I understand that the order to Dassault is for 28 aircraft, with an option of 20 more. However, I have read on the web that Dassault is to deliver 1 Rafale this year, and only 4 next year. I have also read that there are only 13 operational Rafales with the French Military. The slow speed of...

Zond-2: http://www.sistemasdearmas.hpg.ig.com.br/notzond2.jpg Zond-3: http://www.sistemasdearmas.hpg.ig.com.br/notzond3.jpg Rob

Well, this didn't take long.

Wow... too good to be true. Sign me up for a flight! http://www.news-press.com/news/business/031219hooters.html Ashton Archer III

Hey, I read your topic concerning aircraft stopping in midair and would like to ask another question that I hope isn't considered stupid. Here goes, "why" is it so hard to believe? I once went to an air show in New York when I was much younger and there was an airplane that did stunts in the...

"Hobo" wrote in message ... Would it have made more sense to have built the XB-70 instead of the B-2? With its speed and high altitude ability the XB-70 would have had much of the survivability of the B-2, perhaps at...

Does anybody know what it was (I'm asking strictly about planes that saw combat, not the "blueprint superfighters")?

Does anyone know which military airport has the most runways and which one has the longest runway? The Rogers Lakebed portion of Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California has at least 15 (paved and unpaved) runways, one of which has a paved length of more than 15,000 feet (~4,500 metres) with...

Military to Start Court Martial of Air Force Translator (EXCERPT) Tue January 13, 2004 04:49 AM ET, by Adam Tanner FAIRFIELD, Calif. (Reuters) - The U.S. military is expected to start court-martial proceedings on Tuesday against an Air Force translator accused of espionage at Guantanamo Bay,...

Air Force Print News for Jan. 12, 2004 It's a 'brr-r-rrtiful' new year (Stand-alone photos) http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123006355 Medical team helps accident victims http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123006358

A co-worker has shown me a drawing of a weird Focke Wulf 190 plane from World War II that has falcon wings. It is called a V19? What exactly is a V19? I never heard of that before. I know the Jerrys had V-1 and V-2 rockets, but c'mon a V19? I thought you fellas would know what the hell this is...

Wouldn't a gun pointed at a downward angle make ground attack easier? Many ground attack aircraft have had such configuration, including IL-2. Not all of them, but in remarkable numbers anyway. jok

This questions has been killing me, what is the name of the leading edge flaps that you find on airliners for example. Ive heard the name slats, but I know there is another name for it.

The Jan 12, 2004 section of: http://www.strategypage.com//fyeo/howtomakewar/default.asp?target=HTAIRFO.HTM mentions the missing numbers in the U. S. aircraft designation system. I wonder what other numerical oddities we can expect in the future, since the services seem to skip ahead of the...

A question-- why haven't any CAS aircrarft been designed with turboprops or the pusher varient (I foreget what you call it)? Given their slow operating speed, it would seem to be a natural match up. Is it a case the they are obsolete, or more of a case that people (read-- budget officials) have...

I'm Looking for Army Rotor-Wing Pilot type Flying: AH-64A (701 and 701C) AH-64D (710 and 701C) OH-58 (C30R and C30R/3) CH-47D (712, 714A, 714A MEAPS) UH-60A/L (Clean or ESSS) or MELB Who are currently using PPC for some Feedback on the PPC Program (completely anonymous is preferred).

A proposal has been posted to us.config to create a new newsgroup in the us.* hierarchy, us.military.killed-in-action-dow. Purpose of the group is to provide a forum for the discussion of persons killed in action or who died of their wounds while serving with the US military and to give moral...

Say I dropped 1000 tones over a long period of time in a city in the region 50 square kilometers. Does anyone know of any tables or formulas that can tell me how effective in WW2 air bombing of a city would reasonably be? Also any information on the effect of over hitting would be appreciated.

For no particularly justifiable reason, I am posting this whole story to the group.. It is also on the web, http://www.coastcomp.com/teabags/Cigarbox.html where it is better formatted. It is also illustrated there, which actually makes a difference in this case.

http://www.rheinmetall-detec.de/index.php?lang=3&fid=969 aviation content? Related, as the system would counter air-launched anti-shipping missiles. Tex can relax on this post... Rob