How about we fix it so that in case of national emergency the guard goes FIRST before the regular troops. Great idea huh? Think we would still get everyone flocking to the National Guard in that case? I know Bush would have been first in line to join up.. Right? Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th...

Colin Powell was once outraged by elites who “wrangle slots in Reserve and Guard units.� Now he defends George Bush, who wrangled himself into a Guard unit. By John Greeley In his autobiography, Colin Powel is truly revealed as a man of honor. Certainly his military career provides us an...

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...

I thought congress put a cap on the program cost and basically said "this is how much you get for the program, buy however many you can with it". That being the case why is congress bitching and moaning about it (not to mention the idiots at POGO) again? If they cost a billion a pop for the...

Anyone observe the Armistice Day "Minute of Silence" where dignitaries bow their heads briefly to commemorate the fallen heroes of old. That smirking little **** B000000$hhhh was chortling and yuk-yukking with his foul swarthy buddy Tenet over some joke or other, while the others' heads were...

Apparently John Kerry co-authored a book in 1971 called "The New Soldier." There seems to be varying differences of opinion about how much of it he actually wrote (other than his US Senate testimony during the "Winter Soldier" hearings), but his name is certainly prominently displayed on the cover...

I have seen conflicting references as to whether the F2A-3 had the ventral window. Does anyone know for certain. I have yet to find an F2A-3 photo showing the belly. AL

The CF-105 Avro Arrow was often referred to as the most advanced fighter/interceptor of the day. First fly-by-wire, autonomous intercept capability, etc. Sadly it was cancelled with all proto-types destroyed. Many of the design engineers headed south and contributed to the American space program....

So how does the military propose to fly these pilotless aircraft among civil aircraft without causing a safety hazard? -------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT ON NOVA: "SPIES THAT FLY" http://www.pbs.org/nova/spiesfly/

"R. David Steele" wrote in message ... Open Letter to John Kerry: Please knock off the OT political ****. There are newsgroups just for that stuff, and you might trigger a fruitful discussion there; however...

Having read the latest flap about the President's days flying in the ANG, I wondered what flying the F-102 was like - that's what I'd ask him if I met him. Back then, before redundant flight-control computers made the human pilot a voting member of a committee, how hard was it to control a...

Shortly after Pearl Harbor when I was in High School our class was approached by two.groups looking to recruit us into their services. One was the Army Air Corps and the other was the Navy V-12. Both services took simiiar approaches. They never tried to tell us on how good their services would be...

sorry if topic was already discussed in here but i m only a very frequent newsgroup reader. steve do you still attent to the forum ? thank you for your info rgds

(cleaned it up a little) Thanks, btw to Ivan the Barbarian, for the format. G (Djangoo) wrote: Chechen website acknowledges heavy casualties

So Kerry got shot at and earnt his medals, Bush never got shot at and didn't earn any. Now, youse say that Kerry may have not earnt his medals. Kerry got them what because he was a good man, trustworthy you say? Thomas J. Paladino Jr. wrote: Seems there is more to Kerry than the 'war hero'...

In May 1972, the Boston Phoenix reported that Kerry had defiantly given his medals back to the U.S. government during one of his many protests. New York Times columnist Bill Keller wrote in September 2002 that the senator invited him to view 40 minutes of films Kerry made depicting his war...

"R. David Steele" wrote: Since there has been a great deal of talk about the president's military record, it has been pointed out that the F-102 did not have the best safety record. Anyone know about this? And do you have a web site that would verify...

From the web site at: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040217-9999-1n17liberty.html ------------------------------------------------------- EX-OFFICER ALLEGES COVER-UP IN PROBE OF SPY SHIP ATTACK By James W. Crawley UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER February 17, 2004

World War II Flying 'Ace' Salutes Racial Progress, By Gerry J. Gilmore (EXCERPT) American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2004 * Decorated World War II aviator and "Ace" Lee Andrew Archer Jr., 84, says he dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot at an early age. The Yonkers, N.Y.-born...

On 23rd of february 1990 Northrop filed patent D332,080 claiming the "ornamental design of an aircraft". It was the YF-23. In 2005 the patent rights will expire. Looking at how poorly is behaving the winning contender of the ATF competition, I suggest somebody else takes over this original design...