Ever the clever wordsmith, the current inhabitant of the White House has blessed us with the phrase "Weapons of Mass Destruction Related Program Activities" as a casus belli. ( BTW, was he related to Melvin Belli? ) I thought this phrase would fit well in some old quotes: Remember the Weapons of...

According to the Edwards Open House website, they will fly the predator at the show. I've seen the predator fly at Indian Springs, so this won't be too exciting, but still it will be cool since they will relay video from the predator to the jumbotron. Now my question is has the predator been flown...

Flights of fancy soar at Miramar (EXCERPT) Aerial maneuvers delight enthusiasts at annual air show, by Chris Moran UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 19, 2003 San Diego County paid annual homage to its aviation culture by turning

I have the following books up for auction on eBay - all of them are full of great photos and drawings. If you win multiple auctions, I will combine shipping costs. Thanks for looking! Ending March 9 (***today***) - Aero Detail 5 - Messerschmitt...

For those select few interested in the history of aircraft guns, ammunition, installations and combat use 1914-1933, details of a new book can be found from my website. Tony Williams Military gun and ammunition website: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk Discussion forum at:...

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Friday, 9 Apr 2004 DARKSTAR QUEBEC: E-3 AWACS, Tinker AFB. 9:15am: Gets radar correlation, position relative to MARCI, near Tarpon. Later works with MAKO and SHARK flights of F-15s out of Homestead. "Will you be Hydra or Tarpon today?" "Will there be RDR on control freq today?" 10:37am; Re BOLT...

John Slade wrote: "American Chick" wrote in message ... In article VEwCb.1581$z74.966@okepread03, "jb" wrote:

Indiana National Guard pilot killed in midair collision http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/8689806.htm {EXCERPT} Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - 1 - Two F-16 fighter jets collided Monday during training, killing one of the pilots, the Indiana Air National Guard said. The other...

Could he be the 1st 1-term LAME DUCK President in history? Or did Carter hold that honor? The 1st 1-term LAME DUCK War President? B00000000000000$hhhh! Grantland

I have a question about Paul Richey's account of the Battle of Britain, given in "Fighter Pilot", B T Batsford, 1941 A pilot called "Johnny" has his photo on Plates 3 and 18. Does anybody know the surname of this pilot? I think this person was a Group Captain at HQ of 2 Allied Tactical...

The Lie Factory By Robert Dreyfuss and Jason Vest Kwiatkowski, 43, a now-retired Air Force officer who served in the Pentagon's Near East and South Asia (NESA) unit in the year before the invasion of Iraq, observed how the Pentagon's Iraq war-planning unit manufactured scare stories about Iraq's...

This print shows 33 distinctly different aircraft roundels, starting with those of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and Royal Flying Corps (RFC) during WW I, the Royal Air Force (RAF) up to the end of WW II, through the era of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)...

1/48 P-38 Lightning Jandina IV - Limited Edition - Armour 98170 Mint in the box (the photographed one is mine. The one up for auction has not been removed from box). Specs: Length 9.5" Wingspan 13" Weight 2.2 pounds (A big and beautiful plane for your collection) This P-38 Lightning is a 1/48...

I worked the B-52Gs and Hs from 86-94 and the B-1B until 1998. I served with the Buff out of Fairchild AFB in SAC and then in ACC, and the BONES at Dyess AFB. I pulled many Alert tours and Deployed with the Buff to Diego Garcia for Desert Shield and Storm. Just want to hook up with people with a...

An interesting petition online at http://www.petitiononline.com/ltr2krry/petition.html is garnering signatures from a lot of combat vets. Take a moment to read some of the comments and then sign if you choose. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)

Back in the mid 70's, I made a trip to the Air Force Museum. My entourage included my two young children, and my maternal grandfather. It is important to point out that my grandfather was Naval Aviator #711, a number which will sound spectacularly low to the Naval Aviators who read these...

Been exchanging memoirs with some vets and offer this extract, fwiw: "One of the pilots that was with me in cadet and P-40 training was transferred to a non-flying assignment. He had been with the squadron since September 1943 and had not flown one combat mission. He just didn’t want to fly the...

In article , Vivek Thomas wrote: But that's the purpose of a FOD walkdown, where everybody available on the 'base' walks down the entire length of the runway looking for and collecting all the debris that could get...

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