On 23 December, 1956, an FJ-3 Fury fighter plane was launched from the U. S. S. Shangri La while operating south of Japan. The FJ-3 did not follow normal departure procedures - instead it continued flight with it's landing gear and flaps still down while slowly banking left as the plane turned...

RAMN turned 11 years old on June 13th. Only regret is not to have made it moderated as the cross posted junk has been a pain to deal with. -- ACC USN ret NKX BIKF NAB CV-63 NIR

Hi, The best f-14 pilot in all over the world is the Jalal Zandi, the iranian f-14 pilot. He gained 12 confirmed air to air kills in war with iraq that is marvelous,

Through media we are updated about the spread of Military rules in E Asia. I came across a report in The Analyst Magazine investigating the reasons for the same http://www.theanalystmagazine.com/june2007/4.htm After reading the same one will get clear cut view with regard to their diplomatic...

New book on the 56 accounts... Debrief: A Complete History of U.S. Aerial Engagements - 1981 to the Present Craig Brown Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd (October 15, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0764327852 ISBN-13: 978-0764327858

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer, The publican 'e up an' sez, 'We serve no redcoats here.' The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die, I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I: O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' Tommy, go away But it's 'Thank you,...

_China's Strategic Seapower: The politics of force modernisation in the nuclear age_ and _Imagined Enemies: China prepares for uncertain war_. Both by John Wilson Lewis and Xue Litai, Stanford University Press. Lewis and Xue have made a profession of studying Chinese military-political systems...

Funny cartoon! Bush and Putin as Darth Vaders ... http://tangibleinfo.blogspot.com/2007/06/putin-bush-poland-spaceweapons.html

in my humble opinion and pardon my ignorant grammar ,while Washington DC goes nowhere with corruption and incompetence, the "deals" go on: a) the Phone companies want to close down the copper lines,the dsl of everybody, so Covad,XO and Cavalier could go down and we would end up with only...

On Jun 2, 2:15 pm, tomcervo wrote: On May 30, 1:26?pm, wrote: Devastators after Midway? Alvin Kernan's "Other Battle of Midway" details the problem. The plane was obsolete but flyable; it was the torpedoes that were the problem. He's pretty...

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In their frustration for a successful offensive against Iran on the northern front between 12th and 22nd March of 1981, Iraq fired two Frog-7 surface-to-surface Rockets against cities of Dezful and Ahwaz. Within days after this attack, commanders of the 31st and 32nd Tactical Fighter Wing in...

(and Women) TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR COUNTRY! U.S. Citizens MUST SPEAK UP NOW!!! Politicians are going to give amnesty to 20 MILLION illegal aliens. This is INSANITY!!! US Citizens must band together against the invasion of illegal aliens and make our voices heard! Tell your Friends, Neighbors,...

People Make the City: Insights on joint urban operations from Afghanistan and Iraq. RAND. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG428.2.pdf

See: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lockheed_Martin_Demonstrates_High_Altitude_Launch_Capability_For_Mk_54_Torpedoes_999.html

Millville Airshow May 26, 2007 PHOTO LINK: http://phlairline.com/spotter/052607.html

See: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/New_Raytheon_Built_Joint_Standoff_Weapon_Will_Hit_Moving_Maritime_Targets_999.html

News from Inside the Air Force Raptor-JSF hybrid possible PRATT & WHITNEY PROPOSES F-22A ENGINE VARIANT FOR LONG-RANGE STRIKE Date: May 25, 2007 WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- Connecticut-based engine maker Pratt & Whitney plans to pitch a derivative of its F-22A Raptor engine as the future power plant for...

On this Memorial Day remembering Naval Aviator shipmates who never returned from deployment... Jim Butler Al Rice Arnie Wagner Milt Lucas Bob Frosch WDA

The pilot was everyone's hero He was brave, he was bold, he was grand As he stood by his by his battered airplane With his goggles and helmet in hand. But for each of these flying heroes There were thousands little reknowned And these were the men who worked on the planes But kept their feet on...