Dear Aviation and History Enthusiast The first online documentary channel dedicated to the History of Aviation has made its debut. AEROCINEMA: A Web Channel for The Aviation Enthusiast www.aerocinema.com From the battles of WWII to secret and experimental aircraft that altered the course of...

Go to my website to the section titled, "MISSIONS AND RESULTS". Click on "The Bridge at Verberie" then" Wurzburg" to see how effective we were. Then peruse the other 10 strike photos to get a good idea of precision bombing at its best. The Bridge at Verberie is an example of putting a bomb in a...

Tactical Aircraft: Changing Conditions Drive Need for New F/A-22 Business Case. GAO-04-391, March 15 http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04391.pdf

Just for fun, off the top of your heads, which post-WW2 combat aircraft (any country) have NOT been used in their intended roles in an actual shooting war (or police action, or soccer riot, or whatever it's called these days)? And why? Some ROE: 1. Combat aircraft means it was designed or...

04 Sep 2003 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News You can also receive this resource listing that is published daily via email by The American War Library (www.amervets.com). Go to this URL for more info: http://members.aol.com/militarypeople/e-wcor.htm Slain Soldier's...

Anyone know if G W Bush ever attained combat readiness in the F102? FWIW the ADC F102 program was 10 transition missions (no weapons system training) followed by 36 combat crew training missions. The last mission was a tac-eval check which qualified the stud as combat ready and to sit alert. If GW...

100 Miserable Failures of the Bush Administration: 1. Failing to build a real international coalition prior to the Iraq invasion, forcing the US to shoulder the full cost and consequences of the war. 2. Approving the demobilization of the Iraqi Army in May, 2003 – bypassing the Joint Chiefs of...

Hi all I have just heard on the radio that Australia is to scrap its fleet of F111's... Not surprising really they did cost quite a bit to run. Cheers John Cook

60 minutes had a piece on Sean O'Keefe's decision to no longer support the Hubble Space Telescope. His reasoning: it's too risky. Supporting the space station is okay because if the shuttle is damaged and cannot reenter, they can always board the ISS and wait for a rescue mission. The...

Art: I've only scratched the surface looking thru your web site, and I must say "nice job". This stuff should be mandatory reading for some of the present day "doves" I flew A10's in the MdANG for 25 years and, except for a few rotations to Bosnia for Deny Flight, never saw any combat. My wife's...

"All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income." --Samuel Butler

I have seen descriptions of the F-22 having a service ceiling of 50,000 feet which is 13,000 less than I have seen for the F-15. I thought the F-22 was much more advanced.in every way except perhaps top speed. How can the F-22 be the air supieriority fighter of the future when its predessor can...

in USAF in Nam around '65-'66. Tall, thin, dark skin, black hair. Supposed to have done around 108 missions. Very good at hand-wrestling too among other things. Old high school buddy; lost contact after 1970. I knew he flew for Delta Air Lines sometime afterwards.

Quick and Dirty Review: Air Enthusiast March/April 2004 I've always liked Air Enthusiast, as it usually covers a good selection of interesting topics in a very thorough manner. The March/April 2004 issue is no exception, and there are a number of noteworthy articles. *C-133: Nine page article...

Well, we now have the first surrender in the War on Terror. Spain has surrendered to Al Quada and will remove its troops from Iraq. Do the Spanish really think that will be Al Quada's last demand?

President Bush said that in addition to striking terorists directly that the US would also target those who harbor terrorists. I think it is clear that both Syria and Iran harbor terrorists and export terror in the region- especially in Israel, with Hamas and Islamic Jihad and even in Iraq against...

I know similar scenarios were made into a movie. But, if on Dec 1941 you had two strike eagles. Only two. Your sortie arrived at the Japanese fleet about the time 1/2 of the first wave was launched. Question 1# given the choice of any weaponry available for the F15, (even some that may not be...

I have a pair of mysteries - I recently purchased a pair of crashed Mosquito photos, labeled only as "Farnborough 1944". I cannot narrow it down more as the wreckage is practically unidentifiable. The only clue came as a separate item - its a certificate titled "Diplome de Record" for a world...

It's finished !! My build report on the Amodel 1:72 scale model of the Antonov An-22 'Antei' is at :- http://www.flankerman.fsnet.co.uk/modl_an-22.html Complete with photos of the finished model !! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Ken Duffey - Flanker...

Subject: U$ Military Medals meaningless junk ...! From: "= Vox Populi ©" Vox Populi ©" Only meaningless junk to those who have none. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website...