Hi http://airforces.scramble.nl is the page where you can find ONE HUNDRED very detailed Air Force overviews online. For each Order of Battle we have map available on which the airbases are available. If you click on one of theses airbases you will get very accurate information on what is there to...

Greetings Readers, Friends, and Other Visitors: The Time Traveler appeared suddenly in my study on New Year's Eve, 2004. He was a stolid, grizzled man in a gray tunic and looked to be in his late-sixties or older. He also appeared to be the veteran of wars or of some terrible accident since he had...

Dave in San Diego wrote: :Eris wrote in : : : What is the difference between a mechanic and a pilot? Training, the : can train anyone with in certain skill levels to be a pilot. : :It takes a college...

On Feb 16, 11:15 pm, "AirRaid Mach 2.5" wrote: http://tinyurl.com/23rcp3 US preparations for invading Iran are complete: Report Rashmee Roshan Lal The original article appears to be ... Dan Plesch, "Iran - Ready to attack", New Statesman, cover date of 19

I was reading an interesting paper on China's 'naval dilemma' (..basically whether to base it's navy on carriers or submarines), and came across this quote: 'In 1954 alone, in working to master jet aviation off carriers, the U.S. Navy lost nearly eight hundred aircraft' Paper: China's aircraft...

Posted just in case you've not heard of the recent VA stolen data. More related info was posted on alt.military.retired the story: Accountability Sought in Theft of VA Data http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,100343,00.html?ESRC=eb.nl WASHINGTON - Lawmakers from both parties said...

I recently saw a painting of Horatio Nelson, sword in hand, in combat. The expression on his face is neutral. A commentary with the painting used the phrase "violence phlegmatically delivered." I would like to find a copy of the painting. Appreciate any leads.

India retires Cold War spy MiGs The Indian Air Force (IAF) has announced it will retire its entire fleet of MiG 25s, Cold War-era spyplanes, previously shrouded in secrecy. A spokesman said the last of the IAF's surviving MiG-25s will be phased out of service in May. "It will be a nostalgic...

3 very interesting Helicopter Crash Videos on one page. I guess landing is most critical, or is it ? All accidents here happened at the landing. http://www.jumpingpixels.com/helicoptercrash.html

BGM-109 Tomahawk Impact see impact video footage: http://www.jumpingpixels.com/bgm109tomahawk.html The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings. Introduced by General Dynamics in the 1970s, it was designed as a medium- to...

I was impressed when I found this one. A guy named Mark Ecko penetrates Airforce 1 security, makes it to the President's plane and spray-paints it with Graffiti, wow, and was not busted. He could have easily attached anything he wanted to. In this case it was only black Spray-paint. You got to see...

SEOUL, Korea -May 2001- CH-47 Chinook Helicopter smashed into a bridge killing three soldiers. A police spokesperson said the rotors of the helicopter got caught in support wires while it hovered during decoration work on the Olympic Bridge, built to commemorate the 1988 Olympic...

in my humble opinion and pardon my ignorant grammar, while the President still is not talking with the Extreme Muslims in the Middle East ,make a deal and be a Hero ,and while we are still not launching a massive PLAN for ENERGY INDEPENDENCE with...

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...

in my opinion , its about who will control the Justice Dpt. and the FBI, that's what is all about... 1) Schumer and Emanuel were all day in 2002 and 2003 on TV screaming to go,warning about nuclear and biological bombs landing in the USA, and now they pose as anti surge and anti war, so they...

in my humble opinion and pardon my grammar , a) the fact that Senator Lieberman and other neocons in DC insist that Pratt& Whitney be the sole provider of high power turbofan engines for the new F-35 as well as F-22,etc.,its not only troublesome and shortsighted but criminally incompetent to say...

in my humble opinion and pardon my grammar in the Washington Post,Aug.,24, 07 :"Dell Dailey : Soldier,Counterterrorism Warrior " ,we learn that General Dailey is going to U.S. Embassies around the world to see what's going on,and we wish him the best , since according to local staff and media...

2007 was a nightmare of criminal incompetence and High Treason: a) Congress took out most of the tax help from the Energy Bill for Wind and Water turbines, Solar, the http://www.iter.org/ fusion reactor project, electric and hidrogen cars and the excuse that S. McConnell gave to Gwen Ifill...

1) Senator McConnell should read this story in the NYT, Dec.24,07 :" In Kentucky's teeth,toll of poverty and neglect" were we find out that Kentucky has the highest level of toothless people,from chewing tobaco ,lack of hygiene, lack of Health Insurance and Education, hundreds of thousands of...

America has a very bad name around the world today , and in my opinion, is because we let incompetents represent us, take Klein in Africa representing the USA at the U.N., W.Post,Feb.17.08, and making a mess out of it, but who gets the blame? the USA, even when he represents also all the neocons...