This is not a plug for ABC's "Threat Matrix" as I've not seen the pilot program, and pre-reviews are iffy. But it sure caught my attention when I saw an A3D/A-3 Skywarrior/Whale in some promo clips of the program which will air Thursdays this fall. The promos promise "cutting-edge technology" with...

Hi all, I found interesting pictures at http://warfare.ru/?catid=255&linkid=2280 Are they really show Sukhoi Pak-FA fighter? Thank you. Eugene

From http://www.staugustine.com (St. Augustine FL 21 Dec 2003) By SUSAN PARKER Historian With this past week's centennial celebration of the Wright Brothers' first flight, the focus on aviation pioneers has been both historical and personal for me. My uncle, Charles Eugene Richbourg, a son of...

Royal Navy's 800 Squadron page says "Each RN pilot faced the MiG-29 in combat and found the Sea Harrier to be a good match for the MiG. Thanks to the Blue Vixen radar the Sea Harrier won every time in beyond visual range engagements and also scored some notable successes when converting to the...

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To The Nearest Tenth of a Mile, What is the Maximum Range of a AIM-54A Phoenix Air to Air Missile? Do you understand why the exact answer might be classified?

What are the current regulations in regard to this? A friend of mine in Chicago said while he was at lunch the other day he saw a Navy officer in uniform and his G-1 at a fast food joint. He was suprised to the see the flight jacket, because he was under the impression they weren't allowed to be...

Boeing Offers Additional F/A-18 Sale to U.S. Navy DefenseNews.com April 16, 2007 Boeing Offers Additional F/A-18 Sale to U.S. Navy By JOHN T. BENNETT Boeing is floating a proposal to sell the U.S. Navy more F/A-18E/F

Israel seeking to torpedo Iran nuclear deal: Analyst: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2015/04/23/407712/United-States-Iran-Israel-USS-Liberty-AIPAC Following is a youtube link for the above interview: "Iran to ask for explanations over US contradictory...

My father in law has told me an interesting story about a crash of a Martin P5M Marlin flying boat patrol bomber. The crash occured in 1954 near Horta, Azores Islands. My father in law was on board the seaplane tender Currituck AV 7. Apparently Pan Am flying boats used to take off from the harbor...

VX-4 has created some of the most spectacular paintjobs seen on F-4 Phantoms, and as such are prime subjects for scale models. I could of course build such planes with nothing, or only fuel tanks under the wings, I prefer to have a little more variation in loadouts. Given that VX-4 was a test...

A few months ago Playboy magazine had a picture of an all-black F-14 with the bunny logo. I thought this logo had been banned from Navy aircraft after the Tailhook scandal. Does anybody know any details? D

Triggered by a recent question I am trying to find details about records flights made by P-3 Orions. So far I found the following: 22 January 1971: World distance record for an aircraft in its class, flown by a USN P-3C: 7010 miles (11282 km). 4 November 1972: Class C / Group II world distance...

USNI Proceedings Magazine Issue: October 2007 Vol. 133/10/1,256 The Osprey Goes to War By Richard Whittle After a tumultuous quarter-century in development, the Marines' V-22 tiltrotor aircraft is ready to fly combat missions in Iraq. The Marines start learning in October whether the cost of...

Yep, after 1979. I was CIC Officer on Coral Sea from 1976 to 1978 and she was deployed from NAS Alameda to WestPac. "Mike Weeks" wrote in message ... From: (Tom Cooper) Date: 5/27/2003 02:33 Pacific...

http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/282516.html Second test plane powers up, but first plane stays grounded Work on the second F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter test aircraft has reached a key milestone, but the one test aircraft that last flew nearly six months ago is still...

Inside the Navy Loose Bolts Ground V-22 Ospreys; Four Aircraft in Iraq Will Need Fixes March 24, 2009 -- Naval Air Systems Command this week ordered the temporary grounding of 84 Navy and Air Force V-22 Osprey tiltrotors after an inspection of one of 12 V-22s in Iraq revealed that loose bolts...

Target Iran: US able to strike in the spring Despite denials, Pentagon plans for possible attack on nuclear sites are well advanced Ewen MacAskill in Washington Saturday February 10, 2007 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2010086,00.html...

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Marines fight for $48 billion high-tech air fleet (EXCERPT) Staggering costs, fatal crashes have plagued vertical take-off LESLIE WAYNE NEW YORK TIMES SERVICE PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL AIR STATION, Md.— In the clear summer sky, the V-22 Osprey was showing its stuff. It went backward, zoomed at...