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"Brake failures of Hornet prompt military warnings" by
[email protected]
Brake failures of Hornet prompt military warnings
Published August 5, 2005
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The front-line fighter jet of the Navy and Marines has been in a
series of recent accidents blamed on brake failure, exposing a problem
that has spurred urgent warnings from commanders, military...
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"China blamed in '01 air collision" by
Mike Yared
China blamed in '01 air collision
A Navy report says a Chinese F-8 jet pilot was to blame for the midair
collision over the South China Sea that nearly killed the crew of a U.S.
reconnaissance aircraft two years ago.
at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030912-110434-9850r.htm
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"Ex-Navy pilot loses libel suit, again" by
Mike Yared
Ex-Navy pilot loses libel suit, again
A U.S. appeals court yesterday upheld the dismissal of a libel suit brought
by a former Navy pilot against Elaine Donnelly and her Center for Military
Readiness.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20031212-103720-6162r.htm
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September 28th 05 02:47 PM
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"Friendly fire" by
Mike
Friendly fire
Supporters of Maj. Harry Schmidt, whom the Air Force is
court-martialing for dropping a bomb on friendly Canadian troops in
Afghanistan, ask this question: Why hasn't the military filed such
serious charges against other pilots in a series of "friendly fire"
deaths in Iraq and...
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"Last flight from Saigon relived after 30 years" by
[email protected]
Last flight from Saigon relived after 30 years
This weekend, the crew of "Clipper Unity," Pan Am's familiar Flight 842
and their Vietnamese baby refugees -- most of whom are now in their 30s
-- will reunite at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington for
a tearful anniversary of the...
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"Lazy Dogs" by
Mike Yared
In 1963/1964, the U.S. Navy had a stockpile of over 700 Mk-44 Lazy Dog
bombs stored at Subic Bay (Philippine) Naval Base. The USAF got the Lazy Dog
bombs for use in the Vietnam War after they were released by the Navy.
Which U.S. Navy aircraft could have dropped the Lazy Dogs?
Lazy Dogs have been...
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"Memorial sought for Osprey crash victims" by
Mike
Memorial sought for Osprey crash victims
QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — The widows and parents of eight Marines killed
during two test flights of V-22 Osprey military aircraft in 2000 want
to build a memorial to the men they consider to be aviation pioneers.
They hope to erect the monument at Quantico Marine...
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October 25th 04 04:33 PM
by Mike
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"Navy probes crashes of 4 jets" by
Mike
Navy probes crashes of 4 jets
Four Navy fighter jets have crashed during training missions in the
United States in the past seven days in what the Navy is investigating
as a sudden series of unrelated "mishaps."
at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040330-105406-6209r.htm
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March 31st 04 09:35 PM
by Mike
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September 9th 05 09:21 PM
by Mike
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"October Fury" ON TOPIC by
Bill Kambic
I am reading a book entitled "October Fury" by CAPT Peter A. Huchthausen,
USN (Ret.). In October, 1962 he was a JO stationed aboard USS BLANDY
(DD-943), part of Task Group Alpha built around USS RANDOLPH (CVS-15). He
participated, up close and personal, in the Cuban Missle Crisis. He later
went...
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"Rumsfeld confers at Pentagon with his Chinese counterpart" by
Mike
Rumsfeld confers at Pentagon with his Chinese counterpart
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld met yesterday with China's
defense minister for the first high-level military exchange since the
U.S.-China crisis involving a midair collision in April...
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October 29th 03 08:10 PM
by Mike
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"Senator asks Navy for report on pilot" by
Mike
Senator asks Navy for report on pilot
Sen. Bill Nelson has asked the Pentagon for a copy of a classified
report on missing Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher that casts doubt
on the credibility of an Iraqi defector who claimed to have seen the
downed pilot alive in...
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July 17th 03 02:21 PM
by Mike
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"Sherman's Lagoon" by
Merlin Dorfman
The somewhat obscure comic strip, "Sherman's Lagoon," had a
fairly creditable PBY in its July 20 cartoon:
http://www.slagoon.com/dailies/SL03.07.27.gif. I'm not aware of
any PBYs that are used as water bombers (don't think they'd be very
good at it...) but this strip has had realistic WW II...
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"Strategy and Air Power" - AEI by
[email protected]
Strategy and Air Power
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.22041,filter.all/pub_detail.asp
By Thomas Donnelly
Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2005
NATIONAL SECURITY OUTLOOK
AEI Online
Publication Date: March 1, 2005
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September 28th 05 02:52 PM
by Mike
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July 14th 03 07:31 PM
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"U.S. team concludes Navy pilot died in Gulf war" by
Mike
U.S. team concludes Navy pilot died in Gulf war
Members of the U.S. team investigating the fate of Capt. Scott
Speicher have concluded that the Navy fighter pilot is dead, according
to sources close to the mission.
at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040722-121156-4199r.htm
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July 22nd 04 04:44 PM
by Mike
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September 28th 05 02:46 PM
by Mike
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"W" in 1971 (or 1972) by
[email protected]
In late May or June of 1971 or 72, I was driving my car on a lark from
Farmer's Branch Texas down through Louisiana to New Orleans when I
picked up a hitch-hiker on the return leg. The young man, hitch-hiking
for the first time in his life, claimed he was a "jet fighter
pilot" and had graduated...
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