Another newsgroup has got on to the subject of foul language in war films, usually Army. I mentioned that the radio language during the Battle of Britain was so bad that High Command wanted to remove WAAFS from all rooms where the radio transmissions could be heard. This is not depicted in films...

The Most Exploited Generation Posted by Chris Dominguez The way the mandarins of Warfare State never tire of their odes to World War II, you'd almost think they were sorry it ever ended. Their love of the "Good War" makes perfect sense, though; the period of the war was a Statist's dream come...

Trying to fly these in the game IL2 is a waste of time, they are really crap. I can't believe this was realistic in comparison to other fighters of the time. Anyone know how good the real planes were and/or what their major weaknesses were?

France downplays jet swap with Russia France says recent joint maneuvers in which Russian and French pilots flew each other's aircraft were not an effort to help Russia join NATO or the European Union, but simply "in the interest of world peace...

OK. I have seen the debate over GWB as an F-102 pilot, so I was wondering about a couple of things. First, was the F-102 taken out of service in the early 1970s? I have to ask because as a kid I remember the Guard around here flying F-106s up to around 1990 or 1991 or so, and they were closely...

Subject: P-3C Ditches with Four Engines Out, All Survive! Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:07:54 +0930 From: "Scet" Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military

NEW YORK — If I've heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times from discouraged Democrats and liberals as the Republican convention here wrapped up this week. Their shoulders hunched, their eyes at a droop, they lower their voice to a whisper hoping that if they don't say it too loud it may not...

The Czech cabinet decided Wednesday to select new SAAB/BAe JAS 39C Gripen 4th Generation Multirole jetfighters as replacement over their MIG-21 fleet. The Swedish offer outbid 4 other contenders, with the US offer of used F-16's ending in last place, the Belgian F-16 offer came...

Compiling the list just for fun. Starting with WWII era, "shot at" limited to military situations FDR No Truman Sorta yes, but I will say No Ike No ( strange but true ) JFK Yes ( but mostly rammed ) LBJ Yes ( but pretty much bogus )

Any leads to what this V4 missle might have been? Any pics etc...From what I gather it used a Pabst style ramjet similar to the Ta 283.

Saw a photo yesterday of a WWII B-17 test aircraft powered with four Allison inline engines as opposed to the usual Wright Cyclones. Understand the modification added about 800 hp to the aircraft. Anyone know why the modification didn't go anywhere? The usual suspects? Too much disruption to...

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S.A. Military Aviation Pioneer Dies (EXCERPT) Burwell One Of First To Use Cockpit Instruments Posted: 3:00 p.m. CDT June 30, 2003 SAN ANTONIO -- Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. James Burwell, one of the first military aviators to fly using cockpit instruments, died recently at age 100.

Antigua, U.S. Extend Air Force Base Lease http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ANTIGUA_US_MILITARY_BASE?SITE=OHLON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT {EXCERPT} ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) -- Antigua and Barbuda's prime minister and American officials signed an agreement Monday extending the lease of...

Can anyone tell me how similar these engines were to the Merlin? I know they were a derivative but being intended for ground use may be so totally different as to be useless for any aviation application. Why do I ask? An acquaintance has just acquired a complete Meteor engine and is looking to...

Joint Fifth Generation Fighter Project Proposed The government chairman, Mikhail Kas’yanov, announced the other day that he had reached agreements with the French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffaren regarding a joint project for creation of the fifth generation fighter. However, he has been quiet...

"John Galt" wrote in message ... Will the military obey the Constitution and arrest Bush? http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/7690067.htm First, "The report, by visiting professor Jeffrey Record"...

I recall that USB was mentioned in several books of the 1980's, not simply for transport, but as a method of producing STOL close air support and bombing aircraft. While the russians had a transport, and I believe we also did, I haven't seen much more about USB, and nothign about applying it...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.planecrash/index.html Within 4 minutes of each other. Both took off from Domodedovo Coincidence, or...? Pete ----------------------------------------------- (CNN) -- Two passenger planes have crashed in Russia Tuesday night, Russian officials and...

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=63b39e56-def3-48d5-8543-b0e0b1ac6c51 Quoting what was posted in another forum: "History is not a commodity to be modified and repackaged to suit the particular political agenda of a certain organization... " Other thoughts about the subject are...