Hello, I was reading on the net that the MiG-21 is a high demand no-nonsense a/c, and tends to lose control (without the warning buffets as experienced bu other a/c) quite easily (during high speed turns??). Is this a MiG-21 phenom, or do other Delta wing aircraft also have such inhernt control...

Michael Petukhov wrote: Let the dollar drop cut/ Being a long-time subscriber of The Economist, I appreciated your quotation from it, but... what has it to do with Military Aircrafts or Military Ships ? Regards,

Many experts in military law consider the term military justice a contradiction in terms. For example, you are charged with a crime by the military. The judge is military, The prosecuting attourney is military, your defense attourney is military and the entire jury is military. There is no...

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Hi All I was reading the excellent magazine Air Forces Monthly, and saw a picture of a Raptor F-22 Flying over Edwards AFB, and it appears to have what I previously played a joke about on April 1st - its got Smurfs -No really!!, take a look...

The F-16 is a very popular airplane. I'm just curious who has copies of the source code to the plane and it's radar, etc. Obviously the USAF does, but do the Israeli, the Belgians, or anyone else? -Thanks

Dose anybody know any info.on the 497th,BS?

Pulled from the cold waters of Norway after 64 years. http://www.airliners.net/open.file/659892/L/ http://www.airliners.net/open.file/659893/L/

Let's compare and contrast here, shall we? Three years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR has the Germans and Japanese by the throat. Three years after 9/11, Bush 43 allows Al Qaeda to murder American civilians at will. Walt

BUSH SERVED HONORABLY AND HE'S GOT THE MEDALS TO PROVE IT __________________ At least one picture exists that shows Bush wearing ribbons that don't appear on his discharge. Walt

When I went to flight school in WW II every instructor we had was a combat veteran who returned after a full combat tour of duty was completed to instruct. My Bomb instructor was a bombardier with the "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group. He flew 25 missions, most of them England to Berlin with no...

Can you tell what ever happened to nice americans? On asia news tv lately is many bad americans killing many people in middle east. This saddens me. I remeber some time with good americans they were fun and easy. Whatever happened to nice americans? What went wrong? Me thank you

Does anyone know whatever happened to Kelly Flinn (B52 resignation) and Paula Coughlin (Tailhook 1991). They seem to be well below radar cover. H. Slade

BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice...

The Squadron was particularly effective at a time when being judged by merit was apparently not common and for this its men deserve great honor. However the reason the Trugegee Airmen worked, indeed the reason integration has not degraded the effectiveness of the US military is this: ...

The Zeno's Drive-in 6th Anniversary Summer Film Festival Double Feature Stop by Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In (http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com) and catch two awesome World War II aviation flicks. I'm celebrating our 6th anniversary on the 'Net with two of our favorites: the jam packed ...

http://www1.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=21801&lang=en No uranium, no munitions, no missiles, no programmes 05 October 2003 As the first progress report from the Iraq Survey Group is released, Cambridge WMD expert Dr Glen Rangwala finds that even the diluted claims made for Saddam...

Some info on the Challenger II MBT: http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/chall2.htm Not a bad tank at all. I think Forecast International places it as Number 4 in the world (behind the Leopard 2A6, M1A2, and Japanese Type 90). Rob

Highest-Ranking Black Air Force General Credits Success to Hard Work (EXCERPT) By Rudi Williams American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2004 * In his early teens, John D. Hopper Jr. thought he'd grow up to be a scientist or schoolteacher. But that changed in 1963 when a liaison officer...

Dear Aviation & History Enthusiasts, My father – Flight Captain Erich Warsitz – is remembered as the first person to fly an aircraft under turbojet power, the Heinkel He 178, on August 27, 1939 and also the first to fly an aircraft under liquid-fueled rocket power, the Heinkel He 176, on June 20...