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Status of the Kiev? by
John A. Weeks III
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...
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MArines f18? by
John C
Do marines fly f18s and off carriers?
-John C
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Marines by
John C
Do marines fly f18s and off carriers?
-JOh C
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LAunching planes from carriers by
John 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?
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Blue angles and Thunderbirds by
John C
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
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Iran's torpedo by
John C
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
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April 11th 06 10:24 PM
by FatKat
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F18 dogfighting by
John C
IS the F18 as good a dogfighter as the F14?
Will F14 aviators transistion over to the F18?
-John Cip
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March 31st 06 11:48 PM
by DDAY
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Q? We don't need no stinking Q! by
John Carrier
"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...
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A BRAC list, NOT! by
John Carrier
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...
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Blues at Wings over Meridian by
John Carrier
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...
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April 21st 04 02:21 PM
by Pechs1
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Britain breaks with the US over Iran by
John Dallman
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...
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March 23rd 06 02:36 AM
by ~Nins~
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F-14 maintenance man-hours/fight-hour? by
John Dallman
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,...
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How do you exit a F-22 cockpit? by
John Dallman
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....
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Air Force to name F-35 by June 30th by
John Dallman
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...
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Concorde - join the campaign by
John Dallman
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...
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Chinese strategic background by
John Dallman
_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...
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October 10th 03 03:36 AM
by WaltBJ
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torpedo attack by
John Keeney
When was the last air launched torpedo attack made?
Was it as long agao as the attack on the dam gates in Korea?
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NAS Glenview IL memorial by
John Larson
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...
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The end of the Naval Air Reserves??? by
John Larson
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
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