Military - October 2007

In the Korean War, USAF pilots in magnificent F-86 Sabres racked up an impressive 26-1 kill ratio against North Korean and Chinese (and a few Russian) fighter pilots in the fabulous Russian MIG-15.

Most military aviation experts would rate the F-86 as the better all-around fighter, but the MIG definitely had some strong points: better high altitude performance, faster climb, a cannon instead of machine guns.

In Korea the MIGs could fight closer to home than the Sabres, but better USAF pilots managed their fuel and still managed a high kill rate in MIG Alley.

Strip away the obvious advantages. Both fighters are based close to the combat area. Pilots are about equal capability. Weather is good.

Kick the tires, light the fires, and may the best jock win!!

Just who might that be?

2007-10-16 22:13:27 · 10 answers · asked by Warren D 7

My family is very famous as we have had members play for australia in Rugby league and even start the Legacy Foundation ! and as i was investigating my family i came across an inumerable amounts of soldiers sailors an pilots from my family. What strikes me most is that my Great Grandad i think flew the G-for George Lancaster bomeber in the AWM and i found through hisrecord he had a substatial number of medals and i was wondering were i could get these medals replicated legally. Can anyone help me with this ???

2007-10-16 21:50:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have tried to apply before at US navy website but their application form is intended only for american citizens. so i just want to know how to apply if i am a filipino citizen. thanks.

2007-10-16 20:54:06 · 5 answers · asked by lime 1

how can they be made national tresures, so they will not be destroyed, when brought back into the u.s.a. all the planes and things are gone. how can we stop the destruction of our past as a strong nation? these things should be considerd part of our national heritage

2007-10-16 20:49:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

They discovered I was a true Veteran from 1969 to 1975. But I did appreciate the salute they gave me.

2007-10-16 20:48:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-16 20:13:10 · 27 answers · asked by thomas1562005 1

How'd we get there anyway?

2007-10-16 19:40:29 · 3 answers · asked by LELAND 4

I have a 1st degree heart block...not a big deal...many people don't even know they have it when they do...I screwed up my back...I think I pitched something...I'm 17...Will be 18 in March...I want to join the Military...I prefer the marines or air force!!!

I make great grades in high school....and I do college as well...I"m smart...

I hear the health is a big issue...Is this true...

I wanted to be a deputy since...forever...I joined a explorer post (like a cadet in a way) when I was 14...

I have a slim change on being a deputy cuz of my health...Can I join a branch in the Military???

2007-10-16 18:45:54 · 5 answers · asked by `~Its love~` 3

I am most concerned with finishing my degree and perhaps attaining a masters as well. I have been told every good thing that will happen in the Navy from my recruiter. Now I want some other input from people that have been through the Navy that can give me some idea of what it is actually like to serve. I am also concerned with the situation we have going in Iraq and how I will be effected by it while serving in the Navy. Please help with any advice you may have.

2007-10-16 18:31:36 · 8 answers · asked by justwhat21 1

My husband received an EPTS (also known as ELS) discharge and is going into the holding unit at basic training tomorrow. When can I expect him to let him come home? I hear 4-7 days but I don't know how true that really is. Thanks!

2007-10-16 18:11:06 · 5 answers · asked by beachcutie03 4

I know it is on the 18th but does anybody know where or when it is going to take place?

2007-10-16 18:08:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-16 17:54:17 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-16 17:47:50 · 25 answers · asked by larry w 1

they think they are rambo but across the road i see them get blown up the next day. they got to stop it. we get attacked just as much but we never seem to lose anybody accept the one digger from an ied. he is the first of our troops to die. he's a good man. UR AMERICAN TROOPS SHOULD RELY ON MATESHIP AND COURAGE NOT TECHNOLOGY

2007-10-16 17:27:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

they think they are rambo but across the road i see them get blown up the next day. they got to stop it. we get attacked just as much but we never seem to lose anybody accept the one digger from an ied. he is the first of our troops to die. he's a good man. UR AMERICAN TROOPS SHOULD RELY ON MATESHIP AND COURAGE NOT TECHNOLOGY

2007-10-16 17:25:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am enlisting in the Air Force soon. I'm not quite sure what job i want as of right now. But what I do know is that I want to become an officer and be a pilot. What job would enable me to go to college and also be best to become a pilot later in my military career.

2007-10-16 17:13:55 · 15 answers · asked by youknojoe 1

Are we prepared for possibly thousands of American casualties in a war against a country that does not have the capacity to attack the United States?

2007-10-16 16:34:23 · 8 answers · asked by Sunny H 1

I'm in the process of enlisting in the Navy as a CTI. I had knee surgery in 1990 and 1991 (long story but one of the reasons was dislocation of kneecap associated with ligament and tendon strength).

Anyway, since it has been so long the doc shredded my files. So, on my med questionaire I omitted the part about dislocations but included everything else.

On a Top Secret clearance investigation, will that prevent me from getting the clearance? I have no criminal background, not even a speeding ticket and financially I am in good shape. I'm just nervous because I don't want to enlist and then get turned down for a clearance after I get in.

2007-10-16 16:33:56 · 11 answers · asked by chuckc 1

Like for example, if you are in the Marines or Navy how do you shine your shoes (boots)? Please Help!

2007-10-16 16:32:24 · 5 answers · asked by LuvaYuu♥ 2

all i have to know is who won.

2007-10-16 16:27:44 · 12 answers · asked by TheDocumentary 2

2007-10-16 16:27:03 · 14 answers · asked by okkrwyntn 1

based on your abilities, leadership skills, etc?

2007-10-16 16:14:01 · 4 answers · asked by Para-diddle 3

I want to do the 2 year plan but one day i'll be like yeah I so want to do this then another day ill be like wow I definitely don't wanna join the army, its really annoying. Im 17 years old right now and will be turning 18 next september and hopefully we will be mostly pulled out of iraq by then but who knows. I wish I could just stop having so many second thoughts, what got you guys to finally join? What do you suggest I do to clear my mind and make the decision?

2007-10-16 15:46:16 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-16 15:20:36 · 10 answers · asked by leprecola 2

I am trying to join the NAVY, but I am concerned that I may not be able to join. I have in the past been diagnosed with scoliosis but the back problem is much better and I rarely even feel it anymore.
Will the NAVY except me?

2007-10-16 15:15:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

BAGHDAD - An explosives-laden sewage truck blew up near a police station and a car bomb struck an Iraqi army checkpoint Tuesday — attacks that bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida and showed extremists can still hit hard despite recent gains by U.S.-led forces.

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A U.S. military spokesman said the terror network is on the run in some areas, but it "obviously remains very lethal."

The bombings and a series of shootings mainly targeted Iraqi security forces and tribal leaders facing internal rivalries, but bystanders also were struck. At least 25 people were killed or found dead nationwide.

The deadliest attack occurred when a car blew up near a gas station across the street from an Iraqi army checkpoint, killing four civilians and two Iraqi soldiers and wounding 25 others.

Flames shot out from a military pickup as ambulances raced to the scene, driving past a long concrete barrier that recently was decorated with murals by local artists in an attempt to beautify the city.

It was the latest in a series of car bombings in the capital despite stringent security measures put in place as part of a U.S.-Iraqi military operation — now in its ninth month — and celebrations marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

In the northern city of Mosul, a suicide bomber in a sewage pump truck detonated his payload as he approached a police station recently rebuilt after four previous attacks, police said.

The blast collapsed most of the building, killing at least four policemen, including the station chief, and wounding 75 people, police said. A police spokesman, Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Waqqa, said several nearby shops and cars were damaged.

Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, has seen a rise in violence that many blame in part on an influx of militants who fled the Baghdad security crackdown.

Nobody claimed responsibility for the attacks, but both bombings bore the hallmarks of Sunni Arab insurgents, particularly al-Qaida in Iraq. The terror group had promised to step up attacks during Ramadan, which ended over the weekend with the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Gunmen also killed a Sunni tribal leader who recently turned against al-Qaida in an ambush west of Baghdad that also left his son and another relative dead, police said.

A Shiite tribal chieftain was killed in a drive-by shooting in the southern city of Nasiriyah, the latest victim in violence between Shiite groups jockeying for power in the oil-rich region.

U.S. commanders have said the increase in troops ordered by President Bush in January — and the increased operations that followed — have left al-Qaida fractured and pushed militants into remote parts of the north and south. Additional operations have been going after those pockets of fighters.

Officials have cited a drop in suicide bombings, from more than 60 in January to some 30 a month since July, along with a decrease in the flow of foreign fighters across the borders. But they acknowledge they have been unable to stop the car bombings and suicide attacks usually blamed on al-Qaida in Iraq, which is sometimes referred to by the initials AQI.

"We are not ready to declare anything other than that we have done significant damage to AQI and it is on the run in many areas," said Col. Steven Boylan, a spokesman for the top U.S. commander, Gen. David Petraeus.

Al-Qaida in Iraq "obviously remains very lethal," Boylan said.

Another U.S. spokesman in Baghdad, Rear Adm. Greg Smith, noted the numbers of car bombs have dropped significantly and are causing fewer casualties since the security operation began.

"We have certainly taken a great deal of the network down, a lot of leaders, facilitators, financiers," he said. "But it's clear out here we've got an enemy that's got a lot of fight left in him."

Iraqis have enjoyed periods of relative calm in the past, particularly after the killing last year of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, but the group has proved resilient in finding new recruits and tactics to maintain its attacks.

Smith was optimistic that recent success in turning tribal leaders and other citizens against extremists would have a long-term effect, but he cautioned it was still early to declare victory.

"The trends are in the right direction," he said. "But to call it anything other than what it is — which is a tough fight — would be irresponsible at this point."

The U.S. military announced the arrest of several militants on both sides of the sectarian divide, including one of five extremists believed to be behind last week's rocket attack that killed two American soldiers at Camp Victory, the headquarters for American forces in Iraq.

The suspect was detained along with three associates early Monday by U.S. soldiers, who rousted them from the Agriculture Ministry in Baghdad where they were hiding, according to a statement.

"We have reason to believe that, through two intelligence-driven operations over the last few days, we now have detained all of the leadership and the key operatives of the indirect fire cell that attacked Victory Base last week," said Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, deputy commander of Baghdad operations.

The statement did not identify the militants, but the Agriculture Ministry is run by Shiite Muslims with a heavy influence by the Mahdi Army militia that is loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Separately, the military announced the capture in southern Baghdad of a suspected al-Qaida-linked militant believed to be a key leader in a car bomb network that was trying to re-establish itself after being disrupted by the U.S.-led security crackdown. Nine other suspects also were detained in that raid and others in the Baghdad area.

2007-10-16 15:08:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 21 and am considering joining the airforce for a career. I have an associate degree and want to go into the air force and do the officer training. still looking into it. what can u tell me about the positives of this choice and how do i get the best setup going in- i don't know a lot about it yet. someone just told me you can get screwed over on your contract or something? .. basically whatever u can tell me

2007-10-16 15:05:52 · 12 answers · asked by Miss Brightside 1

Military Dining out= Guests, casual. Dining In= Formal dress, military only...But, is that restricted to your squadron or any military?

2007-10-16 15:04:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok... so this is the first time for me. i already have two dresses and if possible i'd really just like to wear one of these instead of buying a new one. i'd prefer to wear the black dress w/ a shaw, and so would my boyfriend, but if i have to i can wear the blue. just please let me know if they're suitable for the ball... thanks!

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2007-10-16 14:47:32 · 21 answers · asked by ikkir88 1

In Mark Thomas' "Secret Map of Britain", he points out that there is nuclear bunker in the centre of London. It is identifiable by not having doors. As I am unable to get a copy of this programme, does anyone know where the bunker is? Also, if you know where I can get a copy then that would be great too.

2007-10-16 14:41:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous