Returned home late last night from a trip to the Dayton airshow. One seemingly minor incident raised my curiousity. A two plane detachment of F-117s were sent to the show. As is quite typical one aircraft departed intending to provide flybys at other regional shows before returning to Dayton for...

I'm reading that a very sudden "realignment" of NAS Keflavik is in the works. News reports are rather sketchy whether it is a total pull-out or not. Might someone have more details? ACC USN ret. NKX, BIKF, NAB, CV-63, NIR 67-69 69-71 71-74 77-80 80-85

This time of the year I usually ask the regular readers of this newsgroup which aircraft they flew years ago they'd most like to see with a newer engine. Always worthy of many fine comments. This time a slight revision. You are recalled to active duty for combat overseas. You will return with a...

Often on the news broadcasts I see a depiction of current known airborne traffic over the U.S. Perhaps I've been away from the field too long because I can't find a link to it on any FAA site. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. Is it available to the public?

Wondering if any of these are enroute to New Orleans? Seems they would be ideal for getting survivors our of difficult areas.

Attended a nice airshow at the Barnes ANGB, Westfield Mass yesterday. Had the chance to speak with a Lt Col alongside his Otis based F-15A. I was aware BRAC voted to close the Otis ANGB but hadn't spotted a thing about who would be picking up that tasking. To my surprise he replied they were...

Trying to locate a video I may have seen mentioned in this newsgroup. An F-14 was making a high speed flyby at sea, experienced either dual flameout or other total failure. Crew ejected safely. Might someone recall this and have the link?

Clark G. Reynolds Clark G. Reynolds, 65, of Pisgah Forest, North Carolina died Saturday, December 10, 2005 at his home. A native of San Gabriel, California, he was the son of the late William G. Reynolds, a golf professional, and Alma E. Reynolds. A recognized authority on the fast carriers of...

An online article suggests, without citation or reference, that the U.S. Marine Corps nicknamed its Apache helicopter (through three models) as "The Duke," presumably in honor of actor John Wayne. I cannot find corroboration for this statement in web searches. Has anyone here with either...

China sub stalked U.S. fleet By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published November 13, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range...

mastic wrote: .... The FlyGeo_uncensored management. Heheh, somebody's trying to get a piece of the UAV powerplant market :)

Since there are several US flyers with naval aviation backgrounds on this group, I thought I would post this just in case anyone here was affected but didn't get the word yet: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/07/AR2006070700945.html "Personal records for every Navy...

This story is in the local Pensacola paper. I hate to pass along news like this: http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060531/NEWS01/605310322/1006 Santa Rosa copter crash kills 1 Carmen Paige

http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=8569 HC4 lost an H-53 yesterday with, unfortunately, all four souls on board. Here is a link. God bless their families and friends.

Does anybody here know this guy? Here is the link and first paragraph: http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=16143 PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron pilot who safely ejected from his F/A-18 Hornet near Perdido Key in the Gulf of Mexico Dec. 1 has...

Hello folks, I just saw this link on yahoo news, I didn't see anything about it on www.news.navy.mil yet, probably soon. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050110/ap_on_re_as/tsunami_helicopter_crash All the story says is an SH-60 with 10 onboard crashed in Indonesia, near Banda...

Hello group. I found this link and figured a lot of guys here should get a laugh. Sort of a twist on the urban legend about saltpeter in the chow at basic training. Or maybe "what happens on cruise stays on...

I heard this on the news while driving to work this morning. Here is a good link to the story: http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=19057 Fair winds and following seas.

"fudog50" wrote: SNIPS Well ok, email me if you want it, and it is a Word document. Why wouldn't you appreciate it? Is it a compatibility with Usenet posting issue? Or just a personal preference? I'm new at this posting attachments stuff, guess it ain't the same as...

"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message ... "BlackBeard" wrote: :David E. Powell wrote: : : Name a successful combat use of the torpedo you mention. : : The Kursk.