Really well done.... worth checking out. From the look at the battle of the USS Laffey (And US air cover of the day, tactics, the ship herself, etc.) to the stuff on the Okha program to the look at a German ramming squadron in the last days of the war in Europe, really well done stuff.

This week's AW&ST cover story, "Red Air For Hire", discusses the burgeoning civilian operated adversary services saying, "...the age of outsourcing advanced tactical training and training support services may have finally arrived--and with a vengeance". http://www.aviationnow.com Acknowledging...

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...

12 Jul 2004 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News You can also receive this resource listing that is published daily via email by The American War Library (www.amervets.com). Go here for more info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/war-correspondents/ Rumors of Draft's Revival...

Friendly fire Supporters of Maj. Harry Schmidt, whom the Air Force is court-martialing for dropping a bomb on friendly Canadian troops in Afghanistan, ask this question: Why hasn't the military filed such serious charges against other pilots in a series of "friendly fire" deaths in Iraq and...

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...

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...

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

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Hello , I make leather Squadron and Group patches see my link for sample photos of 200 various patches I've made, I can make just about any WW2 US military aviation unit patch, USN,USMC,USAAF, 5-6 inch size ,your choice of unit ,$50.00 each/total/including postage in the US,$60.00 each/total...

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...

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...

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

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?

I came across this in this morning's San Francisco Chronicle. Not exactly related to aviation, but its a powerful story. It's too bad the Chron doesn't have the photos online as well. A Marine's journey home Michael R. Strobl Sunday, May 2, 2004

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,...

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Also read the 'War Conceived in Israel' article which is linked under the map of 'greater Israel' at the left by scrolling down to it at http://www.nowarforisrael.com NO US SOLDIERS SHOULD HAVE TO DIE IN IRAQ FOR ISRAEL TO GET OIL: http://www.nogw.com/warforisrael.html Subj:

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 ;)