative new book about the Iraq war: "The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division." The lead author is Bing West--fine writer, marine veteran, and former assistant secretary of defense....

Senators Fault Air Force on Abuse Scandal (EXCERPT) Service's Leaders Defend Their Record at Contentious Hearing, by Vernon Loeb Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, October 1, 2003; Page A21 The top civilian and military leaders of the Air Force yesterday defended their handling of the sexual...

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news/letters.asp?date=092803&id=l16340 Saw this story listed on the Drudge Report web site. Does this sound genuine? -- Scott -------- "Interestingly, we started to lose this war only after the embedded

The FCC is full speed ahead with its BPL (Broadband over Powerline) rule-making, and the U.S. Air Force is looking to spend billions now on replacement communications systems, as the use of HF radio will no longer be possible. Some studies have even predicted that interference problems will go all...

Just read a very good novel by Homer Hickam (October Sky). Titled The Keeper's Son.. Lots of adventure and romance. A great book to curl up in your chair with a cup of hot chocolate and just enjoy. Stephen Coonts says it's great, too. Set on the Outer Banks during WWII.