Over the years there have been several articles online and in print regarding aircraft from the former Warsaw Pact brought to the USA for testing. Some even seeing use in dissimilar exercises. What I've never heard of though is the Russians or Chinese, (others?) doing the same with our equipment....

Registration for the 50th Annual Tailhook Convention is now "open." Interested folks may download a PDF copy of the registration form from http://www.tailhook.org/Reunion%20Application%202006.pdf. This form also contains information on timing and cost of all the various activities, as well as...

Iran Won't Give Up Nuclear Program Under Western Pressure But Agrees To Talks... www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/06/03/iran-wont-give-up-nuclea_n_22150.html Whose War? (Israel's war): http://www.amconmag.com/03_24_03/cover.html

Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In June 2006 Newsletter You are invited to drop by Zeno's Drive-In - www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com - and watch this month's World War II aviation features for free online video viewing. "At the Matinee," we're showing nonstop action in "A Day with the A-36s," "Black...

Rep Rangel introduces Draft Bill (for Iran?!): http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=53409

In article , (Jonathan Wilson) wrote: I seem to remember that when BA and Air France were shutting down Concorde, Richard Branson and Virgin wanted to buy up and operate some of them (I think he said at the time that he would operate them even...

wrote: Hi all, The campaign to get Concorde flying again has attracted 2,000 signatures this week! Please add your support at www.save-concorde.com. To sum up the situation: - we aren't arguing with the reasons Concorde went out of service - the

THE OSPREY W.A.R. June 2, 2006 Col. Bill Taylor, USMC V-22 Joint Program Manager OSPREY HEADLINES VMX-22 conducts first Osprey over-water hoists and rooftop fast ropes

The F-100 had an interesting ground starting option, a large chamber that received a large gas generating cartridge. When ignited by electrical current, the expanding gas from the black powder-like pyrotechnic cartridge drove a starter turbine which brought the engine up to a self-sustaining rpm...

In article , (DDAY) wrote: Spitfire would help to repair some damage that the Pentagon's ham-fisted management has done with the international partners. Not sure about that. The Spitfire was /ours/ and having...

Received in the e-mail this morning: This picture is real because I witnessed this flyby personally. This picture was taken in the spring of 1990 as we started are deployment to the Persian Gulf. I was up in the "tower" with the air boss as the Viking squadron rep

Thursday, June 1, 2006 Wallpaper of the month - June, 2006 Desktop Wallpaper - "Heritage Flight over New York City". A P-51 Mustang, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, an F-15 Eagle, and an A-10 Thunderbolt II, fly over New York City on Thursday, May 25, 2006. The "Heritage Flight" pilots flew in the...

This story is in the local Pensacola paper. I hate to pass along news like this: http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060531/NEWS01/605310322/1006 Santa Rosa copter crash kills 1 Carmen Paige

"Hawkish Israeli Lobby Wants War with Iran!": http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/12448/index.php Study Alleging Dominant Influence of Israeli Lobby Sparks Heated Fallout: http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=53243

The University of Washington's student senate rejected a memorial for alumnus Gregory "Pappy" Boyington of "Black Sheep Squadron" fame amid concerns a military hero who shot down enemy planes was not the right kind of person to represent the school. Student senator Jill Edwards, according to...

In article , (Juergen Nieveler) wrote: One other possibility occured to me, though - ISTR that most planes used to have a system to get rid of the canopy in a hurry prior to triggering the ejection seat itself....

Memorial Day Poem #44, "The Long Road" They say it is a long road from youth to adulthood; I say it is but the blink of an eye. One day a child with a football or bat, The next day a man in combat. By JINGLES Jan 02

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I was looking through Stefan Terzibaschitsch's book Aircraft Carriers of the US Navy and I see that CV-17 Bunker Hill was withdrawn from service in 1947 and essentially stayed in mothballs until 1966. She was used as an immobile electronics research ship during that time. Does anybody know why...

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