Steeljaw Scribe

Mach 2+ speeds with a fixed inlet. Push-button cruise control. All weather intercept capability with the AIM-7 Sparrow. A flat-out drag-racing king on the straights and in a climb. All this was the XF8U-3 Crusader III.

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Envisioned as a high speed, all weather interceptor follow-on to the already noteworthy F-8 Crusader [...]

Under the circumstances, thought it was time to resurrect this golden oldie…
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Quick one tonight as YHS takes time to perform human sacrifice finalize taxes. So. Saul Tigh, Chief, Tory and Sam all think they are Cylons  ; Baltar, after being acquitted on charges, is spirited away by a group of religious nutcases and to top it off, Starbuck comes back from the dead to [...]

So Scribe — what do pilots and NFOs talk about when things are quiet on a flight?
- Lots of stuff, but some conversations you *don’t* want to hear…

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“Standby…standby…mark!”

In the relative cool of the early dawn, remote recording equipment began timing the grey and orange streak that thundered by at 125 ft above the desert floor. The date is 28 August 1961 and a second attempt at the world’s low altitude speed record is underway. Flying a 3km closed course on the grounds [...]

The report is available for reading/download (PDF) here.
Don’t go expecting to find deep insight into tactics/doctrine — rather gives a general look at the organization, training, equipping, administration and routine operation of the PLAN. A worthwhile companion volume to the ONI report might be this one, a recently updated (7 Feb 2007) Congressional Research Service [...]

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New addee to the blogroll — Stephen Trimble from Jane’s Defence Weekly with notes/commentary about the Defense Industry via The DEW Line   (not D.E.W., but same idea). To whet your appetite, check out his article on the P-175 Polecat  (UAV)…- SJS
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Today’s roll-up of Russian issues is pretty extensive – from a major re-write of Russian military doctrine to a threat to put BMD tracking radars on embassy and consulate grounds (in response to a pending agreement between the US, Poland and Czech Republic to deploy a portion of the US-Ground-based Mid-Course Defense system in Europe) [...]