http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1844686,00.html John Kilbracken, wartime Swordfish pilot and author of "Bring back my Stringbag" died yesterday. Note the Press Association's slight over-estimate of the range of roles the Swordfish could fill: I'm pretty sure it was never operated as...

John McCain Confronted About USS Liberty Cover-up on Memorial Day 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWyjykrLbvU Additional at http://tinyurl.com/mccainussliberty & http://tinyurl.com/johnmccainmemorialday

John McCain Confronted About USS Liberty Cover-up on Memorial Day 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWyjykrLbvU McCain calls heckler a 'jerk' after being jeered at Memorial Day...

John McCain Confronted on USS Liberty Cover-up & Media Accomplices http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2d0CKXy8HQ&list=PL32A3140D59BF5772&feature=plpp_play_all http://tinyurl.com/mccainconfronted

John McCain Confronted on USS Liberty Cover-up & Media Accomplices http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2d0CKXy8HQ&list=PL32A3140D59BF5772&feature=plpp_play_all http://tinyurl.com/mccainconfronted John McCain has still not yet responded to my email to his staffers included via the link below:

John McCain, NeoCons, the Israel Lobby and Weekly Standard (Ron Paul mentioned): http://neoconzionistthreat.blogspot.com/2008/03/make-people-aware-subscribe.html Here is a tiny URL of the above one: http://tinyurl.com/358b8c

John Mearsheimer is interviewed on Press TV today (broadcast time update): Be sure to watch the excellent interview that host Tina Richards did with John Mearsheimer - www.israellobbybook.com - for her 'Outside the Box' program which airs repeatedly Sunday (June 1st) at 5:06(PST) / 8:06 PM (EST)...

On Jun 28, 11:58*am, Johnny 2012 wrote: You remind me a lot of Ted Kazinski. Your grammar is *terrible*, just like his was.

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) nearly endorsed a move that could end Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter — and the effort may continue. The committee’s top Republican, John McCain (Ariz.), sponsored the language, offered during the panel’s markup of its...

A fellow walked into a pet store and was looking at the animals on display. While he was there, a Master Chief Petty Officer from the local Naval Air Station walked in and said to the shopkeeper, "I'd like a line service monkey, please." The clerk nodded, went to a cage at the side of the store...

My Unofficial Jolly Rogers History website has received a major update. It was a bit long in coming, but I have been in a bit of a shock ever since VF-103 said goodbye to the F-14 Tomcat. The site is located at: http://www.almansur.com/jollyrogers Hard to believe it has been live for more than...

The Jolly Rogers History Webpage has been updated. Star of the update are the new photos by Gerry Clarke of the new F/A-18F AG tail codes, indicating an upcoming cruise aboard the Eisenhower with CVW-7. A good number of other Super Bug and Tomcat pictures have been added to the VF/VFA-103...

London Times May 17, 2004 Overweight Carrier Fighters Give MoD £10bn Headache By Michael Evans, Defence Editor THE Ministry of Defence is facing another procurement disaster after a minister disclosed that the fighter jet planned for two new large aircraft carriers is far too heavy. Adam Ingram,...

"Pressure is building from lawmakers on the Hill for the Navy and Marines to buy more Hornets as the current fleet gets older and the arrival date for the JSF continues to slip." See: http://defensetech.org/2010/03/20/jsf-price-tag-jumps-to-135-million/ How expensive is the JSF going to get?

Can the Navy version of the JSF be configured as a tanker? Say replace the gun pod with a drogue pod and then load up either the bomb bay or the wing hardpoints with fuel tanks until you hit 50,000 pounds. Is this being considered? How much fuel would this provide?

See: http://www.defense-update.com/newscast/0508/news/news2805_jsow.htm Something like this might be stealthier than Harpoon, but it's still a glide weapon, so it wouldn't have as much range as the Harpoon when launched at low altitude. I imagine it might have value in picking off naval targets...

JTFEX going today; "Solid 02" up ```````````````````````````````` It is Mon, 9:34am EDT (1334z). At about 9am (1300z) this morning "Solid 02" departed MacDill AFB. I am fairly certain that this is the RAF E-3D AWACS aircraft (ZH104) that I heard going into MacDill on Friday using the callsign...

Judge halts work on Navy landing field in eastern N.C. (EXCERPT), by Estes Thompson ASSOCIATED PRESS 2:55 p.m. April 20, 2004 RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal judge Tuesday ordered the Navy to stop work on a jet landing field planned in eastern North Carolina, saying the facility could harm birds at a...

sorry, just a test

The Western Aerospace Museum at Oakland (California) International Airport (http://www.westernaerospacemuseum.org/index.htm) is starting restoration of its KA-6D, BuNo 152910. The Museum is seeking any and all items of information that will help it to detail the aircraft's operational history....