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...

Pre-Veterans Day Notice: Online Lists of Military Casualties http://members.aol.com/veterans/casualty.htm The War Library continues its ongoing compilation of military casusatlies. For information about obtaining the free download Casualty Lists please travel to...

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20080821.aspx Too Many Predators Are Not Enough August 21, 2008: The U.S. MQ-1 Predator UAV has flown 400,000 hours. It took its first ten years of service (including development) to reach 100,000 hours. But the last 100,000 hours took only ten...

I am not referring to tactical callsigns, like REACH or Olympus. I want to know about the prefix they use in filing flight plans in international air space using ATC. When the Russian Navy flies, do they use a particular prefix? When the U.S. Navy flies we see VVxxxx, Marine Corps, I see...

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Forwarded: Preparing the Battlefield The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh

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Subject: Our worst president? Liberals claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war. They complain about his prosecution of it. One liberal recently claimed Bush was the worst president in U.S. history. Let's clear up one point: America didn't start the war on terror. Try to remember,...

Israel is the rogue state which has repeatedly threatened and attacked/ invaded the countries around it in the region.. Iran hasn't attacked/ invaded another country in something like 300 years.. Of course it has helped Hezbollah and Hamas with their resistance against the illegal Israeli...

Despite all the politics and planted press coverage around the VXX decision, has no one has noticed that the Navy chose a less-safe, lower-performance helicopter for the Marines to carry the President of the United States? Coalition payback aside (and oops, the Italians just announced they're...

Pride in Service: Wearing Your True Military Color http://www.amervets.com/mypride After decades of personal neglect American veterans are now expressing pride in their military service. The greatest display of pride is expressed in one's daily wear of a military medal ribbon... a practice that...

Prince Bandar Allegedly Advocating Military Response Against Iran: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/prince-bandar-allegedly-a_b_36364.html Here is the tinyurl for the above URL: http://tinyurl.com/yybfm6

This week's AW&ST cover story, "Red Air For Hire", discusses the burgeoning civilian operated adversary services saying, "...the age of outsourcing advanced tactical training and training support services may have finally arrived--and with a vengeance". http://www.aviationnow.com Acknowledging...

Pro-Israel (AIPAC) lobby pushing hard for US to attack Iran: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=54004 Malaysia's Mahathir warns World War 4 looming: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=54012

Pro-Israel lobby pushing US to attack Iran next http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=49800

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Progress on Osprey revealed (EXCERPT) Military aircraft still faces image hurdle, by Otto Kreisher COPLEY NEWS SERVICE April 8, 2004 WASHINGTON – While painting a positive picture of their progress, officials of the V-22 Osprey program yesterday admitted they still have to fight the tilt-rotor...

Project Valour-IT is a project of Soldiers’ Angels. It’s purpose is to provide voice-activated laptop computers to wounded troops whose injuries prevent them from writing or operating a keyboard. The laptops allow them to keep in contact with family and friends, send and receive email and access...

Borrowed from a tagline on another group: What most people do not understand about aircraft is that the propeller does not actually provide any thrust; it is there to cool the pilot. This is easy to prove -- just watch how much the pilot starts to sweat if it stops.

Hearing all such news all over again I cannot resist the impression the U.S. military is going to a catastrophe, like - for example - facing the lack of tactical electronic warfare aircraft when a next local war breaks out. When the time is a key factor, they finally may have to choose the...