https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-may-need-to-extend-kc-135-service-life/
You can also refer to this thread as an introduction to the discussion:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/next-c-130-will-be-a-vertical-lift-cargo-plane.37360/
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/march/crash-fleet-emergency-shipbuilding-program?fbclid=IwY2xjawJJOFJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUgixg5BbVl9szpLOXjEQy0cVdBQhX2oWJVywIL1a0SpmUNiv0EdaG6Dbg_aem_ZQDWwg4VihHQeweCijRPYA
In nearly every conflict we’ve been involved in since the advent of steam...
One of the first great communication 'collapses' in history was the advent of the electric telegraph which drastically reduced communications times across large distances. Permitting this 'time compressing' technology to cross the oceans seemed an insurmountable problem, especially in an era...
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First, my apologies: Recent eye-surgery has temporarily hobbled my Google_Fu...
( APHont and Ctrl-Scroll zoom for the win...)
IIRC, US sent but one (1) B-29 to UK to astonish and, yes, boost morale...
If deployed in numbers, such as for Silver-plate / Saddletree delivery, some spares might...
Greetings from Dallas as here for Verticon 2025 (formerly Heli Expo for several decades) organised by the Vertical Aviation International (formerly Helicopter Association International) so privileged to be invited by Robinson Helicopter to see their revolutionary new R88. As a first it carries...
Sort of a general topic here, and I hope this is the best spot for it. My question is how one would fix the miserable state that shipbuilding for the USN is in. I've got to assume commercial shipbuilding has suffered greatly as well due to many of the same conditions. It sounds like there aren't...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjm9ndw9xeeo
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/27/gene-hackman-actor-wife-found-dead-santa-fe-home/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/gene-hackman-tribute-death/
Greats still going, right, and center.
Rest In Peace
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golden age
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Hello,
Described in both Naval Fighters #75: Grumman F7F Tigercat and F7F Tigercat in Action is a zero-length launch rack for launching the 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket without need for a drop beforehand, developed at NOTS China Lake and intended for the F7F.
Evidently it seems it's only for the...
"Restored USAF documentary from 1962 about future space exploration as imagined in the early 1960s. Cargo transport to space stations and lunar bases is shown using animation. Rockets (Saturn inspired), spaceplanes and cargo vehicles (Agena inspired) are depicted. "
Back in the late 1980s or early 1990s (my hard drive failed a couple of months ago and I haven't been able to reconstruct all of my records) I was working in the general area of AV-8B, and specifically its vulnerability to combat damage. The USMC came to us and asked what would be the smallest...
Hello everyone, new here, created an account to post this since I don't see many other places discussing the 2707. I was at the local thrift store(Cleveland, OH, USA) the other day and came across this pretty cool wall art. It's about 5 feet wide and features a blueprint of the 2707 along with a...
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