Bid for Air Fighters in Brazil: Gripen ahead

As the Brazilian government advances with the bid process to choose the fighters that best suits the Air Force, Swedish group Gripen looks as favourite for victory. Alongside Gripen, which belongs to the SAAB Group,...

Brazil Military Expenditure

In many ways, we can observe that the Brazilian army is approximately 20 years behind the main military powers in the world. In South America, the situation is a little bit different. Although Brazil possesses the...

F-22 Raptor Makes International Air Show Debut

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor air dominance fighter made its international air show debut outside North America today at the Royal International Air Tattoo held at RAF Fairford. The U.S. Air Force F-22 Aerial...

Air Force Tanker Competition Begins Anew

It appears that public pressure — including eight BMW posts — did some good as the U.S. Defense Department has decided to reopen the KC-X aerial refueling tanker competition.The decision comes four months after...

Angels and Knights over Nation’s Capitol

(updated) Screaming in formation through the blue skies near the nation's capitol, the phenomenal U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the Army's premier parachute team, the Golden Knights join a host of other aerial acrobatic...

Judge rules Shue death a murder

In a surprise move today, both the Plaintiff and the Defendant in the Tracy Shue vs. USAA Life Insurance Company agreed to submit their cases directly to Judge William Palmer and waive the Jury trial that began on...

Col. Philip Shue's ex-wife takes the Fifth

In a video deposition played for the jury on Friday in the Tracy Shue vs. USAA Life Insurance Company lawsuit, Col. Philip Shue’s ex-wife, Nancy Timpson Shue, invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate...

Military Leaders Call for Review of Tanker Deal

Since the Pentagon announced Feb. 29 that it had selected the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, based in France, as the primary recipient of a contract to build new Air Force tanker aircraft, I’ve vented my frustration in the form of a half-dozen pieces...

Gore Ranks Environmentalists Above Soldiers

Though support for Al Gore’s crusade against human-caused global warming has waned with each passing month, the former vice president is still out and about touting his brand of environmental snake oil. In addition, he’s added something else to his repertoire: Slapping...

Army, Navy, Airforce & Marines, Asking for Billions More Dollars

OPINION PIECE:Surprise, surprise, the armed services are complaining that the monies set aside for them during 2008 is simply not enough.The Army was allocated $141 billion for 2009, however with their hands out...

Cheney Returns To Baghdad

ARRIVAL AT SATHER AB, Baghdad. Vice President greeted by General David Petraeus - - commanding general of the Multi-National Force - Iraq. As he steps off Air Force C-17 Globemaster III. SAYS THE VP: “I was last...

Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams is Right on Boeing Snub

Yesterday, the Pentagon announced it has chosen a bid from Northrop Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, which is based in France, instead of the KC-767 Advanced Tanker from Boeing, which is...

In drivel there can be truth, if you look for it

It begins with a photo - stolen without giving proper credit (this came from a US Air Force publication which only states "courtesy photo" a larger version can be found at Snopes). The picture is both chilling and heart-warming enough, seeing the wound and then seeing the...

UFO sighting spooks Texas town

The 17,000-resident community of Stephenville is the latest Texas town to cry UFO.  It could be the end of times, the end of innocence, or the end of any X-files episode.Check out the local newspaper's coverage...

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