On this 4th of July let us honor all who fought. But let us especialy never forget the special few who came forward volunteering and said, "Take me. I'll go" It was these men who formed American elite units; Marines, Airborne, Seals, Submarine Service, Air Corps and Air Forces. We owe them all...

There was a camp in Phoenix- some of the German POWs heard that they were not too far from the Salt River, so they put together some kind of raft and got through the wire. Imagine their disappointment at reaching the rock-strewn ditch that passes for a river in Arizona. Incidentally, they...

30 Jan 2004 - 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 Patch American pupils...

Royal Navy's 800 Squadron page says "Each RN pilot faced the MiG-29 in combat and found the Sea Harrier to be a good match for the MiG. Thanks to the Blue Vixen radar the Sea Harrier won every time in beyond visual range engagements and also scored some notable successes when converting to the...

Mainlander *@*.* wrote in : http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,199182-1-7,00.html US military to the rescue Jun 19, 2003 The crew of an American military plane is being credited with rescuing

The best the Russians can do is hope for a chance hit on a helicopter with an RPG. But you have to give them credit for that one....although its surface-to-air capability was not part of the design and not discovered by the Russians....maybe they don't deserve any credit. Maybe this is the key...

"Charles Talleyrand" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... My question is this: Which fighter had the clearest advantage over it's the other fighters of it's time frame? For example, the Fokker Eindekker would clearly lose to an F-14. ...

Posted this on a thread but the guys were too busy flaming each other to notice or give an intelligent answer. Trying again......... I am having a debate on the subject of whether planes like the BF109 and FW190 were really as unstable and prone to stalls and spins at the drop of a hat as modelled...

Since days after 9/11, there has been a story floating around about a flight that carried a group of Saudi natives out of the US on 9/13/2001 while all air traffic was supposedly shut down. The Bush white house has denied that this flight had taken place. The FBI and FAA still maintain that this...

http://globalsecurity.org/org/news/2004/040104-f-22.htm "They're just trying to find a role for this plane because they've sunk so much money into it," Riccioni said. -HJC

Military service A Soldier, a Sailor, an Airman and a Marine got into an argument about which branch of the service was "The Best." The arguing became so heated the four service men failed to see an oncoming truck as they crossed the street. They were hit by the truck and killed...

they took me back in time and the nsa or japan wired my head and now they know the idea came from me so if your back in time and wounder what happen they change tim liverance history for good. I work at rts wright industries and it a time travel trap mark and x advance tech then bring it back in...

Joint Fifth Generation Fighter Project Proposed The government chairman, Mikhail Kas’yanov, announced the other day that he had reached agreements with the French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffaren regarding a joint project for creation of the fifth generation fighter. However, he has been quiet...

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Videos Su-37 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/superflanker.htm F-22 http://luke.megagis.lt/AirExtreme/F22/002.mpg Commets ? Alejandro Magno

CNN is reporting this morning that the US Mil is about to deploy U-2 spy planes, JSTARS acft, and Rivet Joint RC-135s to search for bin Laden. They claim that the US is going to maintain round-the-clock surveillance/search to locate him. They say the acft will be controlling some RPVs in the...

I was tempted to just copy/paste it but. . . Anyway. According to the article the data on THAAD in it's current incarnation indicates that it may have some terminal-phase ABM capability. I'd wondered if it was a typo and they'd inadvertantly typed "ICBM" instead of "IRBM" but it was repeated...

In article , (Michael Petukhov) wrote: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/english/0,1518,265466,00.html "A Bottomless Pit" Armaments: The Eurofighter is turning into a nightmare. According to a report by the Federal...

There has been some talk of men who wanted combat but due to "timing" or "luck" they missed out. Well if you are in a unit that won't get into the fight, just try this. Go to your CO and say," Sir, I hear the 344th is moving out to the ETO. I want to go with them. Here is my transfer request....

On 29 Jun 2003 20:17:05 GMT, (IanDTurner) wrote: Local news has it that a pilot has been killed in a "gyrocopter" crash at Shipdam, Norfolk. I know that is where Wing Commander Ken Wallis lives and flies. Can anyone provide more details? Either way a tragedy