General Jumper released a policy this week, that all Airmen will axe the high-tech bicycle aerobics test, and the troops will return to jogging, push-ups, and sit-ups by 1 January 2004. Basically the Air Force has axed the last of General McPeaks crap, and is back online to the days before his...

Anyone need an IR target seeker head from a Voodoo for your collection? ;-) Stumbled across this on the web! Just what every military enthusiast needs, eh! Infrared Receiver P/N 463767-110, FSN 12709541589 $ 600.00 US Please visit: www.torontosurplus.com for further details. This unit was used...

It seems to me that the Germans and Japanese had a lot more cannon in their planes than the Americans who seemed to rely almost totally on .50 machine guns. Why was that? What was the rate of fire or the 20mm cannons and what type of projectiles did they fire?

The tighter the formation you fly the tighter the bomb pattern on the ground and the more damage you do to the enemy. http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer/stripes.htm

In article , Dave Eadsforth writes: Good day, good people, I wondered if anyone out there (in all probability, Peter!) could help me understand more fully the process by which the Merlin engine was enabled to use 150...

07 Aug 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 here for more info: http://members.aol.com/militarypeople/e-wcor.htm Parachute-Tampering Marine...

JStONGE123 wrote: Why was the P-51 not used on aircraft carriers during WWII? Beside the obvious no tail hook.....ect. No tail hook. No extra heavy duty landing gear for carrier "landings". No folding wing. No need.... the F6F was quite capable in its place.

I was wondering at about what point that the United States going to war with the Soviet Union become an almost certain act of mutual destruction. I'm assuming it sometime in 1960's or 70's, since what I've seen of the Soviet nuclear capability before that point doesn't seem to be all...

Is the program to re-engine B-52 aircraft running? Thx, VL

Nuff said. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4970837/ Exciting stuff! Rutan's SpaceShipOne hit 200,000 feet today over their Mojave test site. Won't be long now I guess.

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20031124101509990006&_mpc=news%2e6 Too bad, only wish it would have been the V-22 or F-22 programs. Rob

Hello, from reading in the threads relating to nuclear war in the '80s, they mention "cobalt weapons". Can anyone explain what these are? I very vaguely remember a mention to them a book once but have no real idea. cheers dan

My website just passed the 40,000 hit mark. more than I ever dreamt possible, athough Bob McKellar knew it all along. I never thought there was so much interest in that war so long gone and behind us. Thank you all for your constant repeat visits and warm, encouraging E-Mails that come on a daily...

item: In October, a Chinese official report called for greater trade with the EU, and for the EU's arms embrago against China to be lifted. item: German foreign minister Gerhard Schroder recently visited China and said arms embrago should be lifted. item: a spokesman for EADS (large European arms...

New aviation history interview: Fokker/Curtiss/Messerschmitt ace Mauno Fräntilä Chief Warrant Officer Mauno Fräntilä Chief Warrant Officer Mauno Fräntilä "began the flight business in 1936", as he puts it. He was one of the few who piloted the Fokker D.XXI fighter in the Winter War sorties....

This article seems to indicate that the US State Dept. is pressing a policy of negotiations with the Chechnyan rebels. Ummmm...calling Colin Powell: Get a clue!! There is no reason to negotiate with the murderers of school children. I'm with Putin. Fire up the bombers and wipe the criminals...

There has been a bit of a furore over here concerning the new US requirement to airlines to supply air marshals when requested. The concern is mainly over the possible puncture of a pressure cabin. What do readers think is the result of decompression via a bullet hole? Mike -- M.J.Powell

US F86 sabres shot down a lot of Mig 15s in the Korean War. The ratio was around 8 - 1. I recently watched a documentary about the confrontation between these two planes. Apparently they were quite evenly matched with the F86 having a slight overall advantage. In the end the high ratio...

18 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 here for more info: http://members.aol.com/militarypeople/e-wcor.htm Former POW shares...