Just started reading Sherwood's new book "Afterburner," about naval aviation during the Vietnam War. While examining ready room photos of various naval aviators and NFOs, I noticed many of them are *not* wearing flight suits. Instead, they're wearing trousers, a web belt and a long sleeve shirt...

Yes, a Herc was used for anti-ship bombing. You gotta love people who improvise in wartime! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Ward "the Argentinians had been using a C-130 to attack merchant ships re-supplying the task force by simply pushing a bomb out of the back of the aircraft as it flew...

As I understand it, when jet aircraft were flown from aircraft carriers, procedures and equipment used with piston aircraft proved inadequate, and the United States adopted a set of devices developed by the British, including the angled deck, the optical glide path, and the angle of attack...

E-2D and Maritime Security http://lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/857.pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGS8dwQSWzI -- -Jeff B. "Excuse me. I don't mean to impose, but I am the Ocean."

Year 2010. President Hillary Clinton names CVN-78 after William J. Clinton. Year 2025. President Chelsea Clinton names CVN-85 after Hillary R. Clinton.

Wonderful... Inside the Air Force Wing mods also under way AIR FORCE WORKING TO REMOVE CORROSION FROM F-22A FIGHTER JETS September 7, 2007 HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UT -- The Air Force is quickly working to remove recently discovered corrosion on its fifth-generation F-22A fighter fleet, maintenance...

See: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3af8cdf63d-e706-409e-9ab5-0be0b200c7de This means the F-35C will have a bigger wing...

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

Had a convention flier hit my desk with things to do when not in sessions. Listed the usual SD destinations in shopping, Balboa Park (and its aviation museum), Sea World. One new item was the Midway carrier museum. Where is it moored and what has it to offer? Yes, I know I could do a web search...

As a young sailor (some 30+ years ago) I flew in the back of an EP-3B 'Batrack' aicraft of VQ-1. Years later, I read of the story of the two P-3As that were converted to EP-3Bs in the 1960s. The story is that they were CIA-operated out of Taiwan, Germany, etc. with a number of modifications for...

Iran resumes atomic work, escalates crisis: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=39818 Who's Behind the Coming War With Iran?: http://www.antiwar.com/orig/horton.php?articleid=6888 http://nomorewarforisrael.blogspot.com

DEDICATED TO ALL WHO FLEW BEHIND ROUND ENGINES We gotta get rid of those turbines, they're ruining aviation and our hearing... A turbine is too simple minded, it has no mystery. The air travels through it in a straight line and doesn't pick up any of the pungent fragrance of engine oil or pilot...

Since Woody just asked for sea stories, I'll try to oblige. Unfortunately this one came to me third or fourth-hand, so its provenance is uncertain, thus the customary "TINS" acronym will be omitted. -- Mike Kanze "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."

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...

Nuclear war starting in 10 days? 11.08.2006 Source: URL: http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/83898-Nuclear_War-0 Such was the conclusion reached in the U.S. Russian generals and political scientists disagree only about its exact starting date. Our world is on the brink of another world...

A: The Navy intends to reduce it's purchase of F-35Cs by deploying more Marine Corps strike fighter squadrons on board big deck carriers. B: The USMC plans to buy zero F-35Cs. Does A + B mean that the next USN big deck carrier will have a ski ramp? ;-) -HJC

JANE'S NAVY INTERNATIONAL - MARCH 01, 2006 End of an era: USN's Tomcats make their final approach before decommissioning The US Navy is set to decommission its F-14 Tomcats this month. Robert Hewson takes a look at some of their final deployments and the force's transition to the Super Hornet It...

After the Downing Street Memo: Case for Impeachment Builds: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=35872

When refueling using the probe and drogue system, is it commonplace to have fuel leakage from the drogue? At my day job, we have a foreign customer asking about the resistance of an engine to fuel ingestion during refueling. Apparently it is something of a problem for them, but they have not...