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A shameless plug for Darkest Hour, a mod for Red Orchestra, another game (an FPS) that I enjoy very much and which you should definitely check out: Beta 3.0 now available for download on Steam Link to !

Well...it's already over for the NY Rangers. First time in their history to lose a series after leading 3-1.

50 years ago the first Mach 2 fighters ... I was a very little boy, and the Tanguy and Laverdure comic strips configure in great part my future life ... I see now the things I was thinking were great, now also are great and remembered. I'm happy now. The Mirage IIIE is property of Albert Uderzo (first drawer of Tanguy&Laverdure and Asterix comic strips), purchased 2006, it's in an "hangarette" in his backyard, in Les Yvelines (I've read this in this month Air Fan magazine). I also remember now Albert Uderzo, 82 years old, likes also the Ferrari cars Another nostalgia made real, me and a bit battered preseries Mirage IIIA and Super Mystere B2 http:/…

From Navy Times Skelton’s recommended military reading By Rick Maze - Staff writer Posted : Friday Jul 31, 2009 16:14:01 EDT The House Armed Services Committee chairman has come up with a new national security reading list of 50 essential books that he personally recommends for military officers and noncommissioned and petty officers, as well as his colleagues. Reading the list is not essential to testify before the committee, but Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., who prepared a similar list in 2003, doesn’t mind if people think so. Skelton, an avid reader, said he feels strongly that officers and senior enlisted members need to read books about military strategy…

Here are links to a series of Russian military documentaries (hosted by Youtube) called "Dance with Death", describing the S-75 (NATO SA-2 Guideline) SAM system versus American aircraft during the Vietnam War. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

This looks interesting: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_navy_plane_crash

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For anyone in the San Diego area who's interested, CVW-5, formerly on the USS Midway and USS Kitty Hawk, will be conducting training flights between 0900 and 1500, and between 2100 and 0200 from Monday thru Thursday until Aug 24. Buddha

Absolutely out of topic, but I known some or most of us are long time interested in Theoretical Physics, Science Fiction and Cosmology. A friend of mine (incidentally, PsyOps Officer in the Spanish Army, a woman with a spiced madness touch, and I'm almost sure she ignores my interests in these matters) had sent me casually this link This documentary has remembered me the classical Powers of Ten (from the far 1968, from a world without Internet, GoogleEarth and almost without computers, but with hand-drawn animation and Cold War and Vietnam War in full activity), I don't remember very well when I saw it the first time, perhaps watching TV near 1970, and I think it wa…

So I DL'ed a little 3d program a while back, been playing with it some. While its a very easy to use program, you can still do some pretty amazing stuff with it. Like this.

In some regards a game like WitP but that can actually be finished if you play the whole war http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2520893 Let me know what you think; I've been watching the game's forum on Matrix's site and think the support provided by the developer is unbelievable and something for Harpooners to sit up and say hmm about...

Sigh ... From BBC News Gun T-shirt 'was a security risk' A man wearing a T-shirt depicting a cartoon character holding a gun was stopped from boarding a flight by the security at Heathrow's Terminal 5. Brad Jayakody, from Bayswater, central London, said he was "stumped" at the objection to his Transformers T-shirt. Mr Jayakody said he had to change before boarding as security officers objected to the gun, held by the cartoon character. Airport operator BAA said it was investigating the incident. Mr Jayakody said the incident happened a few weeks ago, when he was challenged by an official during a pre-flight security check. "He says, 'we w…

Gents, The following articles are found in the current issue of the MCG, and may be of interest to those aviation-centric scenario designers. Making Better Use of Aviation Assets - Employment of the ACE during COIN/SASO Operations by 1stLt David F. Samuel, USMC No Need For Propaganda - Marine Close Air Support Really Is Better by Maj Neil E. "Rudy" Rickner, USMC Under the Umbrella - Utilizing Electronic Warfare to Suppress IEDs by CAPT Brian "Turtle" Pena, USAF Also, Rethinking Naval Forward Presence - Does the Navy Still Believe It Needs Marines by LtCol F.G. Hoffman USMCR(Ret) Should be an enjoyable, and interesting couple of days worth of readi…

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081124-N-3659B-576 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 24, 2008) Countermeasure wash down sprinklers are activated as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits through the Pacific Ocean at the conclusion of a fly-off for Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14. During the fly-off, the fixed-wing aircraft squadrons assigned to CVW 14 launched all of their available aircraft and flew them to their various homeports, leaving Ronald Reagan's flight deck virtually empty. Ronald Reagan is on a routine deployment in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac (Released)

So who has read Larry's new novel? I went looking for it at a local book store and it wasn't on the shelves. I'll try the Chapters chain another day.

For the hordes of people trying to get on IRC to chat (I wish!)... The server will be down for a period of time hopefully less than 4 hours today starting sometime between 11am and 2pm Central time. The server is making a physical move along with the Internet connection.

So, after 35 years as host of that venerable game show, "The Price is Right", Bob Baker is retiring in May. The field of candidates is narrowing, with the buzz in Hollywood indicating that Mark Steines, George Hamilton and Mario Lopez are top contenders, together with Todd Newton, John O'Hurley and Mike Richards. But now, with the end of the debacle of the British Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines held in Iran, a new contender has emerged: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The return of the 15 British military personnel was a "gift" to the British people from Iran. They even departed on a first class British Airways flight, complete with new suits and othe…

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