Jihadis operating from Pakistan ,using a remote controlled bomb(IED) attacked a US patrol and blewup the leg of one US soldier and broke the arm of another yesterday(Nov 23,2003). Staff Sgt. Roy Mitchell, of Batesville, Indiana lost his leg and Sgt. 1st Class Michael Eichner, of Stonington, Pa....

Hizb-i-Islami jihadis ,supported by the Pakistan Army ISI have attacked a US Army patrol with an IED bomb and have a killed one US soldier yesterday(Nov 14,2003) near Asadabad, which is in Kunar province on the border with Pakistan. Meanwhile the Taliban have carried out their cross-border...

Obama, Romney debate from states apart President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney engaged in a long-distance debate over the key issue in the election — the economy and how to improve it — as both campaigned through key swing states more than six months ahead of November's...

2004 VOTE John Kerry on Foreign Policy, 1971 This week: John Kerry's appearance on ABC's "The Dick Cavett Show" from June 30, 1971. Kerry discusses Vietnam and U.S. foreign policy. SUNDAY ON C-SPAN AT 6:30PM & 9:30PM Probably too late now, but this is a great show. Navy veteran John O'Neill...

John Kerry insults military reserves John Kerry said G.W. was JUST a reserves and that did not count as a true soldier in the military, among his other false accusations of G.W. going awol, which has been proven wrong in The National Guard Review a few months ago, and then once again when they...

Just a note...got word thru the grapevine John Stavast is critically ill down in Austin TX. Never met the man but he's a hero in my book. http://www.purpleheartaustin.org/Stavast.htm Robey

Hi all, I'd like to know what your opinion is on joining the US Air Force as an officer and going to OTS. I'm considering going as an officer in a technical field (not as a pilot). I know about MEPS and the process for getting into the OTS, but what I would like to know is whether or not it is...

This is the first Joint airforce excersie between Isael and Germany and it shows how close to each other the two countries are. Israeli pilots beat the Germans by more than 100 hits in dogfights excersie (I don't know what exactly the excersie was simulating). According ot...

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...

Joint Strike Fighter focus sparks concern (EXCERPT) , By Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, March 19, 2004 WASHINGTON — Lawmakers expressed concern Wednesday over the U.S. military’s pursuit of the Joint Strike Fighter, pressing Navy and Marine Corps leaders to address the...

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007301 … because if we cannot build the STOVL aircraft, then we really cannot proceed with the F-35 program. So if the F-35A works, but the F-35B doesn't then the Air Force will buy no JSFs? -HJC

Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems proposals at the below URL. Written in Pentagonese, but still interesting. http://www.darpa.mil/j-ucas/fact_sheet.htm Gene Myers

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/cm040107/debtext/40107-03.htm#40107-03_dpthd0 "Does my right hon. Friend share my view that the joint strike fighter will provide tremendous improvement in the capability of the Royal Air Force, and does he accept that, for British...

Everything I read seems to indicate the JSF is intended to do air to ground work primarily with high-tech weapons like JDAM bombs. However, I get the impression that such weapons require a considerable amount of advance planning. This would seem to make loitering near a combat area waiting for a...

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/8084426.htm Months of work have failed to trim hundreds of unwanted pounds from the simplest of the three F-35 versions. So Pentagon officials have decided that more time is needed to solve the design challenges. -HJC

Hi All I was just looking at the weight of the JSF, considering it was slated to be around 25,000lbs it was considered a light weight fighter and a suitable replacement for the F16, Hornet, something in the Corsair A-7 mold. Now it seems it firmly entered the Heavy weight division!. The...

London Times May 17, 2004 Overweight Carrier Fighters Give MoD £10bn Headache By Michael Evans, Defence Editor THE Ministry of Defence is facing another procurement disaster after a minister disclosed that the fighter jet planned for two new large aircraft carriers is far too heavy. Adam Ingram,...

From my readings there have been claims and denials regarding the existence of JSF variants. Basically it seems the USAF will get the most capable version, with the export variant not being as capable. I found this http://www.newsaustralia.com/28-June-2004/fighters_the_next_best.htm I wonder how...

Hi all Whats the JSF's weight for each varient. I have found several sources stating 27,500 as the Empty weight of the F-35A, some other non quotable sources say upto 29,000lbs for the F-35A. Does anyone have a definitive guide?.

Hi All In an almost futile effort to get some aviation related stuff back on RAM.....Here goes... Both Italy and the UK are planning to use both the JSF and the Eurofighter, AIUI the thinking behind this is that the Eurofighter Typhoon is more AtoA and the JSF F-35 is more AtoG, having two...