http://www.shephard.co.uk/Rotorhub/NewsAnalysis.aspx?Action=745115149&ID=1bb47a2b-e820-454a-9103-60a42dc65400 It’s often said Osprey flies like a plane and lands and takes off like a helicopter – but that is both a cliché and an understatement that hides the synergy that comes from...

J-10C fighter: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=6aef438f5c57bd942c08a5d8b05d4cd9 Sukhoi fighter: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=d6fb653beaa5974d2c08a5d8b05d4cd9&ct=mdrm JH-7D...

If a mobile phone game accurately depicts a real fighter's multi-function display, would you be interested in playing it? The game's screen would look like the one on the right of the link below and you would control the fighter in the center - a T-shaped blue object - with directional keys on...

the typical DOD acquisition process of fielding a new fighter platform involves the bean counters adding up per unit cost. now we all know from basic economics theory, the more quantity we produce, the efficiencies of mass production kicks in, and unit cost should go down. this might be an...

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Sorry, not airplanes, except where they are shot down. Can't vouch for its accuracy. I know some of you older guys (Pechs?) were probably there as eyewitnesses... ***************************************** From November 1943, until her demise in June 1945, the American destroyer 'William Porter'...

Finkelstein gives Israeli-American relations lecture http://media.sundial.csun.edu/media/storage/paper862/news/2008/02/20/News/Finkelstein.Gives.IsraeliAmerican.Relations.Lecture-3221274.shtml Cynthia Gomez Issue date: 2/20/08 Section: News Norman G. Finkelstein spoke at the Musical Recital...

According to the NAS Fort Worth Plan of the Week (about 2 weeks ago): An EF-111 out of Mt Home AFB, Mt Home, Idaho, logged the first kill of the Gulf War--much to the chagrin of the entire fighter community, many of whom still refuse to recognize the fact. The EF-111, having no offensive weapons,...

What country first bombed its enemy using airpanes? Describe the bombs. What year was it? Who was the enemy?

Addressing a news conference in Washington, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday, April 25, the Pentagon is planning for “potential military courses of action” against Iran. He spoke of the Tehran government’s “increasingly lethal and malign influence” in Iraq. A...

I have just updated the website of the P-3 Orion Research Group with some new pics of the first P-3C CUP Orion of the German Navy. Check the "NEWS" section of the website http://home.planet.nl/~p3orion. For some detail shots just click on the picture of the German aircraft at the news...

Yep, time is flying. Thanks to my buddy Brian Marbrey I have the pictures to prove it: http://www.almansur.com/jollyrogers/ Check the Bones on Bugs chapter. José

When was the first modern air-air refueling? By modern I mean "compatible with a modern tanker/receiver (either boom or hose)". This question seems to be tricky, in that many of the early systems would not be compatible with a modern airplane. For bonus points, when was the first carrier based...

First fully modernised Orion returned at Valkenburg VALKENBURG / THE NETHERLANDS - This morning around 10:30am the first completely modernised Lockheed P-3C Orion returned at RNLNAS Valkenburg. The aircraft departed to the United States on 7 July 2002. There all tactical equipment was removed from...

First Stop Syria, Next Stop Iran: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=38580 COULD STRIKE NORTHERN SYRIA: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=38448 VALERIE PLAME LEAK CAME FROM NEOCON LIBBY OUT OF CHENEY'S OFFICE:

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I was reading where a US pilot shot down an Austrian fighter flying an Italian m.5 seaplane fighter. Was this our first navy kill?

In 1984, during the NATO exercise TEAMWORK 84, a Soviet Bear D reconnaissance aircraft got a little too Ivan and a USMC AV-8 Harrier jet from the amphibious assault ship USS Inchon (LPH-12) was sent up to intercept and escort it out of the area. THis is the first such interception by a USMC...

The 26-page plan assumes annual spending of $29 billion per year beginning in fiscal year 2016 for tactical aircraft in the Navy and Air Force. It projects a 177 percent increase -- about 500 aircraft -- in the unmanned aircraft inventory as well as a 350 percent increase -- an additional 1,000...