Sunday, September 04, 2011

Libyan Rebel Leader Admits to Al Qaeda Ties

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H/T Instapundit A Libyan 'Rebel Leader' admits to Al Qaeda Ties ? I'm shocked! Shocked I say! Ok, not really... Hey Rubes! T...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Oh Those 'Tricky' Cost Numbers

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(I await the day that Flight Global gets their ‘captcha’ feature worked out.) In two back -to- back posts, Steve Trimble channels that d...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

F-89 : A Much Underappreciated Weapon System

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I 've been fascinated with the F-89 Scorpion for years. Partly because of its history with the 57FIS, my old F-4E outfit in Iceland, and...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

F-35 Jobs & Logical Fallacies

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Steve Trimble has a little blurb up on the Commerce Dept numbers for F-35 job creation and closes with the following: "This doesn...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Question of the day

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Here. (The comments were great.) Answer: Yes. Yes it is. Full disclosure: I am of the school that the best choice is the one you are m...
Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Another F-35 and V-22 'Two-fer'

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First, 'Hat Tip' to Steve Trimble at DEW line for a link to a V-22 editorial that, aside from the same sort of minor technical faux ...
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Bipartisanship Ain't What It Used to Be: F-35 & V-22 Edition

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“The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out” In this case, it includes the article 'covering' ...
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011

F35B Agitprop ala Sweetman

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Bill Sweetman ran what I would characterize as an ‘opposition propaganda’ piece yesterday ( Ares Blog : A Cat is Not a Dog ). He bemoaned ...
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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Centennial of Naval Aviation #3

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1926 'Bare Base' Naval Operations Here's a post for the "maintainers". I know it might be hard to believe for some, b...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Debunking The Close Air Support Myths: Part 6

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CAS, the Air Force, and the A-10 Part 6: A-10s 'Forever' ? (scroll down for links to Parts 1-5 and 'Sidebars) As noted prev...
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CAS Myths Sidebar: Army-Air Force Views on CAS and Airpower

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(scroll down for links to Parts 1-6 of CAS Myths and another 'Sidebar') The current (IMHO myopic) Army view of airpower persists i...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

CAS Myths Sidebar: The A-10 and the 'Cult of the Gun'

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The A-10 and the 'Cult of the Gun' (scroll down for links to Parts 1-6 of CAS Myths and another 'Sidebar') The AGM-65 Mav...

Debunking The Close Air Support Myths: Part 5

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CAS, the Air Force, and the A-10 Part 5: Defining a New CAS Platform: the Evolution of the A-10 (scroll down for links to Parts 1-4,6 and...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Debunking The Close Air Support Myths: Part 4

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CAS, the Air Force, and the A-10 Part 4: Origins of the A-X Program (scroll down for links to Parts 1-3,5,6 and 'Sidebars) In June ...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Debunking The Close Air Support Myths: Part 3

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CAS, the Air Force, and the A-10 Part 3: Vietnam and the Rise of the “No-CAS Air Force” Myth (scroll down for links to Parts 1,2,4-6 and ...