http://www.warhistoryonline.com/whotube-2/who-tube-ww-ii-battle-of-the-philippine-sea-in-color.html

Check out this cool site: http://home.wxs.nl/~erboblex/ehvb.htm -- Regards, Spirit.

Maverick is sitting in the TACTS trailer getting his ass kicked for performing a split S when he should have been thinking about how to save his $40 million dollar airplane. Viper says if he selected zone 5 he could extend his escape. What does zone 5 mean ? Always wondered about this.

If there are any former Demon Drivers or Doctors (F3H) lurking here, please know that the next reunion is scheduled for Pensacola November 5th thru the 8th. For info please go to http://www.f3hdemon.homestead.com. The last reunion, held in February of 2002, was a huge success. Wally Schirra was...

My father in law has told me an interesting story about a crash of a Martin P5M Marlin flying boat patrol bomber. The crash occured in 1954 near Horta, Azores Islands. My father in law was on board the seaplane tender Currituck AV 7. Apparently Pan Am flying boats used to take off from the harbor...

Royal Navy's 800 Squadron page says "Each RN pilot faced the MiG-29 in combat and found the Sea Harrier to be a good match for the MiG. Thanks to the Blue Vixen radar the Sea Harrier won every time in beyond visual range engagements and also scored some notable successes when converting to the...

USNI Proceedings Magazine Issue: October 2007 Vol. 133/10/1,256 The Osprey Goes to War By Richard Whittle After a tumultuous quarter-century in development, the Marines' V-22 tiltrotor aircraft is ready to fly combat missions in Iraq. The Marines start learning in October whether the cost of...

Mary- F-4 doors stay open. So do F-15 and F-16 and B-52 doors. Ditto YF-12, SR-71, T-33, F-104, X-15, F-18, CV-990, A-7, F-8, KingAir, B-747, B-1, B-2, F-117, B-57, and U-2. Also Lear 24 and 25. And the Orbiter. These are just the ones I've seen and can remember. BRBR c'mom Mary, ya...

VX-4 has created some of the most spectacular paintjobs seen on F-4 Phantoms, and as such are prime subjects for scale models. I could of course build such planes with nothing, or only fuel tanks under the wings, I prefer to have a little more variation in loadouts. Given that VX-4 was a test...

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021110.html http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/atoptics/gfim12.htm http://spaceweather.com/swpod2006/31jan06/zinkova.jpg So, anyone ever seen it from the air or a boat? -- -Jeff B. zoomie at fastmail fm

years and years to earn...seconds to lose... --------------------------------------- SAN LUIS OBISPO - At a quarter past noon on Jan. 21, a U.S. Navy F-18 Super Hornet jet fighter flown by a combat-tested pilot named Richard Webb appeared over the Edna Valley and streaked toward San Luis...

Boeing Offers Additional F/A-18 Sale to U.S. Navy DefenseNews.com April 16, 2007 Boeing Offers Additional F/A-18 Sale to U.S. Navy By JOHN T. BENNETT Boeing is floating a proposal to sell the U.S. Navy more F/A-18E/F

Israel seeking to torpedo Iran nuclear deal: Analyst: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2015/04/23/407712/United-States-Iran-Israel-USS-Liberty-AIPAC Following is a youtube link for the above interview: "Iran to ask for explanations over US contradictory...

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1492698279

This is not a plug for ABC's "Threat Matrix" as I've not seen the pilot program, and pre-reviews are iffy. But it sure caught my attention when I saw an A3D/A-3 Skywarrior/Whale in some promo clips of the program which will air Thursdays this fall. The promos promise "cutting-edge technology" with...

From stem to stern, the carrier Ronald Reagan is ready By JOANNE KIMBERLIN, The Virginian-Pilot © July 7, 2003 NORFOLK -- Most people have seen a flattop. Few have ever been on board. With preparations in full scramble for this Saturday's commissioning of the Ronald Reagan, sneak peeks for VIP...

See: http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/a-laser-phalanx-03783/

Inside the Navy Loose Bolts Ground V-22 Ospreys; Four Aircraft in Iraq Will Need Fixes March 24, 2009 -- Naval Air Systems Command this week ordered the temporary grounding of 84 Navy and Air Force V-22 Osprey tiltrotors after an inspection of one of 12 V-22s in Iraq revealed that loose bolts...

For anyone who is interested, I have put up some pictures from the Kennedy during its visit to NAS Pensacola: http://www.krksandt.com/photos.htm Regards, Keith

Target Iran: US able to strike in the spring Despite denials, Pentagon plans for possible attack on nuclear sites are well advanced Ewen MacAskill in Washington Saturday February 10, 2007 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2010086,00.html...