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Around summer 1989, a three-foot-long practice bomb was accidentally dislodged from a Navy fighter je that was on a training mission. The wayward ordnance, which was inert, came to rest in the backyard of William Larsen's Middleburg, FL, home. The bomb gouged a foot-deep crater in the earth, but,...

Photos of that ill-fated squadron on June 4, 1942 http://www.centuryinter.net/midway/Carrier_Squadrons/Torpedo_Eight/in_color.html#LCDR%20John%20C.%20Waldron

Just started re-reading Coont's Flight of the Intruder, and his description of the capabilities of the terrain radar is interesting. Early in the book he describes a training flight through canyons and valleys in IMC, using the radar for avoidance. I'm curious what the BN would actually see in...

Does anyone have any knowledge (general or otherwise) as to when the USN changed its policy regarding authorizing surface warfare officers to command the large amphib decks (the LPHs/LHAs/LHDs) ?? I'm thinking it didn't happen until after the 1970s. TIA. MW

Extraordinary, if you haven't yet seen it. Crank up volume. 35 MB, if you download to disk instead of streaming. http://raoulitor.free.fr/MIII.wmv

As a young sailor (some 30+ years ago) I flew in the back of an EP-3B 'Batrack' aicraft of VQ-1. Years later, I read of the story of the two P-3As that were converted to EP-3Bs in the 1960s. The story is that they were CIA-operated out of Taiwan, Germany, etc. with a number of modifications for...

Could someone help me with the general-purpose stencil font that is used by the US military as stenciling on aircraft? Erik Peter Meijer -- "I'd like to die in my sleep like my grandfather........... not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car."

Fox News reporting a mid-air collision between two Super Hornets at China Lake. Two crewmembers recovered with injuried, one crewmember missing. JD

I heard on the radio that the BRAC 2005 list was going to be released sometime this week. Anyone got a link? Rumor has it that Los Angeles Air Force Base (Station?) is on the list. It is mainly a contract administration office, no aircraft located there. Haven't heard anything about Naval bases...

US to attack Iran by end of April: report http://www.indiaenews.com/middle-east/20070404/45848.htm http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=41698 From correspondents in Middle East, 03:00 PM IST

Senator Rockofeller please go away......

That's right..He got through the gate at Royal Navy base Portsmouth England and took a liberty launch out to the Truman . Then wandered around the HST for two hours..until he was caught. he was then turned over to British authorites..read on... Serial intruder exposes shoddy security {Story is...

China Develops Stealth Fighter Military Technology. (ISSN: 07223226) 2006.Vol.30, Iss. 2; pg. 44, 3 pgs China is developing new 5th generation "stealth" fighter, which is being developed under a programmed variously referred to as XXJ, J-X, or J-XX by Western intelligence sources and is...

Extremely powerful green laser pointer. Visible over 2 miles away. The actual green beam is visible in the air. Used by the military, astronomers, and just for plain fun! 2-3 day delivery http://www.GreenLazer.com

Howdy all. I found a copy of Wildcats to Tomcats: The Tailhook Navy (Tailhook Navy Series) editted by Barrett Tillman. It seems to be oral histories by three naval aviators - Wally Shirra, Zeke Cormier, and Phil Wood. Has anyone read it and have any comments about the book itself? Thanks in...

Neocons Perle, Feith, Libby and others pushed for Iraq War: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3XBUbVhNx8&feature=PlayList&p=7E41C0ADDA1EDCDC&index=0&playnext=1 Here is a tiny URL for the above one: http://tinyurl.com/63vatl

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Inside the Air Force One F-22A 'virtually' shot down RAPTORS DOMINATE ALLIED AIRCRAFT DURING RED FLAG EXERCISE AT NELLIS Date: March 2, 2007 The F-22A Raptor dominated and frustrated its competition during recent war games at Nellis Air Force Base, NV, despite being out numbered by enemy aircraft,...

I'm looking for any current contact info for VF-31 and/or VF-213. Neither of them have current web-sites, or at least not ones that are accessible by John Q Public. I'm trying to get information about the markings on their current deployment as well as info on what happens when they come back...