The University of Washington's student senate rejected a memorial for alumnus Gregory "Pappy" Boyington of "Black Sheep Squadron" fame amid concerns a military hero who shot down enemy planes was not the right kind of person to represent the school. Student senator Jill Edwards, according to...

Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Order Code RS21848 June 5, 2006 Air Force FB-22 Bomber Concept Christopher Bolkcom Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

This is the sort of good news that the mass media always ignores. ;-) http://www.gizmag.co.uk/go/5751/ Marines successfully completed two non-stop, coast-to-coast flights this week with a pair of MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, as a precursor to a transatlantic flight to England with the...

Airplane Taxies Into Car: Video Footage A airshow pilot's worst nightmare happens when he taxies this classic World War II tail-dragger right into a parked car. http://www.jumpingpixels.com/airplane.html

Just heard a little while ago that two F/A 18's from Lemoore had a mid-air over Hunter-Liggett. Two chutes were seen, one injured pilot recovered still searching for the other.

Pulled the 1970's dirty Harry flick Magnum Force off the shelf. At the end they have a chase on a couple of mothballed aircraft carriers. I'd say escort carriers since they have a small island and maybe 1 elevator. IMDB has nothing in the trivia section and google isn't giving results right...

But it doesn't look good... http://www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/stories/wcnc-072406-al-plane_crash.1b3b58b1.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfTEyeHd1Cg

Have you almost given up waiting for the Democrat plan for winning the war on terror? Well, here it is now from http://www.democrats.gov/rs.html THE DEMOCRATIC PLAN (Do they mean the DEMOCRAT PLAN?) "War on Terror To Defeat Terrorists and Stop the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction, we...

Pentagon confirms Iranian directorate as officials raise new concerns about war: http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=54407 Authors of Israel Lobby Paper Get Warm Reception at Military...

I had an interesting conversation with a pair of SLUF pilots today - an AF type and a Navy guy. I chimed in with my 2 cents, that my connection with the stubby little jets was that I used to fish their pilots out of the sea when they went from "single engine" to "no engine". Both pouted a bit at...

Wednesday, May 1, 2006 Wallpaper of the month - May, 2006 Desktop Wallpaper - "WASPs on flight line at Laredo AAF, Texas, 22 January 1944". These four female pilots leaving their ship at the four engine school at Lockbourne are members of a group of WASPS who have been trained to ferry the B-17...

BGM-109 Tomahawk Impact see impact video footage: http://www.jumpingpixels.com/bgm109tomahawk.html The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings. Introduced by General Dynamics in the 1970s, it was designed as a medium- to...

Dallas Morning News May 5, 2006 V-22 Is Going To War, Marine General Says Aviation chief says he will order the aircraft to Iraq next year By Richard Whittle, The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - The V-22 Osprey will make its combat debut next year in

Today marks the 39th anniversary of the first attack on "Downtown" Hanoi. Two F-4Bs, one A-6A and, one RA-5C were lost in that strike. If you have ever watched the shows produced about the Vietnam air war that discuss John McCain and feature footage of aircraft debris being retieved from Hanoi...

"Hawkish Israeli Lobby Wants War with Iran!": http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/12448/index.php Study Alleging Dominant Influence of Israeli Lobby Sparks Heated Fallout: http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=53243

wrote: Hi all, The campaign to get Concorde flying again has attracted 2,000 signatures this week! Please add your support at www.save-concorde.com. To sum up the situation: - we aren't arguing with the reasons Concorde went out of service - the

Iran Won't Give Up Nuclear Program Under Western Pressure But Agrees To Talks... www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/06/03/iran-wont-give-up-nuclea_n_22150.html Whose War? (Israel's war): http://www.amconmag.com/03_24_03/cover.html

Pro-Israel (AIPAC) lobby pushing hard for US to attack Iran: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=54004 Malaysia's Mahathir warns World War 4 looming: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=54012

http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2006/09/07/news/news05.txt Staff reports Santa Barbara County sheriff's deputies found a bizarre scene Wednesday morning when they stopped outside the La Purisima Mission to investigate an empty car.