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March 7th 05 10:46 PM
by FatKat
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CSA Redux? by
sid
Looks like the need for more than single seat fighters is becoming an
issue again. From the April Seapower:
http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/apr_04_16.php
"Boeing's Ted Herman, business development manager for the F-18
program, told Sea Power the Super Hornet tanker helps "extend the
legs" of...
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"Fighters deploy to SW Asia" by
Mike
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060112-113400-5198r.htm
Fighters deploy
Coinciding with increased tensions with Iran over the resumption of
illicit uranium enrichment, the U.S. Air Force has dispatched
additional warplanes to the region in a not-so-subtle sign, military
sources say. An...
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C-121 HEEELPPP! by
Jeff Franks
I am attempting to have a C-121 Constellation model made for my father for
Christmas. He was an ECM operator "backender" in the mid-60's in VQ-2. He
has sent me several pictures of the Connie in the past, but only one in the
VQ-2 paint scheme as he flew them. His description and the black &...
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September 8th 03 12:42 PM
by Chuck
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Blue Angels' practice draws eyes to skies by
Otis Willie
Blue Angels' practice draws eyes to skies
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050923/LOCAL/209230320/1078/news
{EXCERPT} Gainesville Sun, FL - 9 hours ago Other performers include
two World War II-era bombers, a B-25 sponsored by the Disabled
American Veterans, and the Memphis...
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VFA-82 - and F/A-18 vs. F-15 by
[email protected]
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=17006
The only sad thing in this story is the fact that another squadron with
a great history is gonna be shelved. But it reminds me about VA-55
Warhorses, disestablished while its crews fought in Desert Storm under
the flags of other...
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Vought F7U Cutlass by
Jim
For those who might be interested the current edition, volume 15, of
International Air Power Review has an indepth analysis of the type.
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Small arms locker questions by
Red
"Leadfoot" wrote in message
news:FjRUa.18170$u51.10387@fed1read05...
Type of ship, size of crew? Interested in Subs and Aircraft Carriers as
well
as FFG's and DD's
Size and location of locker?
What type and how many weapons? The more detail the better
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July 30th 03 02:10 PM
by Pechs1
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AP reporting JFK's skipper will be relieved by
Mike Weeks
From the AP (via SDiego UT paper):
start
Aircraft carrier captain relieved of command after crash in Gulf
By John J. Lumpkin
ASSOCIATED PRESS
2:47 p.m. August 26, 2004
WASHINGTON –– The Navy is relieving the captain of the aircraft carrier USS
John F. Kennedy in connection with a collision...
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Navy Says Farewell to Last Sea King by
Mike Weeks
I believe some will find this of interest; the passing of yet another
long-serving "bird".
MW
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=28190
NNS070312-14. Navy Says Farewell to Last Sea King
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stephanie Tigner, Fleet
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Round Engines by
Voxpopuli
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...
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NSA releases EC-121 Liberty tapes: no smoking gun by
Mike Weeks
Released material located:
http://www.nsa.gov/docs/efoia/released/liberty.html
NSA states the only transmissions recorded were from 1429 to 1528.
MW
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"As soon as movement begins, so does the fog of war" - Edward N. Luttwak
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Relief Effort H-60 Crash by
Jim Carriere
Hello folks, I just saw this link on yahoo news, I didn't see
anything about it on www.news.navy.mil yet, probably soon.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050110/ap_on_re_as/tsunami_helicopter_crash
All the story says is an SH-60 with 10 onboard crashed in Indonesia,
near Banda...
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1957: Naval Type Specification 146 by
Marco P.J. Borst
Hello,
Back in 1957 USN's Naval Type Specification 146 was issued to find a
replacement aircraft for the P2V Neptune and P5M Marlin. As you might know
Lockheed's Model 185 (later called P3V-1 Orion and again later P-3A Orion)
was the USN's choice.
Nothing much is known about the other aircraft...
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bushies file illegal flight plan by
JamesF1110
And if this occurred while Clinton was President, he would have been overjoyed
that the press had not discovered his girlfriend(s) on Air Force One.
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A-1D by
M. B.
Anybody know what the max trap of a Spad was? Don't know much about this
bird but I walk past one every day. Seems like it would've been a good
airplane.
-MB
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US-Israeli Tensions Escalating Quickly by
NOMOREWARS_FORISRAEL
US-Israeli Tensions Escalating Quickly
http://tinyurl.com/usisraelitensionsescalating
http://america-hijacked.com/2010/03/17/us-israeli-tensions-escalating-quickly/
Additional via http://AMERICA-HIJACKED.COM
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MEDICAL CERTIFICATION FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT PILOTS by
Mike[_7_]
The FAA at work
MEDICAL CERTIFICATION FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT PILOTS
Though it may sound like one hand clapping, an unmanned aircraft must
have a pilot -- just not on the plane. And someone has to worry what
may happen if the pilot becomes incapacitated. "Although the term
'unmanned...
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