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Aircrew casualities by
ArtKramr
The common wisdom in WW II was that tail gunners and bombardiers suffered the
highest casualties among bomber aircrews. Anyone have any actual statistics on
aircrew casualties by position in USAAC bombers?
Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II...
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Germany Lost the War... So What? by
robert arndt
The US postwar history:
Korea: stalemate
Cuban Missile Crisis: stalemate
Vietnam: LOST
Operation Eagle Claw (Iranian Hostage Rescue): Failure
Lebanon: Marines blown up- failure
Reagan-Bush years: a string of success shooting down a few Libyan MiGs
and attacking small puny nations with no AF-...
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Kerry hiding his record by
Dudley Henriques
"Therasa" wrote in message
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Why won't Kerry sign a form 180 releasing his records?
It will take an overwhelmingly vocal and visual public demand by a large
special interest group like the Swifties to force...
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Bomber-jacket leather and our law by
Mike Yared
from http://www.washtimes.com/national/inring.htm
Buy Pakistani?
The Pentagon is about to waive "buy American" provisions of U.S. law and
allow Pakistan to provide the goatskin leather used in the distinctive U.S.
aviator bomber jackets. The Defense Department has notified a U.S. leather
tanner...
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Piper Cub Vs F-15 by
Emilio
It is hard to believe that F-15 can fly formation with Piper Cub.
http://www.pipercubforum.com/intercep.htm
Do F-15 fly by wire system prevent the aircraft from stalling at that low
speed? Last time I saw an aircraft with fly by wire system did such a
stunt, Airbus plowed right in to the forest...
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Carrier Islands by
Thomas W Ping
Are there aviation-related reasons why the starboard side is favored
for the island, or is it a purely naval issue? If the latter, did the
practice come about because the first pioneering carriers were
arbitrarily drawn up that way and the configuration simply stuck as a
matter of tradition, or...
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A-10 in WWII?? by
Stephen Harding
We've had a couple scenarios of aircraft going back in
time and speculation on what sort of effect they'd have.
I just saw a show on the A-10 Warthog with a top speed
of 420 mph. That's WWII fighter speeds (although I'm
not certain at what altitude).
Since an A-10 can carry something like 16,000...
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FS Books USAF, Navy, Marine pilots and planes by
Ken Insch
Selling some of my books. If interested in any of the following then email
me at
Squadron/Signal:
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Aircraft #14 Gunslingers
Aircraft #32 F-14
Aircraft #38 F5
Aircraft #53 F-16
Walk Around #9 - F6F Hellcat
Air Force Colors Vol.1 1926-42
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22 Aug 2004 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News by
Otis Willie
22 Aug 2004 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security
News
You can also receive this resource listing that is published
daily via
email by The American War Library (www.amervets.com). Go to this
URL for more info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/war-correspondents/
Marine on trial...
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The F-16 control stick? by
Christopher
Does it move when say when the pilot wants to climb, or does it have
pressure sensors on a rigid stick so the stick can inform the
computers the pilots hand is pressing on the front of the stick and he
wants the F-16 to climb?
Christopher
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"Kites rise highest against
the...
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Singapore down selects three fighters... by
John Cook
Singapore has down selected the F15, Rafale and the Eurofighter
typhoon for their next generation fighter....
The F16, F18E/f and Sukhoi Su-30MK were rejected.
"Asked how the final three were chosen, Mindef said it had looked at
several factors like operational performance, the availability...
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Routine Aviation Career by
Guy Alcala
I just had to pass this along -- Enjoy.
Guy
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What follows is classic aviation lore. John Lear gave this
talk on July 9th, 2004 to a group of fellow pilots in the
Las Vegas "Hangar of Quiet Birdmen." John Lear is the son
of William Lear,...
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Australia tries to rewrite history of Vietnam War by
Evan Brennan
Aerophotos wrote in message news:
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hey evan
Yes?
if you think our adf is so pathetic in vietnam care to explain why we
only lost 500 over 10yrs from a 50,000 total force and you yanks lost
56,000 in 10yrs from a force of 585,000?
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July 18th 03 11:45 PM
by Sunny
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Scared and trigger-happy by
John Galt
Scared, Trigger-Happy Young Males
by Doug Casey
The war in Iraq is going to fail, utterly and disastrously. There are
many reasons for that, but one more lies in the prevailing
psychological mindset of the U.S. military. I'm not referring so much
to the young grunts, who are driven mostly by a...
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F-106 Speed record questions.... by
David E. Powell
OK, now this is really old information, but as a kid I recall reading
somewhere that the F-16 set a record for single-engine production fighters,
with a top speed of Mach 2.32, and that this was (at the time I heard) still
a record for single engine production fighters.
Is this true, or did it set...
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February 25th 04 06:13 AM
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Coalition casualties for October by
Michael Petukhov
http://www1.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=25162&lang=en
Coalition servicemen killed in the war against Iraq:
Total announced as of 2nd of November: 433 (377 US, 51 UK, 1 Denmark,
3 Spain, 1 Ukraine)
Total casualties after 1st of May: 262 (239 US, 18 UK, 1 Denmark, 3
Spain, 1 Ukraine)
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Greatest Strategic Air Missions? by
Leadfoot
What are some of the greatest strategic air missions?
Some candidates
Yamamoto shootdown
Hiroshima
Paul Doumer bridge LGB
Dambusters
Tirpitz
Norwegian heavy water
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USAF axes the bicycle aerobics test by
S. Sampson
General Jumper released a policy this week, that all Airmen will
axe the high-tech bicycle aerobics test, and the troops will
return to jogging, push-ups, and sit-ups by 1 January 2004.
Basically the Air Force has axed the last of General McPeaks crap,
and is back online to the days before his...
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Open Letter to Kofi Annan and George Walker Bush by
Matt Wiser
Ramsey Clark? Saddam's most persistent apologist-anything he writes/says is
heavily suspect. He even offered to defend the Butcher of Baghdad at his
upcoming trial. Mr. Clark would be advised to collect his fee in advance.
And get ready to defend himself on charges of aid and comfort to the...
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