Russia/China Activate Ten Combat Divisions Counter United States as Caspian Oil War begins: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?p=170864#170864 http://nomorewarforisrael.blogspot.com

Pak army ordered to hit back US forces Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:05:21 http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=69186&sectionid=351020401 The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based US troops inside the country. Army Spokesman Maj Gen Athar...

SOURCE:Flight International Japan's ATD-X stealth fighter suffers funding crunch By Siva Govindasamy Japan is unlikely to get the funding required to construct a stealth fighter demonstrator in 2008, with industry sources expecting the finance ministry to release only enough money to continue...

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1665835,00.html V-22 Osprey: A Flying Shame By Mark Thompson It's hard to imagine an American weapons program so fraught with problems that Dick Cheney would try repeatedly to cancel it - hard, that is, until you get to know the Osprey. As Defense...

Combination of Iranian Mig-31BMs with F-14 Tomcats as you know Iran has recently received new Mig-31BMs,and at the peresent time IRIAF has combined its F-14s with Mig-31BMs for the role of air interception. Since these two aircrafts are the most powerfull interceptors worldwide, so it can make Iran...

Col. Robert Bowman, PhD, U.S. Air Force (ret) - Director of Advanced Space Programs Development under Presidents Ford and Carter. U.S. Air Force fighter pilot with over 100 combat missions. (PhD in Aeronautics and Nuclear Engineering, Cal Tech). Former Head of the Department of Aeronautical...

Did the change from F-14s to F-18s increase or decrease the total number of planes per ship? Overly simple math suggests that the amount of room needed to hold 22 F-14s could also hold 30 F-18s. If the number of planes did not increase, what happened to the extra space? -Curious -Charles...

The real story: 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...

Lebanon's Hariri killed by US and Israel? http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=31138

http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=17006 The only sad thing in this story is the fact that another squadron with a great history is gonna be shelved. But it reminds me about VA-55 Warhorses, disestablished while its crews fought in Desert Storm under the flags of other...

Given the tensions in the pacific rim part of the world, it seems a possibility of a air exchange between China and a US naval carrier battle group. My question is what would be the likely outcome of such an exchange? (non nuclear) With modern SU27 and SU30 fighters, the Chinese seem far...

Until some of the BS thins out- P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

I understand that one of the Blues has resigned from the team. Any ideas and what will be the plan for the rest of the season? Sparky

To The Nearest Tenth of a Mile, What is the Maximum Range of a AIM-54A Phoenix Air to Air Missile? Do you understand why the exact answer might be classified?

This link will lead to a test of the mark-48 torpedo on a old destroyer by the Ausys. This is a must see. http://www.vetsoutreach.com/GNey/Mark48/ Have fun.

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Just posted the evening news followup to this morning's bulletin. http://www.adf-serials.com/ have updated their page with the identification of the airframe and a list of the crew who died. See N16 - Westland Sea King Mk.50A --

If a Marine pilot gets accepted to medical school, and wants to go and come back into the NAVY as a doctor, how does he go about doing that? Can you just transfer from the Marines to the Navy? And will they let you leave for Med School, or do you have to serve your 8 year aviation commitment as a...

Recently while reading an article on the F-4J it got me to thinking. (Scary, I know). Some of the F-4Js had white radomes and some had black. Any particlar rhyme or reason as to why, or was it merely for cosmetic purposes? When I was on active duty I saw F-4s all the time and the thought...

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...