Does anyone know the current status of the former Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev? It was supposed sold to a Korean company for scrapping, but was then bought by China. It has been undergoing refit as a museum and casino. The ship had a fatal fire in 2003, and that is the last I have heard of...

With the new aircraft coming online soon like the x35 and the F22. When would the Blue angles and Thunderbirds get the new planes if ever? -JC

Do marines fly f18s and off carriers? -John C

Do marines fly f18s and off carriers? -JOh C

Is the next generation of carriers going to launch planes differently? ie Mag Lev technology? When is it due out and is it still considered expirmental?

Can Iran potentially put a nuclear weapon on the tip of that torpedo and take out one of our carriers? If so this poses a real threat to our ships. If the weapon is as good as they say it is. -JC

IS the F18 as good a dogfighter as the F14? Will F14 aviators transistion over to the F18? -John Cip

"Speed is life" was drummed into my brain starting with FAM-1 in the F-8. Particularly vital in an era where any likely adversary would eat you alive in a slow turning fight. Also useful when it was time to leave the scene .... max speed to disengage and get to feet wet and safety. We're not...

Plain and simple bull****. The BRAC "list" currently circulating (often from folks who should know better) is a regurgitation of the list created by Carlton Meyer, a former Marine captain and defense policy hobbyist. His vanity web site is here http://www.g2mil.com/. If you'd like to compare...

First air show at NMM in a number of years with (of course) the Blues as the main attraction. Schedule doesn't permit attendence on Sat/Sun but I managed to take my granddaughters to the practice show Friday ... the three year old LOVES airplanes. Blues showed up with 5 jets, dash 3 was Med down...

In article 7g5Tf.62405$Ug4.24554@dukeread12, (Dan) wrote: And there was a study (Tedder?) after WW1 done by the Brits to look into invading the U.S. to keep us from becoming a world power. Just as the USA had a war plan ("Red", I think) for war on the British Empire. Competent...

_China's Strategic Seapower: The politics of force modernisation in the nuclear age_ and _Imagined Enemies: China prepares for uncertain war_. Both by John Wilson Lewis and Xue Litai, Stanford University Press. Lewis and Xue have made a profession of studying Chinese military-political systems...

In article , (Jonathan Wilson) wrote: I seem to remember that when BA and Air France were shutting down Concorde, Richard Branson and Virgin wanted to buy up and operate some of them (I think he said at the time that he would operate them even...

In article , (DDAY) wrote: Spitfire would help to repair some damage that the Pentagon's ham-fisted management has done with the international partners. Not sure about that. The Spitfire was /ours/ and having...

In article , (Juergen Nieveler) wrote: One other possibility occured to me, though - ISTR that most planes used to have a system to get rid of the canopy in a hurry prior to triggering the ejection seat itself....

I know F-14s required a lot of maintenance - but what sort of man-hours per flight hour are we talking about? Having looked at Cooper's book on Iranian F-14s, I think I'm beginning to understand how they kept some of the planes flying. They did have some US-trained people, although not very many,...

Why did Britain win the BoB? Let us imagine that we are going to be playing a complex wargame assigned to us some 3rd or 4th year military science course. There are 20 classmates. Each will have to write a report from either GErmany's or Britain's perspective, and the grade will determine...

When was the last air launched torpedo attack made? Was it as long agao as the attack on the dam gates in Korea?

For those who served at NAS Glenview and would like to have their name,unit and years served displayed for those to see. It will be done by purchasing a "Brick" with your info on it. Go to the Hangar One Foundation website to read more about it. There address is:www.hangarone.org. Here is an...

It will be a sad day when the all these squadrons are gone. It was fun while it lasted. John Larson LCDR(Ret) VP-90 1984-1994, NAS Glenview IL. from July 7 Navy Times Issue Date: July 07, 2003 Proposed cuts to Reserve aviation face opposition