Inside the Air Force Officials: Testing should remain on track MANUFACTURING FLAW FOUND IN STOVL JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER LIFT FAN ROTOR Date: January 4, 2008 Program officials have discovered a manufacturing defect in the lift fan rotor of the short take-off vertical landing F-35 Joint Strike Fighter...

To All USMC Reservists from HQ, USMC: All Marine Corps reservists are officially ordered to keep the Commanding Officer, USMCRSC notified of any current and change of: residential/mailing address marital status number of financially dependant family members civilian employment status, name...

http://www.strange-mecha.com/aircraft/VTOL/V-Concept.htm Rob

Following the decommissioning of the RNLN squadrons last Friday I have just completed an update to the website of the P-3 Orion Research Group. The latest changes include: - history pages for both VSQ320 and VSQ321 added (follow the links below the pics on the home page) - world wide P-3 squadrons...

If the IFR probe won't retract, what's the usual reason, and what other effects will that failure have on other systems, specifically those associated with landing. Got asked that on another forum. Relates to a segment in this video: http://www.big-boys.com/articles/theairforcefun.html Ignore the...

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Bush's tough tactics are a 'declaration of war' on Iran By Anne Penketh, Diplomatic Editor http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2145136.ece Published: 12 January 2007 American forces stormed Iranian government offices in northern Iraq, hours after President George Bush issued a...

http://www.washtimes.com/world/20070306-101318-2817r.htm U.S. Air Force jets deploy to Okinawa By David Axe THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published March 7, 2007 GINOWAN, Japan - A deployment to Okinawa by the U.S. Air Force's newest fighter jets presages plans to rapidly boost forces in the Pacific...

Converging U.S. Navy aircraft carrier groups in Middle East http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=31129

Year 2010. President Hillary Clinton names CVN-78 after William J. Clinton. Year 2025. President Chelsea Clinton names CVN-85 after Hillary R. Clinton.

just curious if anyone here has seen the movie - "Stealth", and have any comments regarding the premise behind it. received this movie review from a friend --- allright, "Stealth" is an - "ok" movie.

CNN carried live the C-2 getting down w/o any gear. Flight crew did a hell'a job. Dumped fuel, feathered the right engine, caught the emergency wire w/ the extended hook. All captured by a nearby news helo. http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=90696&ran=138758 MW

I wanted to know if the F-14 Tomcat was used at all in the Vietnam war, even if it was limited, and towards the end of the war ? the Tomcat was designed in the late 1960s, entered service in the early 1970s (correct me if that's not so). The war stretched until what, 1972-1973. but then there...

TOKYO — North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese news report said Thursday, as Russia and China urged the regime to return to international disarmament talks on its rogue nuclear program. The missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of...

I dought there are only SAP warheads in use. But in a cut of a HY2 Missile the warhead was a hollow charge and some missiles like the Hsiung Feng (Taiwan) use EFP's. The HF is a Gabriel like missile and the israeli was infolved into the development of this missile. Can anyone post a link to a...

written by: Dongfang Weishì Bureau of Investigation in the United States Congress a report using great lengths in promoting China's conventional submarines against the U.S. Navy will form a "huge threat" Shenyang 5th generation J-14 aircraft high-maneuverability and supercruising...

"Bill Kambic" wrote in message ... I have lately been getting "bills" from an outfit named Publishers Consolidated Subscription Services for magazines to which I have never subscribed. In a couple of instances I have received "complimentary...

Photos of that ill-fated squadron on June 4, 1942 http://www.centuryinter.net/midway/Carrier_Squadrons/Torpedo_Eight/in_color.html#LCDR%20John%20C.%20Waldron

"The first flight of the U.S. Marine Corps’ heavy lifter CH-53K helicopter has slipped two years to 2013, while its initial operational capability (IOC) has slid three years to 2018, officials have confirmed to AVIATION WEEK. The date slips come as no surprise to the Marines and the CH-53K program...

WDAllen- LSO, "Looked good when he went by me!" Pilot, "Any landing's a good landing if you can walk way from it! Right CAG?" BRBR Or " a peek is worth a thousand scans" "never pass up perfectly good wires"