http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/28/opinion/28BROO.html (quoting) U.S. Air Force would lease 100 refueling tankers, modified Boeing 767's, from an entity controlled by the Boeing Corporation. This whole mess started because the Air Force can't pay for new tankers up front, so it tried to push back...

http://www.f16falcon.com/facts/f16_1.html "In order to save weight and complexity, the geometry of the intake was fixed, which limits the maximum speed of the F-16 to below Mach 2." If this is correct, it begs the question: what possible max speed could the F-16 have reached if a movable inlet...

China launched its first manned mission today, how about that!? Harley --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/2003

yeah baby, yeah that's the way i like it http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0803/17femalesoldiers.html Jason

I might be mistaking, but seems it's been awhile since anyone relayed this Code One interview. :) http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archives/1991/articles/jul_91/july2a_ 91.html Regards...

can't get enough of this stuff, enjoy http://www.rusnet.nl/news/2003/03/06/society01.shtml Jason

120-foot journey to immortality Life: Wilbur and Orville Wright weren't born with wings, but that didn't stop them from flying. Almost 100 years ago, the duo accomplished what had seemed impossible: They solved the problem of human mechanical flight. at...

The recent thread on "most beautiful things" has brought back many memories. We were flying a maximum effort (56 Marauders) heading East into Germany We were in the number two slot in the high flight flying deputy lead. Way in the distance I saw a tiny spot coming toward us As it came closer I saw...

The periscopic sextants we used on B-47s and B-52s had collimators. You can google and see them. You can even buy a surplus sextant for about $295.00. Gene Myers

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Singapore has down selected the F15, Rafale and the Eurofighter typhoon for their next generation fighter.... The F16, F18E/f and Sukhoi Su-30MK were rejected. "Asked how the final three were chosen, Mindef said it had looked at several factors like operational performance, the availability...

When we were stationed at Florennes Belgium a bunch of officers showed up one day. They were a strange lookign lot. Kind of pudgy and out of shape looking.Didn't look very military at all. In discussions they didn't seem to know much about military flying but had higher rank than most of us;...

I often see people complaining that they google and can't find stuff. Yahoo has always been a reliable search engine for military/history stuff. No one ever seems to gripe about yahoo the same way. AL

There was a post recently extolling the war-fighting ability of the Germany army. Alas, it's gone from my screen. However, I must point out the whatever the German army adopts in the line of technological wonders, it will remain a joke at its present size and budget. No doubt it could overwhelm...

Nice pic of the Kurt Tank designed Pulqui II in Argentina's National Aeronautical Museum: http://www.integration.co.nz/aviation/aircraft/Argentina/argnm17.jpg Rob p.s. The Horten Urubu resides there also.

Air Force Print News for Oct. 31, 2003 Fire power (Stand-alone photo) http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005933 Vandenberg firefighters battle blazes http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005935

I am looking for the "AMBER" UAV image (photo) made by Leading Systems under a DARPA program in the mid 80's. Can anyone help please ? ZR

Anyone know where I can fid out the BU (tailcodes) numbers for the Blackhawks that where used and the pilots in Somaliai in 93 ( Blackhawk Down). Thanks in advance Tiny Savage

I happened to be passing through SF a week ago while the Blue Angles were doing their thing. There is no airshow like that anywhere else! The Blues manage to buzz around the downtown buildings several times during the show, and even go beat up several other bay area communities. I know of no...

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