The question lingers: What happened to Scott Speicher? http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/9179563.htm {EXCERPT} Miami Herald (subscription), FL - Speicher had survived. His office said the pilot "may at one time have been - and conceivably could still be - a prisoner of...

PRAGUE, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic chose a Swedish offer of Gripen combat jets over U.S.-made fighters mainly on technical merits, senior defense ministry officials said on Thursday. The cabinet voted late on Wednesday to accept an offer to lease 14 new JAS 39 Gripens, made by Saab and...

Not trying to be a smart ass but why should I vote for Kerry? Please leave emotional BS and, "It's not Bush", as an answer. What has he accomplished in 20 years in the senate? I recently retired after 20+ in the AF and I never saw squat from him supporting the military during that time and I...

Director: Total loss unknown (EXCERPT) By Wes Hills WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE | By thievery, carelessness, or both, America is losing artifacts of its aviation heritage. The United States Air Force Museum once stored the aging wooden pattern used to cast the...

Subject: WTF! - US soldiers get FREE nose jobs and breast implants From: "= Vox Populi ©" Vox Populi ©" Date: 7/22/2004 9:45 AM "I was not prepared to shoot my eardrum out with a shotgun in order to get a deferment. Not was I willing to go to Canada. So I chose...

Are there any sites on the web where one could find a map or maps of all of the areas that were defended by Nike SAMs in CONUS in the 1950s-1974 timeframe? TIA. Posted via www.My-Newsgroups.com - web to news gateway for usenet access!

Local Army major recalls wartime experiences, By DAN MARSH McKinney Courier-Gazette (EXCERPT) Dr. Edward M. Slack Jr., U.S. Army Air Corps major and retired McKinney optometrist, knows he is a man who has led a blessed life. "We've had quite a few blessings," he said on a recent afternoon to his...

It has not yet met all the requirements And costs are soaring So, those tiny stupid guys betting just on that technologies are not even sure to just buy one of them...

I'm adicted to this thing - I had to actually buy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wonder of wonders.... :-| The crack I found didn't work... justurls.com is the site... I'm impressed. Its *always* there in the tray wnen I need it.

Does anyone know how many Iraqis were killed on a daily basis during the Saddam dictatorship?

If you have never visited Spy Flight, recommend you give it a look. Very professionally done, lots of good info on lesser known programs, and more information than pictures (though the pics are pretty good too). The owner does it as a hobby and handles expenses out of his own pocket, so no pop-ups,...

DEATH OVER PARIS On preparation for D-Day the 344th was hitting bridges and rail lines leading to Omaha Beach. A critical target was the Paris RR bridge which allowed vast amounts of train traffic to move west toward Omaha. We hit the Paris RR bridge on the morning 28 May, 1944. The defenses were...

Recovery of airman's remains in Vietnam a bittersweet ending (EXCERPT) By MARK COLLETTE Copyright 2003 Tyler Morning Telegraph David Poole traveled to Hawaii to pick up his father's remains, and the pieces of a Psalm found near the airman's crash site in Vietnam. For Poole and his family, the...

How about "lend lease" convoys to Murmansk during the war. They fistly armed Hitler and after Stalin to destroy Europe... USA is the worst enemy of Europe...

A coworker is taking lessons at the local airport and he mentioned having the get out of the way of Air Force 7 which was a 757 hanging around the area for a few days. Off at a distance a few days ago I noticed a 757 flying around the airport and wondered what it was. 757's are not normally seen...

Air Force launches new ad campaign https://oaprod.hq.af.mil/saf/pa/misc/listserv.cfm {EXCERPT} PRESS RELEASE -- Secretary of the Air Force, Directorate of Public Affairs Release No. 0914049 Sep 14, 2004 Air Force launches new ad campaign

Does anyone know it is possible to get hold of the engine construction blueprints of the late Rolls-Royce "merlin" engines? Are these engines still in production?

Wondering is someone can help me out and tell me what the item is on the 2 links below. It has 2 triggers and was made by Clarke Aero Pasadena. It was with a lot of WWII radio gear I purchased, so I imagine its from a WWII era plane, but would anyone be able to tell me what its exactly called and...

Thought you all might like this... http://www.kbtoys.com/genProduct.html/PID/2431939/ctid/17/place/aguc?_ts=y&ls=collect&_e=3f326&_v=3F32631CnGYOa6F929CBE986&_ts=y -- Kulvinder Singh Matharu Contact details : http://www.metalvortex.com/form/index.htm Website :...

1990 "Hornet: The Inside Story of the F/A-18" Fighter Jet Book I have for sale the out-of-print, 1st hardcover edition book "Hornet: The Inside Story of the F/A-18" by Orr Kelly (1990). The edition contains 231 pages including black and white photographs profiling the history of the Hornet F/A-18...