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Yup.

Just saw Flyboys, I liked it,my wife wasn't thrilled.

Yes there was a black pilot in the Lafyette Escardrille (sp?) Lafayette Escadrille and Eugene Bullard and even in WWII there were squadrons of black pilots flying in the Army Air Corps. Tuskegee Airmen

The toys were great. But look at the prices on Ebay

They were talking about this on Airwarriors a while back, said that the U2 dug its nose in bad when it trapped. Nope, he put a navalized F-117 on the deck. JAG Episode Guide 426447[/snapback] as you were saying they dont say what type of plane it was but it was a c-130 http://www.tv.com/jag/touchdown/episode/27...ep_list;title;4 426457[/snapback] We're talking two different episodes, mine is Black Jet yours is Touchdown, but either way I think we can both agree that Harm never trapped a U-2 aboard a carrier.

They were talking about this on Airwarriors a while back, said that the U2 dug its nose in bad when it trapped. Nope, he put a navalized F-117 on the deck. JAG Episode Guide

I don't think the Army is planning on replacing the CH-47, but is looking to supplement it by bringing back a fixed wing cargo component. Then the Army needs to talk to the USAF, becuase the Army doesn't fly C-17s or C-5s, and if the Army tried to buy something that big the Air Force would throw a fit. The USAF already had a fit when the Army was considering the C-130J.

I've heard about the 1930's experiments, but never this. Can you educate me or direct me to somplace with some information.

Alright, Mislovrit I sort of get it now, but just because Nimitz wanted to attend West Point doesn't make him a soldier. If he had joined the Army he probably wouldn't have had a ship named after him nor have had a class of carrier named after him.

You lost me here. Can you explain, please?

U.S. Navy would disagree with you as Ike is a very important U.S. hero, patriot and leader long before becoming president making him more then eligible for a ship to be name after him. Whether a carrier and not something else would have been after named him had he not been president is a logical question. 417525[/snapback] Really? Are you the Navy's new spokesman? 417534[/snapback] No, check the link I had posted earlier in post #66. 417540[/snapback] You're going to have to quote it for me, I saw one vague, at best, reference to a soldier being used as a ship's name. He was also a Medal of Honor recipient as were Shugart and Gordon, which i have already said were exceptions, rare does not mean just those two names. The Navy has named ships after Medal of Honor recipients that were not sailors or Marines, Eisenhower however does not qualify under that criteria, so there is no reason for the Navy to have named a ship after the man if he had not been president. The Army probably would have named something after him (perhaps even one of their ships) but the Navy would not have.

U.S. Navy would disagree with you as Ike is a very important U.S. hero, patriot and leader long before becoming president making him more then eligible for a ship to be name after him. Whether a carrier and not something else would have been after named him had he not been president is a logical question. 417525[/snapback] Really? Are you the Navy's new spokesman?

I'd like to point out that Eisenhower never would have had a ship named after him if he had not been the President. The Navy does not name ships after soldiers, Shugart and Gordon were rare exceptions, and they were Medal of Honor winners as well as soldiers.

Hey, hey, hey TEXAS is a damned fine name for a ship.

Maybe Wraith?

Errr, don't suppose you have something to back that up? The name is in keeping with the USAF's tradition of using a Bird of Prey to name their fighter jets. I doubt some sudden fad on the part of the offspring of an over-paid, desk-flying, armor-in-the-form-of-medals-and-campaign-ribbons-wearing, checked-his-common-sense-at-O3, know-it-all could seriously be considered as good cause for naming an aircraft like that. 414585[/snapback]

I'd like a trainer, T-37, T-38, T-2 or a T-45 would be incredible.

Sky Fury, Sea Fury, Storm Fury Unite! When our powers combine we become Fatal Fury!

It's not the name, "Fury" that I dislike, it's the Storm Fury, Sky Fury and Sea Fury thing.

Saw this on Airwarriors For the record that's just stupid.

If you don't have a carrier, what's the point?

Heard they're selling at least some, if not all to Mexico, to go with the SU-27s they're buying. Mexico’s Navy plans to buy Russian SU-27 fighter aircraft MEXICO CITY, April 27 (Prime-Tass) The Mexican Navy intends to buy Russian SU-27 fighter aircraft, Undersecretary of the Mexican Navy Admiral Armando Sanchez Moreno told the Mexican newspaper El Universal. The Mexican Navy also considered bids submitted by Russia and Sweden and decided to choose Russia's SU-27 fighters, Moreno said, according to the paper. The Mexican Navy plans to set up an air defense unit using SU-27 aircraft, Moreno said. Ivan Goncharenko, deputy general director of Russia’s government-owned military export company Rosoboronexport, confirmed Thursday talks with Mexico about the SU-27 purchase. He did not elaborate. SU-27 fighters are produced by Russia's Sukhoi aircraft maker. Here's the story (on the Flnakers) but its in Spanish

I saw something in the original posting about Naval power as well, you could buy subs or destroyers from the Russians, you wouldn't need anything bigger. You could also use the Russians as your rotary-wing supplier. Did you consider using parts of the highway system as emergency runways. You could even stash fuel bladders and use the mountains nearby for shelters.

Have you seen the budget cuts? Do you really think the Air Force is going to commit its precious stealth aircraft to killing a few SAMs.

Which is excellent as long as we're not having to defend anything. If the enemy goes offensive against U.S. troops, he can bring Mobile AAA and Mobile SAMs (an SA-6 will fart up your day) if U.S. troops are in close contact you need an aircraft that can get down in the weeds and help our guys out. You can sit up high and lob PGMs no matter how good a PGM is if the enemy gets close you can't use them. The Marines excel in this area, and the USAF tries real hard, but only the A-10 is real surevivable down in the dirt, an F-16 can drop the bombs but with a single engine a hit is much more catostophic.