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Presidential Helicopter by
Helowriter
Despite all the politics and planted press coverage around the VXX
decision, has no one has noticed that the Navy chose a less-safe,
lower-performance helicopter for the Marines to carry the President of
the United States? Coalition payback aside (and oops, the Italians
just announced they're...
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POINTER to proposal in us.config by
Henrietta K Thomas
A proposal has been posted to us.config to create a new newsgroup
in the us.* hierarchy, us.military.killed-in-action-dow. Purpose
of the group is to provide a forum for the discussion of persons
killed in action or who died of their wounds while serving with
the US military and to give moral...
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Submarine aircraft carrier in 2010? by
Henry J Cobb
Has anybody considered equipping one of the SSGNs with a full squadron
of Cormorant MPUAVs?
The biggest problem I see with it is how do you refuel and rearm them
while submerged?
-HJC
http://www.gizmag.com/go/5372/
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Tilt-wing V-22 Osprey? by
Henry J Cobb
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-defense11feb11,1,1322518.story?coll=la-news-comment
Why, for instance, is the administration insisting that hundreds of
millions of dollars be poured into the Marine Corps' glitch-plagued,
tilt-wing V-22 Osprey program?
When the wings...
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V-22 Osprey to fly into Iraq without dust filters? by
Henry J Cobb
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/16293387.htm
As a result of the fire, the three squadrons training to fly the V-22
at Marine Corps Air Station New River, in North Carolina, are now
flying the aircraft with air cleaning devices - called engine air
particulate separators, or EAPS - switched...
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V-22 Osprey heading towards Operation Gothic Serpent II? by
Henry J Cobb
http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,120495,00.html
“And I said, ‘Dang, the best place to deploy this airplane is the Horn
of Africa because of the range and speed. You know, you can cover all
that area down there. And its aero-refuelable. It carries 24 people,’”
he...
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V-22 Osprey sees action by
Henry J Cobb
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=115420&ran=147415
The San Antonio was conducting its exercises nearby, Lee said. A V-22
Osprey flew from the deck of the warship to the ailing vessel and
confirmed its location.
Well it's a start.
-HJC
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How do you deploy the Quad Tiltrotor? by
Henry J Cobb
The Quad Tiltrotor is too big to be hangared on any ship the Navy has so
it really needs to operate from land bases.
Would it just be used for delivering people and small items to flatops
(full carriers and Ampihbs) or use the ships as lillypads to support
deep raids?
Which service will...
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Fifty Percent Solution for MV-22A Seems Radical Enough Right Now. by
Henry J Cobb
http://www.shephard.co.uk/Rotorhub/NewsAnalysis.aspx?Action=745115149&ID=1bb47a2b-e820-454a-9103-60a42dc65400
It’s often said Osprey flies like a plane and lands and takes off like
a helicopter – but that is both a cliché and an understatement that
hides the synergy that comes from...
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V-22 Osprey makes precautionary landing en route to U.K. air show by
Henry J Cobb
I thought this trip was all about demonstrating the V-22's ability to
self-deploy?
http://www.marke****ch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?dist=newsfinder&siteid=google&guid=%7B259AA572-2727-452A-80BA-0B31B54A5EE1%7D&keyword=
In this week's transatlantic journey, one of the aircraft made it all
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So when do the Japanese start buying F-35Bs? by
Henry J Cobb
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/10/AR2006071000106.html
A Defense Agency spokeswoman, however, said Japan has no offensive
weapons such as ballistic missiles that could reach North Korea. Its
forces only have ground-to-air missiles and ground-to-vessel...
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V-22 Artillery Raid by
Henry J Cobb
Carry three Netfires CLUs inside the V-22 and land out of line of sight
of the enemy.
The CLUs are taken out, tipped upright, and left by themselves.
Once the V-22 has left then the CLUs are activated and launch the first
wave, LAMs.
The LAMs spot enemy units and do BDA as the PAMs strike then...
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Explain the Navy-Marine Corps Tactical Air Integration Plan to me. by
Henry J Cobb
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
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India, Russia defense talks on Admiral Gorshkov by
Henry J Cobb
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/india/2006/india-060618-irna01.htm
Dutt was on a four-day Russia visit during which he visited St.
Petersburg and Severodvinsk to review progress on the upgradation of Kiev class aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov acquired by India.
He said...
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Super Hornet waits for F-35C to be delayed again. by
Henry J Cobb
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/DA917E4ABFEF022F86256FDE00322EC3?OpenDocument
"The Navy is easily the least-enthusiastic JSF participant," said Richard
Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst at Teal Group Corp. in Fairfax, Va. "If
there's a JSF slip, the Navy can add on...
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One country will upgrade its Sea Harriers for fleet defense, by
Henry J Cobb
Pity it isn't the UK.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1071981.cms
The Cabinet Committee on Security last week approved upgradation of 14 Sea
Harriers, inducted in 1983, which are deployed on the country's sole
aircraft carrier INS Viraat. The Rs 476-crore upgradation package...
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LAPES onto a CVN? by
Henry J Cobb
Has anybody been insane enough to rig a LAPES load with a hook so it can
catch an arresting wire on a carrier from a low flying C-130?
-HJC
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The demise of the Sea Harrier by
Henry J Cobb
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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How many stores stations on the Strikhawk? by
Henry J Cobb
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/sh-60r.htm
"Improvements include the addition of two stores stations,"
Does anybody have any more details on this or is Global Security just
wrong again?
-HJC
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