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Showing posts with label military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label military. Show all posts
Friday, November 15, 2013

Vigilantism

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In the past I've mentioned how much I like light weight fighter jets, so I decided it was time to show some love for something larger. I...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Memorial Day 2013

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It is a rainy and cold day that adds a somber atmosphere to the day set aside in the United States to remember those who have given the ul...
Saturday, April 13, 2013

The Most Successful Lightweight Jet Fighter

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I’m on record as being a fan of lightweight fighters and there has been none more successful than Northrup’s F-5 family. Starting with the T...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The Folland Gnat: A Lightweight Champion

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While my infatuation with very lightweight fighters began with the failed F-20 Tigershark, another stole my affection once I found out abou...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

India's Bantam Weight Fighter: The LCA Tejas Displays

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I've always had a soft spot in my heart for light weight fighter jets and so has the Indian Air Force. They are more committed to the co...
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Monday, December 10, 2012

Misplaced Priorities Nearly Disarmed US Jet Fighters

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One of the problems of allowing edicts from the top go forth based on spurious “science” is that you get unintended consequences. Most of th...
Monday, November 26, 2012

Ever Feel…

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Like you’ve been run over by a Mack truck? That’s how yesterday felt thanks to a cold that leveled me. It was so bad my vision blurred forci...
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Thursday, November 15, 2012

How to Fly a Skyray

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I ran across this video of a nearly forgotten U.S. Navy jet fighter that was quite a performer in its day. The Douglas F4D-1 Skyray was a fa...
Thursday, November 01, 2012

First Flight for J-31, China’s Second Stealth Fighter

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I was reading the Telegraph and ran across the news that the J-31 prototype has flown . Anybody who thinks we don’t need the F-35 needs to w...
Monday, September 17, 2012

China Doesn’t Just Copy Electronics: The J-21

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The military aviation world got a surprise a couple of years ago when the Chinese government took the wraps off of the J-20 stealth fighter,...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Zulu (1964) Review

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Few war movies are as rousing and inspiring as this heavily fictionalized depiction of the badly out numbered British soldiers resisting an ...
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