This is all a put on sponsored by Hilliary R. Clintonista..If Kerry were to get elected, he might get a second term, that would put Hillary in a bad position having to wait until '12. With Kerry losing in 04, it sets HRC up to run against a new Republican in '08. Rick

I am curious about use of a chopper in the higher altitudes of Afghanistan. The Canadians are in Kabul and the word is our Griffin, a Bell 412 helicopter, can't work in the mountains. Anyone now why..... lack of power at altitude, lack of oxygen ? Allen

"Aerophotos" wrote in message ... | Dave, | | My other son is off with the Air Force, we dont comment on his | operational issues, due to security nowdays.. im sure you understand. | | Anyone in the military service if smart, doesnt comment on...

Setting the gyros would be the difficult part. The V-1 took quite a while to set and ship's movement would cause a real problem. v/r Gordon ====(A+C==== USN SAR Aircrew "Got anything on your radar, SENSO?" "Nothing but my forehead, sir."

Everything I read seems to indicate the JSF is intended to do air to ground work primarily with high-tech weapons like JDAM bombs. However, I get the impression that such weapons require a considerable amount of advance planning. This would seem to make loitering near a combat area waiting for a...

Military service A Soldier, a Sailor, an Airman and a Marine got into an argument about which branch of the service was "The Best." The arguing became so heated the four service men failed to see an oncoming truck as they crossed the street. They were hit by the truck and killed...

If you were going to name a couple of the greatest writers about military aviation, who would they be? I want personal recollections, not history. I'd like names that large numbers of people would recognize. Antoine de St Exupery? (Can't stand him, personally, but he seems beloved) Ernest Gahn?...

This from the Aero-News Propwash email newsletter this morning: *********************************************** USAF Names First Female To Command Combat Squadron And You'll Never Guess... The 354th Fighter Squadron, based at Arizona's Davis-Monthan AFB, has a new commander: Lt. Col. Martha...

Has the RAF confirmed that their T.1 and F.1 Typhoons are to be supplied without the mauser gun capabilities? According to Typhoon's entry on RAF's website there doesn't seem to have mention of a 27mm mauser on the fighter http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/typhoon.html Smart move for an aircraft...

60 minutes had a piece on Sean O'Keefe's decision to no longer support the Hubble Space Telescope. His reasoning: it's too risky. Supporting the space station is okay because if the shuttle is damaged and cannot reenter, they can always board the ISS and wait for a rescue mission. The...

We keep bringing up presidents/candidates getting shot at ( "We" includes me, I confess ). But today a related issue popped into my head. After all the discussion of Kerry's VN history, I wondered if we have had any other recent ( last 75 years or so ) presidents or major contenders who have...

The AP and Reuters are reporting that the Blackhawk that was lost last Thursday was apparently a victim of hostile fire based upon results from a preliminary investigation. Both sources also report that Danish troops have found the first confirmed chemical weapons in Iraq--36 artillery or...

Is the following accurate? "The U.S. Air Force's most expensive bomber is the B-2. It is a stealth bomber built by Northrop Grumman. Its price tag was near $2 billion per aircraft. This plane is capable of flying to any target in the world from its base in the center of the United States and back...

Why not bash them? They and the Germans apparently have a lot to hide in Iraq.......

I'm a CFI and am looking at going into the AF to fly. What are my chances of getting a jet as opposed to the good old C-130? I'm wondering because I am going into this at a relatively older age than most of the jet guys do. I've heard also if you don't have vision of 20/20 or close too it you...

When I went to flight school in WW II every instructor we had was a combat veteran who returned after a full combat tour of duty was completed to instruct. My Bomb instructor was a bombardier with the "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group. He flew 25 missions, most of them England to Berlin with no...

Two Bad Days Over the Deadly RR Bridges Railroad bridges were brutally defended. Knock out a RR bridge and you have cut transport for possibly hundreds of miles . And while repairing track took only a few hours. rebulding a RR bridge over a river or chasm might take weeks. We had some of our...

Since the Americans were still flying the SR-71 on missions into the early 90's I'd have to day you are wrong. "R420" wrote in message ... I for one think that the SR-71 has not only been replaced, but its replacement...

Just to eliminate some of the superfluous chit-chat on the subject from people who obviously haven't looked at it, here is a copy of the 4th Geneva Convention, enacted in August 1949, to which both the U. S. and Iraq subscribed: "Art. 3. In the case of armed conflict not of an international...

Was half paying attention to a TV doco on the Dambusters a few mins ago and thought I heard the narrator say the Earthquake bomb designed by Barnes Wallis broke the sound barrie on its way down. Comments anyone? ronh -- "People do not make decisions on facts, rather, how they feel about the...