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Seeking an officer's name by
Peter Percival
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...
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Privatizing Red Air Gaining Momentum by
s.p.i.
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...
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12 Jul 2004 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News by
Otis Willie
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...
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Blue Angels pilot reinstated, training at El Centro by
Otis Willie
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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P-3C Orion In War On Terror by
[email protected]
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...
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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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Leather WW2 flying unit patches by
SIGGY
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...
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Straight deck ops by
Greasy Rider
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye6WeW6zYIk&mode=related&search
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What kind of pod is it? by
[email protected]
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...
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12 May 2006 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News by
Otis Willie
12 May 2006 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security
News
You can also receive this resource listing that is
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To subscribe go to the Library’s phone number dot com
(13105320634.com). Select the
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USS Ranger (CV/CVA-61) last voyage by
john szalay
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
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"British trace missile in copter strike to Iran" by
Mike[_7_]
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...
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by DDAY
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New Iraqi Airborne Strike Capability Spotted by
David E. Powell
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 ;)
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A-6 crash after launch? by
DDAY
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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Looking for helmet by
SBH
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
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"Friendly fire" by
Mike
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...
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by mozzer
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Skyhawk Carrier Ejection by
Eunometic
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?
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Up-to-date USN carrier wing composition? by
Ralph Savelsberg
Recently I was surprised to see a picture of VF-211 F-14A sporting the
"AB" (CVW-1) tailcode, a Super Hornet assigned to VFA-106, and a picture
of a VFA-22 Super Hornet with the "NK" (CVW-14) tailcode.
I haven't been following naval aviation in detail in the last year or
so, and find that I've...
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Aw ****s and Bravo Zulus by
Gordon
Everyone knows that one wipes out a career full of attaboys. What is your
favorite non-fatal "aw ****" story? I thought we could also make a thread and
tell about the best flying each of us encountered.
On Ike in 1980, we had Whales. Either one or two of the massive things, but
they were...
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