Asked in free.uk.armed-forces.royal-navy which seems to be dead: A few years ago an RN Commander (or Captain?) ran his ship aground (near Oz, I think). He was court martialled. I want to read about him and the incident, bur I cannot remember his name for Googling. If anyone knows what I'm...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36077879/ns/world_news-europe/?GT1=43001 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36077879/ns/world_news-europe/?GT1=43001 My best goes out to the Russians today. The common threat of terrorism has hit them again.

Blue Angels pilot reinstated, training at El Centro http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20050131-1049-blueangelscrash.html {EXCERPT} ASSOCIATED PRESS 10:49 a.m. January 31, 2005 PENSACOLA, Fla. – A rookie Blue Angels pilot has been reinstated to

According to: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a7269a0cd-0c18-4638-b904-2320885a22dd The P-3C is proving unexpectedly useful...

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/28/navy28.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/03/28/ixhome.html A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: "With the demise of the Sea Harrier, the Royal Navy will be left with a capability gap. But we believe that that is an acceptable...

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On Oct 14, 11:27*pm, wrote: See: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/IRAQ101408.x.... I wonder what else it can carry besides Hellfire. Nice, finally! No hub-center cannon though ;)

USS Ranger (CV/CVA-61) left storage under tow thursday, bound for the breakers yard in texas. last reported position passing Clallam Bay in Strait of Juan de Fuca reportedly under tow by tug Crosby Leader on a five-month, 16,000-mile trip

http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1009.0;id=9987 A very nice photo, indeed, but could anyone point out what are the pods attached to the outboard wing stations? I would guess these are so-called "personal pods" used for ferry flights, but as far as I remember they...

I was watching a documentary called "Top Gun" on the Military Channel. They had some footage of some cat launches gone wrong. In one an A-6 took off the waist catapult of a carrier and started losing altitude almost immediately. Then something really big fell off the plane, it started to roll,...

Recently I was surprised to see a picture of VF-211 F-14A sporting the "AB" (CVW-1) tailcode, a Super Hornet assigned to VFA-106, and a picture of a VFA-22 Super Hornet with the "NK" (CVW-14) tailcode. I haven't been following naval aviation in detail in the last year or so, and find that I've...

British trace missile in copter strike to Iran By Sean Rayment LONDON SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Published March 4, 2007 LONDON -- A missile that brought down a Royal Air Force Lynx helicopter and killed five British service members was smuggled into Iraq by Iranian agents, an official inquiry into the...

Everyone knows that one wipes out a career full of attaboys. What is your favorite non-fatal "aw ****" story? I thought we could also make a thread and tell about the best flying each of us encountered. On Ike in 1980, we had Whales. Either one or two of the massive things, but they were...

My apologies if this is in the wrong group or not allowed, but I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find an HGU 33 flight helmet or a Gentex MMH II motorcycle helmet or steer me in the right direction to find either one? Thank you

On Dec 19, 6:36*pm, Rob Arndt wrote: http://25.media.tumblr.com/NAJN8JTZ6mrsi6iiAD7GTXp3o1_500.jpg Rob http://25.media.tumblr.com/NAJN8JTZ6mrsi6iiAD7GTXp3o1_500.jpg I wonder what the chances of survival was in the pre-ejection (pre zero-zero-zero ) seat era was?

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